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Alabama played a little-known role in electing SEAL Team Six Commander to Congress

WASHINGTON -- Twenty-three-year Navy veteran and former Commander of the famed SEAL Team Six Ryan Zinke was sworn in this week as the U.S....

Sessions: Aderholt’s bill blocks funding for Obama’s illegal Executive Amnesty

President Obama’s executive amnesty voids the laws Congress has passed in order to foist on the nation measures Congress has refused to pass. In...

Rubio coming to Alabama in support of Republican push for school choice

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is coming to Birmingham Wednesday, Jan. 14 in support of Alabama Republicans' efforts to implement more...

Alabama Republicans lead charge with multiple bills to block Obama’s ‘Executive Amnesty’

WASHINGTON, Ala. -- Alabama congressmen Martha Roby (R-AL2) and Mo Brooks (R-AL5) have now joined congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) in filing bills aimed at...

Alabama PSC: Obama lied about everything except for making energy prices ‘skyrocket’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The three members of Alabama's Public Service Commission, the panel tasked with regulating the state's public utilities, on Wednesday penned a...

An inside look at the newest Alabama congressman’s first day in D.C.

On the seventh floor of a Washington, D.C. steakhouse with a stunning view of the U.S. Capitol, Gary Palmer is grinning ear to ear....

Brooks: My vote for Boehner was a vote against chaos

Despite serious reservations, today I voted for John Boehner for House Speaker because there was no better option before me. I would have...

Alabama’s Aderholt delivers bill defunding Obama’s immigration actions

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) will introduced legislation Wednesday that takes direct aim at President Obama's executive orders on immigration. The Alabama congressman...

Palmer votes Sessions for Speaker of the House

1) Palmer told me yesterday he was considering voting @SenatorSessions for Speaker. He ultimately did, keeping promise not to back Boehner.— Cliff Sims (@Cliff_Sims)...

Alabama’s energy sector in EPA’s crosshairs in 2015

"Expect nonstop energy drama in 2015," especially here in Alabama. Politico's Erica Martinson cut straight to the chase in a recent piece about what to...

Movie boom: 25 films and 10 reality TV shows have been shot in Alabama since 2011

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Twenty-five feature films and 10 reality television shows have been shot in Alabama since 2011, according to a press release sent...

Huckabee looking to rekindle the presidential magic in Alabama

Former Arkansas governor and radio and television personality Mike Huckabee utilized Facebook on Monday to send targeted messages to individual states about his decision...

Hubbard: Alabama’s ObamaCare enrollment wouldn’t even fill Jordan-Hare Stadium

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), just under 65,000 Alabamians acquired health insurance through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace...

Beason’s Second Act: Alabama’s conservative firebrand is out of office, still in the debate

For the first time in a decade and a half, Scott Beason, the longtime state legislator from the north Birmingham suburb of Gardendale, isn't...

Roby: Top 2015 priorities include reversing Obama’s immigration orders, VA reform

The start of a new year is a great time for reflecting on the past and looking confidently toward the future. Many like to make...

Legislature to consider bringing back Alabama’s famed ‘Yellow Mama’ electric chair

For three-quarters of a century (1927-2002), executions in Alabama were carried out using an electric chair dubbed "Yellow Mama," a nickname it was given...

Alabama fighter pilot lost 70 years ago in WWII crash finally coming home

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An Alabama World War II pilot who was missing for decades after his plane went down on Guadalcanal Island will finally...

Merrill: A move to make Presidential candidates pay attention to Alabama

The most important and fundamental right that we have as Americans is the right to vote. But many people today believe our nation is...

Bizarre budding scandal involving House Majority Whip could impact Alabama

The most bizarre quasi-scandal of 2014 comes with just a few days left in the year as House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA1), the...

Alabama industry spent billions to make state’s air cleaner than ever, EPA wants more

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- As the Christmas holidays swung into full effect, justifiably drowning out most of the mundane news of the day, the Obama...

Obama Admin. rooting for BentleyCare Medicaid expansion, touts similar Pennsylvania plan

WASHINGTON -- Obama administration officials are celebrating New Years early by touting a spike in government healthcare enrollment, and are rooting hard for more...

My first year in Congress (Bradley Byrne’s Year in Review)

When I was elected to Congress last December, I vowed to hit the ground running from day one to make Southwest Alabama a better...

Alabama survey shows widespread support for school choice, disdain for AEA

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A statewide survey recently released publicly by the Alabama Federation for Children, in conjunction with the Black Alliance for Educational Options,...

Republicans hatch plan that could make Alabama a player in Presidential elections

Political leaders in Alabama and other Southern states have grown frustrated with their states' lack of influence in the presidential primaries and have hatched...