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Alabama elections officer launches push to get voter ID to every eligible voter

Elizabeth BeShears - April 21, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- As we head into another presidential election season, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is teaming up with the state legislature...

James Spann to emcee Yellowhammer ‘Power & Influence’ event in Birmingham

Press Release - April 20, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- World-renowned meteorologist and Alabama legend James Spann will be the master of ceremonies at the inaugural Yellowhammer Power & Influence reception...

While Bentley threatens to close parks, enviro groups hold up projects that could make them profitable

Elizabeth BeShears - April 20, 2015

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- While the Bentley administration mulls closing down 15 state parks this summer if tax increases are not passed, developments that...

Alabama congressmen push for companies to invest in training skilled workforce

Elizabeth BeShears - April 20, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Two Alabama members of Congress from different parties are teaming up to sponsor a workforce development bill focusing on filling 2 million...

Three of the four states neighboring Alabama have lower tax burdens

Elizabeth BeShears - April 20, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- With all the talk of tax hikes here in the Yellowhammer State, the folks over at statistics blog fivethirtyeight.com have the...

Senator accuses Bentley of fear mongering, Admin. says it’s educating constituents on potential cuts

Cliff Sims - April 20, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A state senator is accusing the Bentley administration of using state employees to spread fear among elderly Alabamians by telling them...

Rush praises Sessions: ‘He is right on the money, well-spoken and brilliant.’

Cliff Sims - April 17, 2015

On Friday, conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh praised Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for being one of the leading opponents of Loretta Lynch, President...

Sims tees off: ‘Bentley’s threats to close state parks are completely bogus’

Elizabeth BeShears - April 17, 2015

(Audio above: Cliff Sims blasts the Bentley Administration's threat to close state parks) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- "I'm just going to say this as plain...

Here’s one state senator’s plan to save the state parks

Elizabeth BeShears - April 17, 2015

GUNTERSVILLE, ALa. -- When the news broke that 15 state parks may close this summer, State Senator Clay Scofield (R-Arab) immediately jumped into action. In...

Alabama lawmaker will introduce bill to incentivize govt. bureaucrats to make cuts

Cliff Sims - April 16, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- With Alabama's General Fund Budget facing an estimated $270 million shortfall, one Republican lawmaker wants to incentivize state government employees to...

Legislators fight back against Bentley Admin’s threats to shut down state parks

Elizabeth BeShears - April 16, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL) is touring the state warning voters that 15 of their beloved state parks could be closed if...

Alabama’s Republican congressmen unanimously vote to repeal ‘Death Tax’

Elizabeth BeShears - April 16, 2015

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House voted Thursday to repeal the Estate Tax, commonly known as the "Death Tax," which takes nearly half of the...

State Auditor discovers Alabama bought $137k worth of broken tazers

Elizabeth BeShears - April 16, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A new report from State Auditor Jim Zeigler shows the state is missing approximately $211,000 in state-owned equipment and property, including...

Palmer: Obama’s ‘unconstitutional overreach’ on climate agenda is not scientifically justified

Elizabeth BeShears - April 16, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHGv1uan_I (Video above: Rep. Gary Palmer questions Dr. Judith Curry during a committee hearing on climate change.) WASHINGTON -- Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) on Wednesday said...

Alabama should reject expanding government healthcare through Medicaid (opinion)

Katherine Robertson - April 16, 2015

In 2013, Arkansas's then-Governor Mike Beebe (D) pushed a non-traditional Medicaid expansion program that gives low-income individuals subsidies to use toward private coverage, rather...

No tax hikes; it’s time to get rid of the earmarks crippling Alabama’s budgets (opinion)

Will Ainsworth - April 15, 2015

Alabama’s General Fund budget, which appropriates taxpayer dollars to non-education state agencies like Medicaid, the Department of Corrections, Public Safety, and others, faces an...