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Sessions: Obama’s climate change deal with China gives them ‘huge economic advantage’

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Wednesday blasted the Obama Administration for cutting a climate change deal with China, which the Alabama senator...

Bus tour warns that Obama’s EPA regulations threaten Alabama’s economy

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Coal Jobs Count, a grassroots advocacy organization whose stated goal is to "fight the overreach of EPA regulations," is traversing the...

Sessions: No Surrender on Immigration

Sen. Jeff Sessions -
On Election Day, Americans roared in protest against the President’s open-borders extremism. They rallied behind candidates who will defend the rule of law and...

5 reasons every state is about to wish they had Alabama’s U.S. Senators

Cliff Sims -
Voters swept Republicans into the majority in the U.S. Senate last week, but it will still be a couple of months before the transition...

Shelby: Obama’s AG nominee should not be considered by lame duck Congress

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON -- The newly elected Republican U.S. Senate majority does not take office until January of next year, but Republicans are expressing concerns that...

‘Double-dipping’ Alabama legislator sues for right to collect two state paychecks

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Should Alabama lawmakers be able to collect multiple taxpayer-funded state paychecks? That is the question that will soon be answered by...

Byrne: We must never stop improving care and programs for our veterans

U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne -
Last Wednesday morning, I made my way through a packed auditorium at Perdido School in north Baldwin County to shake the hands of veterans...

Democratic Party leader says Alabamians vote against Democrats because they’re racist

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- During an interview with the Birmingham News over the weekend, Joe Reed, longtime vice chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party and...

GOP Senate Majority can roll back ObamaCare, block amnesty, reject radical judges (opinion)

Katherine Robertson -
On Tuesday, the GOP picked up seven seats in the U.S. Senate resulting in their first majority (52-46) since 2006. House Republicans expanded their majority...

Sims: GOP must deliver on ‘rare opportunity’ to make Alabama a model of conservative govt.

Ryan Boggus -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- During an appearance on WAPI's "Matt Murphy Show" on Thursday, Yellowhammer CEO Cliff Sims said that voters have given the Alabama...

Condoleezza Rice has a must-read take on race in America

Cliff Sims -
Alabama native and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who tends to stay above the fray of politics, on Thursday vented on Fox News...

Alabamian’s cartoon perfectly sums up America’s feelings about Obama

Cliff Sims -
Scott Stantis is widely viewed as one of the best — if not the best — editorial cartoonists in the country. At one point...

House GOP votes to back Hubbard for second term as Speaker

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama House Republicans on Thursday huddled for a meeting in Montgomery just two days after voters saw fit to expand their...

Condi to Obama: Don’t try executive amnesty, the American people want a course change

Cliff Sims -
Alabama native and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday that President Obama should walk back his executive amnesty plan and realize...

Sessions: GOP majority will fight Obama’s amnesty plan, ‘surrendering is not an option’

Cliff Sims -
WASHINGTON -- Tuesday's elections may have delivered sweeping changes to the makeup of the U.S. Senate, but the same Jeff Sessions returned to work...

These are the Alabama groups, ideas and individuals who won the biggest on election day

Cliff Sims -
Everyone's seen who won the races, but now that the dust has settled, here's a deeper look at Alabama's biggest winners this election cycle. School...

Study reveals how much weight your vote carries in Alabama

Cort Gatliff -
Congratulations everyone, you did it. It probably didn't seem possible, but you survived another election cycle. Enjoy the lack of political ads while you...

AEA spends roughly $20 million of teachers’ money on disastrous election strategy

Cliff Sims -
If June 4, 2014, the day after Alabama's Primary Elections, was considered "rock bottom" for the Alabama Education Association (AEA), its embattled leader, Henry...

Congrats, Alabama, you are the biggest winner in the GOP takeover of the Senate (Here’s why)

Cliff Sims -
Shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night it became clear that Republicans would take the majority in the U.S. Senate, topping off a massive...

ALGOP Chairman alleges ‘appalling, un-American’ ballot mishandling in Montgomery

Cliff Sims -
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Republican Party was notified late this afternoon that ballots at two polling locations in House Districts 77 and 78...

Data shows voting in Alabama tends to be quick, but how’s your experience been today?

Cort Gatliff -
People don't vote for many different reasons, but a consistent excuse is that voting just takes too much time. During the 2012 election, the...

Simple math is the storyline worth watching on Election Day in Alabama

Cliff Sims -
There's very little drama at the top of the ticket this year in Alabama, but that doesn't mean there isn't a storyline worth watching. That...

9 quotes that will inspire you to go vote today

Cliff Sims -
With a price tag of roughly $3.67 billion dollars, the 2014 elections are going down in history as the most expensive midterms in American...

‘Put on your best underwear!’ — One Alabama candidate’s bizarre challenge to voters

Cliff Sims -
Alabama is something of a Petri dish for outlandish politicians, bizarre campaign moments and scratch-your-head political theater. Sometimes it seems like the Yellowhammer State...
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