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Byrne: Police Officers Deserve Prayers and Praise (Opinion)

U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne -
Earlier this month we were all devastated to learn that two police officers had been tragically murdered while conducting a basic traffic stop in...

Alabama Senate leader: Stop growth of government, cap spending on Medicaid, prisons

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh is concerned with the massive growth seen in recent years of government programs like...

Ala. congressman leads push to allow civilians to buy vintage handguns from the military

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offered by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3) and approved by the U.S. House Thursday...

U.S. House authorizes three more Alabama-built Littoral Combat Ships

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1), a member of the House Armed Forces Committee, applauded his colleagues Thursday for voting to approve the National...

Roby slams VA for reported $6 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7tQ705Ck34&feature=youtu.be (Video Above: Rep. Roby discusses the recent report showing $6 billion a year were wasted at the VA) WASHINGTON -- A new report finding the...

ALGOP Chair: Bentley exited ‘conservative lane’ with tax plan, but ‘believes in his heart’ he is right

Elizabeth BeShears -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala -- During an on-air conversation with Alabama Republican Party Chairwoman Terry Lathan on Thursday, talk radio host Matt Murphy said the ALGOP...

Bentley: Lawmakers who oppose tax hikes are telling Alabamians, ‘I don’t care about you’

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Thursday threatened to veto a budget passed by the House General Fund committee that does not...

Alabama House committee passes balanced budget relying on cuts, no tax hikes

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House General Fund budget chairman Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) conceded Thursday that the Senate would not approve his proposal to balance...

Alabama GOP Congressmen all sign on to co-sponsor pro-life fetal pain bill

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- A pro-life bill considered by Congress Wednesday has received the support of every Republican member of Alabama's U.S. House delegation. The Pain...

Influential Ala. senator comes out in support of gambling expansion plan

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Another influential Alabama Senate Republican has thrown his support behind expanding gambling as a solution to the state's general fund budget...

Alabama’s Pre-K program maintains position as the best in the nation

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- For the ninth year in a row, Alabama's Pre-Kindergarten program has been named the best in the nation by the National...

Roby: EPA’s attempt to ramp up water regulations ‘reeks of a radical environmental agenda’

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Martha Roby, who was one of the 261 members to vote Tuesday for overturning a controversial new rule from the Environmental...

Shelby visits every Alabama county for 29th year in a row, racking up 1,943 town halls

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Alabama's senior Senator Richard Shelby (R) completed his yearly circuit of all the state's counties again this year, marking his 1,943rd visit...

Conservative group grades Alabama congressmen on their ‘courage to stand up to big govt.’

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- The American Conservative Union, the grassroots organization most well-known for hosting the massive annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), released its grades...

ObamaCare causing substitute teacher shortage in Alabama

Elizabeth BeShears -
WSFA.com Montgomery Alabama news. (Video Above: WSFA reports on the ObamaCare-caused substitute teacher shortage) AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. -- The Autauga County, Alabama school system is having...

Ala. Legislature reforms prisons in effort to ease overcrowding, avoid federal takeover

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Legislature passed sweeping prison reform with only 5 dissenting votes last week, culminating several years of work by a...

Alabama lawmakers should return to conservative principles, reject tax hikes (opinion)

Paul Reynolds -
One of the pillars of the Alabama Free Market Alliance is the promotion of pro-growth tax reform. As a result, we frequently convey the...

Alabama House poised to vote on $150M tax hike the Senate will likely ignore (analysis)

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House Republicans, many of whom were elected or re-elected last November on a limited government, anti-tax platform, are poised to...

ALGOP chairman urges Republican leaders to balance budget without tax hikes

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan sent a letter to the state's elected Republican leaders Monday urging them to work together...

Bentley: Over 1,000 Alabamians could lose ‘life-sustaining services’ if spending is cut

Elizabeth BeShears -
MOBILE, Ala. -- Taking part in a state-wide mental health disability campaign event in Mobile Monday morning, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley told attendees that...

IRS investigator from Alabama charged with fraud, identity theft in agency’s latest scandal

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- An IRS agent from Alabama and his accomplice have been indicted for fraud and identity theft, resulting in thirty charges between the...

The solution to Alabama’s budget ‘crisis’ is so simple it will blow your mind (No tax hikes necessary)

Cliff Sims -
Deadlines and crises sometimes force lawmakers to implement reforms and solve problems they would typically rather not tackle. Alabama should be experiencing such a moment...

Michelle Obama delivers racially charged commencement address at Alabama college (Video)

Cliff Sims -
https://youtu.be/MqFY8OBrCFE (Video above: First Lady Michelle Obama delivers 2015 commencement address at Tuskegee University) TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the 2015 commencement address...

ACLU attacks Alabama ‘religious fanatics who don’t believe in evolution, climate change’

Cliff Sims -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Alabama chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday slammed a bill currently making its way through the Alabama...
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