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Former Miss Alabama announces run for State House

In a YouTube video released on Wednesday, former Miss Alabama and conservative activist Amie Beth Shaver announced her candidacy for Alabama State House District...

Cruz ducks Christie question

The battle lines are beginning to harden in the maturing GOP presidential field now that Chris Christie is basking in his moment of supreme...

Rand slaps Christie for Sandy ads

How’s this for a congratulations? The day after Gov. Chris Christie routed his Democratic opponent for a second term, Sen. Rand Paul rapped him for...

Speaker Hubbard announces 2014 House committee appointments

MONTGOMERY – Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, on Thursday announced a slate of new House committee vice chairmen and other key committee appointments...

‘Morning Joe’ says Byrne win is victory for ‘the establishment’

(Above: MSNBC's "Morning Joe" team discusses Bradley Byrne's victory in AL-01) Members of the national media have said for weeks that the outcome of the...

Alabama native leads D.C. circuit court in strike down of ObamaCare mandate

On November 1, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Gilardi v. HHS ruling against the controversial “birth control mandate”...

Translating Christie’s victory speech

Chris Christie’s victory rally in Asbury Park, New Jersey Tuesday night had the look, feel and size of a presidential celebration. The speech he delivered...

6 big winners from the AL-01 Republican primary

In what was probably the nastiest Republican primary since the 2010 gubernatorial race, former state senator Bradley Byrne outlasted businessman Dean Young to become...

6 big losers from the AL-01 Republican primary

In what was probably the nastiest Republican primary since the 2010 gubernatorial race, former state senator Bradley Byrne outlasted businessman Dean Young to become...

Bradley Byrne ends Dean Young’s congressional hopes

(Above: WKRG reports from the campaign headquarters of both Bradley Byrne and Dean Young) It was supposed to be decided by the slimmest of margins,...

Republican Phil Slay announces candidacy for Alabama House District 37

FIVE POINTS - Farmer Phil Slay on Tuesday announced that he will run as a Republican candidate for the House District 37 legislative seat...

Romney suggests altering GOP primary process

Mitt Romney was never a natural fit for Iowa. But as the Republican Party wrestles with how to alter its nominating system in order to...

PSC lowers rates for Alagasco, approves Mobile oil pipeline

Montgomery – The Alabama Public Service Commission today approved rate and revenue reductions affecting Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco) and its customers. PSC President Twinkle...

ABSURD: Federal bureaucrats shut down Alabama business

Brad Gaddy owns a trucking company in the little town of Double Springs, Alabama that hauls wood chips, lumber, logs, and other freight for...

Lawmaker seeks to lift Alabama’s ban on gay marriage

State Rep. Patricia Todd, D-Birmingham, has pre-filed a bill for the 2014 legislative session that would bring the repeal of Alabama's constitutional ban on...

Bentley campaign war chest tops $2 million

According to campaign finance disclosures released Monday, Gov. Robert Bentley, R-Tuscaloosa, has raised a stout $2.3 million for his reelection campaign since June. The reports,...

Mo Brooks says he wouldn’t know what to do without his ol’ pal Parker Griffith

If at first you don’t succeed — try, try again. Former Democratic-turned-Republican Rep. Parker Griffith is considering taking another crack at current incumbent Rep. Mo Brooks,...

Christie-Martinez ticket in 2016?

The final national figure to campaign for Chris Christie’s re-election in New Jersey will be New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez. Martinez is not only her state’s...

Top 10 most vulnerable Alabama incumbents

1. Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn, R-Southside There's no Republican in the state who's more out of touch with Alabama's conservative base than Terry Dunn....

Republican Melinda McClendon takes aim at state senator Harri Anne Smith

DOTHAN – Republican businesswoman and Houston County Commissioner Melinda McClendon today announced she is challenging incumbent state senator Harri Anne Smith, I-Dothan, for the...

New book on Christie: ‘When you look below the surface, it’s not pretty’

Just days away from an expected smashing re-election victory in New Jersey, a new book portrays Gov. Chris Christie as an opposition researcher’s dream. In...

Cruz: Paul can’t be elected president

Sen. Ted Cruz privately told a group of donors in New York this past summer that Sen. Rand Paul can’t be elected president. That’s the...

UA Chancellor on 60 Minutes: ‘Saban is the best financial investment this university’s ever made’

(Above: 60 Minutes profiles the Bama football program and head coach Nick Saban) For the last eight months, University of Alabama head football coach Nick...

Young campaign runs bizarre ads attacking ‘Bradley Bynes’

Whoever "Bradley Bynes" is, he's a liar -- at least according to Republican First Congressional District hopeful Dean Young. Young and fellow Republican Bradley Byrne...