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Brooks introduces bill to protect funding for three key NASA programs

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, introduced a bill to secure funding for several key NASA programs that impact Alabama's fifth congressional...

Sessions blasts ObamaCare, calls out Democrats for resisting food stamp reform in wide-ranging interview

(Above: WTVY’s Tessa Darlington interviews Sen. Jeff Sessions) While traveling across Alabama this week, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, made an appearance on Dothan CBS affiliate...

Shelby Co. Commissioner Mike Vest decides against congressional run

First-term Republican Shelby County Commissioner Mike Vest has decided not to run for Alabama's sixth congressional district seat, after indicating in mid-November that he...

EPA preparing to unleash a deluge of new regulations

Happy holidays from the Obama administration. Federal agencies are currently working on rolling out hundreds of environmental regulations, including major regulations that would limit...

Local politics will play role in fate of south Alabama’s massive steel mill

Last week, ThyssenKrupp announced the $1.55 billion sale of its Calvert, Ala. plant to a 50-50 joint venture owned by Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal and Japan's Nippon...

Hold the line on Medicaid expansion, Gov. Bentley, we’ve got your back

John Archibald of AL.com wants Alabama conservatives to know that they're being childish by not wanting to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare. "Petulance," he says,...

Stimpson leads Alabama delegation on industrial recruitment trip to Germany

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson is leading a delegation Alabama economic developers who have traveled to Germany this week for the 2013 Hamburg Aviation Forum....

Guest op-ed: Bills in the upcoming Session will positively impact service members

For most Alabamians, honoring our military men and women is not confined to the few days in a year designated for that purpose. ...

Iowa Democrat official: Hillary is too old

The Sioux City Journal is priming to post a story Sunday looking at the potential alternatives to Hillary Clinton if she decides against a 2016...

Self-avowed socialist senator Bernie Sanders might run for president

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is 72-years-old and an avowed socialist who doesn’t even formally identify as a Democrat. But he’s signaled that he may just...

CARTOON: Take me with you?

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New book claims Bama football players participated in violent ‘Knockout’ game

A couple of weeks ago, Yellowhammer reported on a disturbing "game" called "Knockout" that is growing in popularity in inner cities, particularly in the...

6 things we learned from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ stunning ’60 Minutes’ interview

(Above: 60 Minutes gets a behind-the-scenes look at Amazon.com and its CEO Jeff Bezos) "Amazon prides itself on disrupting the traditional way of doing things,"...

Alabama leaders should push back against Obama’s Justice Department, fight for school choice

In 2008, under the leadership of Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana launched an educational scholarship program in New Orleans. The Louisiana Scholarship Program, similar to...

Watch Bo Jackson make a disabled athletes’ inspirational story even better

Shortly after Blake Leeper was born, his legs were amputated and doctors said he'd never walk. 24 years later he's working toward becoming the...

Alabamians sound off on ObamaCare: ‘He lied to the country! He lied to me!’

Yesterday's evening newscast on Huntsville's ABC affiliate WAAY featured angry Alabamians in the Tennessee Valley lashing out at President Obama as they've begun feeling...

Walker makes the case against divided government

The Post’s Ezra Klein passes along a nugget from last week’s Scott Walker media tour that grants one a glimpse into his theory against divided...

CARTOON: If Israel wants to stay on the map, it can stay on the map!

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Top 7 most conservative Alabama legislators

1. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise Freshman representative Barry Moore is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur. He's a founder or investor in multiple successful businesses, most notably Barry...

Iron Bowl hysteria reaches the Alabama Senate

The hype surrounding one of the most anticipated Iron Bowls in recent memory has made its way to the Alabama Senate. Senate President Pro Tem...

Christie rises to top of potential 2016 field

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has overtaken Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in The CHASE for the 2016 Republican nomination. Christie’s ascension to the top slot of TheRun2016.com’s rolling...

Alabama Reps. Lee, Weaver recognized nationally as ’emerging leaders’

Alabama Reps. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, and April Weaver, R-Brierfield, recently joined state legislative leaders from across the country at the National Conference for State...

USA Today ranks Bama & Auburn among top fanbases in college football

USA Today Sports has named the fanbases of both Alabama and Auburn among the "most beloved" in all of college football. So, what exactly does...

Walker’s presidential roadblock

Scott Walker's national tour promoting his new book recounting his vigorously contested 2012 recall win is essentially a belated victory lap designed to elevate...