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Alabama Legislature poised to approve budget balanced solely on cuts

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After months of debates over tax increases, gambling, and budget cuts, the Alabama Legislature appears poised to pass essentially the exact...

Roby: Here’s what Obama’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ really means for Alabama (Opinion)

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby -
This week, President Obama announced his “Clean Power Plan” and with it a costly national energy tax that will negatively impact American families and...

Alabama attorney challenges ‘unconstitutional’ red light cameras

Elizabeth BeShears -
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A Tuscaloosa attorney is challenging the city's ability to charge residents with traffic tickets using red light cameras, saying they violate...

Sessions: GOP presidential candidates should focus on immigration at debate

Elizabeth BeShears -
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R) told Breitbart News in an interview Wednesday that he hopes the ten Republicans taking the stage...

BCA warns bill ‘targets’ Alabama businesses with tax hike

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A bill being considered by the Alabama Senate would require any corporation doing business in Alabama to file a "unitary" tax...

Heritage Foundation features Alabama prison reform in three-part series

Jordan LaPorta -
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank based out of Washington, D.C., is taking a closer look at the positive effects of criminal justice reform...

Alabamians celebrate progress, fight for reforms on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law which outlawed discriminatory voting practices, such...

Alabama House passes budget cutting Medicaid by $156 million

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House Wednesday evening approved a General Fund budget cutting $156 million from Medicaid. After an initial vote of 45-46, a...

Longtime Alabama state health officer leaving to head hospital association

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Dr. Don Williamson, longtime head of the Alabama Department of Public Health, announced on Wednesday that he will be leaving his...

Alabama House passes bill unearmarking $508 million in beleaguered General Fund budget

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONGTOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama House Wednesday passed a bill removing earmarks from 30 state agencies and revenue streams in the General Fund, giving...

Sessions releases shocking graphic showing influx of legal immigrants

Jordan LaPorta -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate Judicial Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, chaired by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), released this week...

Alabama lawmaker introduces budget amendment slashing Medicaid spending

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A surprise move in the Alabama Legislature Tuesday afternoon has seemingly left the state’s lawmakers with the choice to vote for...

Conservative legislator accuses Alabama Department of Education of fearmongering

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A memo being circulated by Alabama State Superintendent Tommy Bice Tuesday is drawing the criticism of conservative lawmakers who say Bice's...

A play by play of the dramatic third day of Alabama’s Special Session

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama State legislature began day three of its Special Session Tuesday to fill the $250 million hole in the state's...

Tobacco tax goes down in flames in Alabama Legislature

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Among the tax increases initially considered most politically palatable by members of the Alabama Legislature has been a 25 cent-per-pack increase...

Is an ‘Adult Entertainment’ tax the answer to Alabama’s budget crisis? One lawmaker thinks so

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- State Rep. Jack Williams (R-Vestavia Hills) has proposed a 40 percent sales tax on "receipts from the sale of sexually oriented...

Alabama lawmakers react to Obama’s new ‘overreaching’ EPA power plan

Jordan LaPorta -
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama released the finalized version of the EPA's power plant rule Monday and many Alabama lawmakers are outraged. The new...

Alabama lawmakers introduce law to make sale of aborted baby parts a felony

Jordan LaPorta -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- On the second day of the Alabama Legislature's Special Session, Rep. Jack Williams (R-Vestavia Hills) and Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) introduced...

AG Strange: Obama’s latest radical environmentalist EPA rule will cost 16,000 Alabama jobs (Opinion)

Sen. Luther Strange -
President Obama just announced the latest step in a radical environmentalist agenda that has already given us the Solyndra boondoggle, wasted billions on green...

‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ fails in the U.S. Senate, despite majority, Sessions, Shelby support

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate Monday failed to get the 60 votes necessary to overcome a procedural hurdle to block all federal funding to...

Top Alabama senator says there are not enough votes to hike taxes

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) told Yellowhammer Monday afternoon that Governor Bentley's (R-AL) more than $300 million in...

Analysis: Alabamians huge losers in Obama’s power plan

Elizabeth BeShears -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The White House, through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is releasing Monday a detailed update to the Obama administration's power plan,...

Alabama free market group explains how ‘patently ridiculous’ regulations cost $2 trillion a year (Video)

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6PlZmX81k (Video Above: The Alabama Free Market Alliance explains the true cost of regulations) The Alabama Free Market Alliance released a video over the weekend describing...

Alabamians will find out this week if ‘Republican’ actually equals ‘conservative’ (opinion)

Cliff Sims -
Alabama lawmakers will convene this week in Montgomery for a Special Legislative Session with the sole purpose of passing a balanced budget. You will hear...
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