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Dems could block Alabama-based defense projects unless EPA, IRS get more funding

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Late last week, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a Department of Defense funding bill that will support several Alabama projects, including...

Alabama city tosses property rights aside, threatens military vet for living ‘off the grid’

Cliff Sims -
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The city of Huntsville has filed a lawsuit seeking to evict a military veteran from his home because they deem his...

Shelby blocks Obama from forcing taxpayers to fund illegal immigrants’ legal defense

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- A budgeting request by President Obama that would have spent $50 million in taxpayer funds on lawyers for unaccompanied minors immigrating to...

Alabama delegation could decide whether ‘ObamaTrade’ passes or not, here’s why

Cliff Sims -
All eyes will be on the Alabama Congressional delegation Friday as the U.S. House votes on whether or not to grant President Obama Trade...

Alabama officially applies to Congress for Convention of States

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- After a few years of gaining momentum, a movement to apply for a Convention of the States to amend the U.S. Constitution...

Alabama congressmen blast Obama’s secret trade agreement

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Several members of Alabama's Congressional delegation have spoken out recently against the air of secrecy surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade...

Huckabee: ‘Sessions is calling Obama’s bluff and Republicans need to take his advice’

Cliff Sims -
Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee on Wednesday lauded Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for his push to block Congress from giving President Obama so-called “fast-track”...

Alabama gambling expansion could be considered in Special Session, but appears unlikely to pass

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) promised months ago that he would call as many Special Sessions as it takes for lawmakers...

Robert Gibbs: From Auburn High School, to the White House, to McDonald’s executive

Elizabeth BeShears -
AUBURN, Ala. -- Former Obama Press Secretary and Alabama native Robert Gibbs has officially joined fast-food giant McDonald's as their global chief communications officer...

ObamaCare’s future is in the hands of the Supreme Court, here’s what you need to know

Katherine Robertson -
Background The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is again in question as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule any day now...

(Poll) Have your health insurance premiums gone up, down, or stayed the same?

Elizabeth BeShears -
Last week Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and UnitedHealthcare, the two insurance companies in the state that offer plans through the ObamaCare marketplace,...

Broadband Internet Expansion Is Key to Alabama’s Economic Development (Opinion)

Sen. Tom Whatley -
Alabama and other agriculture-based states took off when roads were built to help farmers get their goods to market more quickly. Our country grew...

Poll shows Huckabee the early frontrunner in Alabama, other candidates close behind

Cliff Sims -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A survey by nationally-known public opinion research firm McLaughlin & Associates shows former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be the early...

EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows Alabamians staunchly oppose tax hikes, prefer spending cuts and reforms

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A survey by nationally-known public opinion research firm McLaughlin & Associates shows widespread disdain for taxes among the Alabama electorate, making...

Condoleezza Rice: Give President Obama trade promotion authority

Elizabeth BeShears -
STANFORD, California -- Alabama native and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wrote in an op-ed published by the Washington Post that Congress should...

Sessions: Trade agreement cedes power to Obama, opens door to ‘global governance structures’

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, blasted President Obama's request for so-called "fast-track authority"...

Now that Gov. Bentley vetoed a budget that only relied on cuts to balance, what’s next?

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Legislature is constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget each year. This Spring, however, lawmakers passed an ill-fated budget...

This billboard in Alabama may be the greatest thing ever

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONROEVILLE, Ala. -- A billboard in south Alabama is going viral Friday morning after being tweeted out by the Alabama Free Market Alliance (AFMA)....

Palmer introduces bill to make sure Alabama doctors get paid by Medicaid and Medicare

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) introduced legislation in the U.S. House Thursday that would ensure physicians who serve Medicaid and Medicare patients continue...

Brooks calls on Congress to end Amtrak subsidies: ‘They need to pay their own way’

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XRTSJA3ORg&feature=youtu.be (Video Above: Congressman Mo Brooks introduces an amendment to end subsidies to Amtrak) WASHINGTON -- Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Thursday urged Congress to end...

One group of retired Alabama govt. employees still receives 75% of their salary, here’s why

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama's District Attorneys are balking at budget cuts, but reforms to a controversial program could save the DAs, and taxpayers, millions...

Rogers: The U.N. attacks our rights as U.S. citizens and is a complete waste of tax dollars

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers -
Across East Alabama, many of you may agree with me that the United States’ participation with the United Nations (U.N.) should end immediately. The U.N....

Are Washington’s big government habits rubbing off on Alabama? (Opinion)

Dr. Daniel J. Smith -
In what has become a Groundhog Day scenario, federal legislators will likely grant approval to raise the federal debt limit — again. This will...

The Alabama legislature just approved a backdoor tax increase

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Legislature, including a majority of Republicans, on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that will allow state agencies...
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