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Top Democrat: GOP won’t back Bentley tax hikes because they’re Democratic proposals

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House Minority Leader Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) said Sunday that Republican legislative leaders are rejecting Gov. Robert Bentley's tax hike package...

Byrne: Defense cuts are hurting our national security

U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne -
Across the world today, the United States faces a wide range of serious threats, ranging from Russia to Iran to China to the Islamic...

Obama coming back to Alabama

Elizabeth BeShears -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- According to reports, President Obama will be visiting the Magic City March 26th. He is rumored to be making a speech...

Bombshell: Benghazi committee asking for Clinton’s entire email server

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- The Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi terror attacks, of which Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-AL2) is a member, sent a letter to...

Alabamian who lost his job to low-cost foreign workers makes impassioned plea to U.S. Senate

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb2Iviec4o8 (Video above: Former Infosys employee Jay Palmer testifies against the H-1B visa program) WASHINGTON -- Jay Palmer, a Montgomery resident, testified before the Senate Judiciary...

(Audio) Sims: AL Dems proved they care more about the teachers’ union than educating children

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmyFfQx1BcI&feature=youtu.be (Above: Cliff Sims slams Democrat opposition to charter schools) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- In a passionate rant on Yellowhammer Radio Thursday, host Cliff Sims slammed Alabama...

Alabama joins 13 other states in opposing ‘overreaching, unlawful’ EPA regs

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced Wednesday that Alabama has joined with 13 other states in opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's...

Alabama Senate passes bill to increase transparency on how tax dollars are spent

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Wednesday the Alabama Senate unanimously passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) that would require the legislative fiscal office (LFO)...

Hank Williams Jr. shows up in Alabama Legislature to support deer hunting bill

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Avid outdoorsman and country music legend Hank Williams Jr. appeared before the Alabama Senate Agriculture Conservation and Forestry Committee Wednesday to...

EXCLUSIVE: GOP lawmaker pushes bill to tax the money Alabamians pay in taxes

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark), Chairman of the Alabama House General Fund Budget Committee, told Yellowhammer Wednesday that he is planning to...

Alabama Legislature passes historic Charter Schools bill

Elizabeth BeShears -
UPDATE: Governor Bentley signed the bill into law Thursday afternoon, codifying the state's first charter schools legislation. MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Legislature on Wednesday...

Shelby slams Obama AG nominee: She wants to defend the president, not the Constitution

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpFfuSpqepU (Above: Cliff Sims’ full interview with Sen. Shelby) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio with Cliff Sims on Tuesday, Sen. Richard Shelby...

Sessions: $18 trillion debt is national calamity, threatens future of every American

Sen. Jeff Sessions -
(The following remarks were originally delivered Wednesday by Sen. Jeff Sessions during a Senate Budget Committee meeting to begin work on an FY 2016...

Palmer: EPA’s Ozone rules are unfeasible and require imaginary technology

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDVJ_wQ0hXc&feature=youtu.be (Video above: Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) discusses EPA Ozone regulations) WASHINGTON -- Congressman Gary Palmer, in a Science, Space, and Technology committee meeting Tuesday afternoon,...

Rogers: GOP budget proposal does not adequately fund national defense

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3), a member of the House Committee on Armed Services and Chairman of the Strategic Forces subcommittee, blasted the...

Sessions slams Zuckerberg: ‘People aren’t commodities, they’re human beings’

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQCdxcHwLQ (Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions addresses the Senate Judiciary Committee) WASHINGTON -- Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) made a statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting...

Bentley: Gay marriage destroys ‘rights of children’

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday that same-sex marriage is an assault on the "rights...

Alabama joins 22 states in urging ATF to permanently abandon AR-15 ammo ban

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has signed a letter with 22 other state attorneys general imploring the federal Bureau of Alcohol,...

Shelby says Bentley tax hike could hurt Alabama’s economy: ‘Taxing is not the answer’

Elizabeth BeShears -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H1xgH1GTqo&feature=youtu.be BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio with Cliff Sims on Tuesday, Sen. Richard Shelby expressed concerns that Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's...

Roby: Republicans must commit to restoring military funding in new budget

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- Representative Martha Roby (R-AL2), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Monday that any budget the House presents must meet...

5 things you need to know about Alabama prison reform

Sen. Cam Ward -
Right now, Alabama is on track to solve one of the biggest threats to its budget and autonomy: our state criminal justice system. You may...

Alabama lawmaker wants to get the state out of the retail liquor business

Elizabeth BeShears -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Since Prohibition was lifted in the 1930s, the State of Alabama has been a "Control State", meaning the state directly controls...

Roby: Hillary email scandal part of larger issues in Obama’s State Dept

Elizabeth BeShears -
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Examiner, a D.C.-based political journalism weekly newspaper and website has laid out a timeline of State Department obstructionism of...

Want to avoid the Bentley Tax Hike? Don’t do these 5 things.

Cliff Sims -
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley "boldly" (his words) went back on his campaign promise not to raise taxes and proposed a $541 million tax hike...
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