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Conservative group says radical environmental push is ‘Obama’s plan, Alabama’s problem’

The Alabama Free Market Alliance (AFMA), a conservative advocacy group headed by Alabama's Republican National Committeeman Paul Reynolds, released a television ad this week...

Out-of-state liberal group spends big at last minute to swing Alabama legislative races

Southern Progress Action Fund (SPAF), an Arkansas-based liberal group bent on returning Democrats to power in the South is spending over $100,000 to swing...

Sessions: Senate Democrats have surrendered to Obama’s lawless immigration scheme

USCIS, a union that represents roughly 12,000 officers in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, made waves this week when it disclosed that the...

Sims unloads on Apple CEO for ‘swooping in’ to ‘lecture Alabama on how we should live’

Yellowhammer's Cliff Sims unloaded on Apple CEO Tim Cook on Twitter Monday after Cook harshly criticized the State of Alabama for being "too slow...

Strange picks up Sessions endorsement and large ad buy from national GOP group

Alabama's incumbent Republican Attorney General Luther Strange is locked in a heated race against Democratic challenger State Rep. Joe Hubbard (D-Montgomery), but it looks...

Bentley camp doesn’t squash presidential speculation, says he’s ‘focused on being governor’

A spokesperson for Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley responded to speculation that Bentley could be a potential 2016 presidential candidate by simply saying that he's...

Bentley for President? Washington Post suggests Bentley is a ‘governor to watch’ in 2016

The Washington Posts last week published an article titled "Governors to watch for 2016 and beyond" suggesting that Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley should be...

Sessions implores Republicans to vote: ‘Conservative leadership is working for Alabama’

In preparation for election day Nov. 4th, the Alabama Republican Party is using Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as its spokesperson in hopes of driving...

Alabama tea party group targeted by IRS outraged by court’s decision to dismiss their case

WETUMPKA, Ala. -- Becky Gerritson, President of the Wetumpka TEA Party, called Thursday's U.S. District Court’s ruling to dismiss two lawsuits against the IRS...

The Strange politics of a hollow victory

Hollow victory: a victory with such a devastating cost that it is tantamount to defeat. Exactly one week ago today, an indictment was signed, paving...

Brooks: Enterovirus entering US coincides with Obama enticing illegals to cross border

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Thursday during an interview with Birmingham conservative talk radio host Matt Murphy said that the timing of the recent...

Attention, Alabama: ‘Something’ is Going on Here

One of my favorite recurring sketches on David Letterman's Late Show on CBS is called "Is This Anything?" The stage curtain comes up and...

OUCH: Central Alabama VA called out in study of most outlandish government spending — twice!

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is retiring this year, and that's a shame for plenty of reasons, not the least of which is that his...

AG Strange responds to Hubbard camp’s ‘political witch hunt’ allegations

During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3) and Mark White, an attorney for House Speaker Mike Hubbard, both accused Attorney...

Explosive Mike Hubbard press conference as told through Twitter

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard held a press conference Tuesday afternoon flanked by dozens of state and local leaders, including legislators, businessmen and local...

Alabama National Guard called up for Ebola response? Possible, but not likely

President Obama recently authorized the Pentagon to call up the National Guard if they are needed as part of the U.S. government's response to...

Knives come out: Birmingham Rep. Jim Carns already angling for Speakership

As news broke on Monday afternoon that Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard had been indicted on 23 felony public corruption charges, one of his...

Alabama House Speaker indicted on corruption charges

AUBURN, Ala. -- Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been indicted on corruption charges stemming from a Lee County Grand Jury investigation that has...

Roby: Liberals’ ‘insulting, offensive’ political attacks distract from the real ‘War on Women’

For about four years now, the Professional Left in Washington has been engaged in a desperate campaign to convince the American people that...

Meet the viral video star behind some of Alabama’s most effective political ads

In April of 2012, Free Market America, a conservative advocacy organization that promotes free market principles, posted a four-minute, thirty-eight second video on YouTube...

Sessions: American public should have ‘Zero Confidence’ in Obama’s Ebola Czar

Ebola is a health crisis. Yet the President has appointed as his new Ebola ‘czar’ a partisan loyalist whose expertise is politics—not health. One...

Patient with ‘slim chance’ of Ebola in Montgomery, could take two days to confirm

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange announced in a press conference today that emergency personal responded to a possible Ebola victim from Nigeria...

Byrne calls for west Africa travel ban, condemns use of military to control Ebola outbreak

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) today made clear his support for a temporary ban on travel to the United States from west Africa...

What George Wallace can teach us about Republicans’ chances to retake the US Senate

George Wallace was governor of Alabama for over 16 years -- 5,848 days, to be exact. He won the office four times, serving two...