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First Jobs Bills Clear House, More in Line for Votes Next Week
MONTGOMERY – As promised, job growth legislation was the top priority in the first week of the Alabama Legislature’s 2012 Regular Session, as bills...
Key Stats Show How Obama Compares to Past Presidents Seeking Re-election
With the 2012 legislative session getting underway, I've spent most of my time on here discussing Alabama state politics. But on Tuesday, while attention...
State of the State Transcript, Video
Governor Bentley delivered the 2012 State of the State address on Tuesday evening in the Old House Chamber of the State Capitol. I shot...
Jobs Bills Clear Committee, Up for Votes Thursday
Lawmakers wasted no time taking action on an aggressive job-growth agenda in the 2012 Regular Session, as key economic development bills received favorable votes...
AEA Misrepresents Impact of Economic Development Bills
This morning I took the time to sit-in on the House Economic Development & Tourism Committee meeting. ADO Director Greg Canfield was in attendance...
Rep. Alan Harper of Aliceville Announces Switch to Alabama GOP
While Democrat Minority Leader Craig Ford has been predicting a GOP to Democrat party switcher in the legislature, the exact opposite happened Tuesday as...
BCA Releases 2012 Legislative Agenda
With their close ties to the GOP legislative leadership, The Business Council of Alabama is now unquestionably the most powerful lobbying group in Montgomery....
VIDEO: Celebrating President Reagan's 101st Birthday – 10 Inspiring Quotes
Today is Ronald Reagan's 101st birthday. In celebration, The Heritage Foundation released a list of 10 of his most inspiring quotes:
Of the four wars...
Party Switchers: More Coming Soon + A Couple of Cases to Consider
Since Republicans were swept into power in 2010, we’ve seen countless Democrats jump ship. During the 2011 legislative session, I watched the mounting frustration...
Goat Hill Weekly: Your Weekly Preview of the Alabama Legislature
February 6 - February 10
This is the first installment of what we're going to call "Goat Hill Weekly." This feature will run each Monday...
This Week's Top Tweets
Republican Presidential Primary:
Interesting note: since FL was punished for moving their primary up, AL & FL actually have the same amount of delegates -...
Calls for Obama's Impeachment Weaken Tea Party Brand
As I fired up my twitter account this morning, I saw the following tweet:
LOLZ RT @georgetalbot: Today's column: Alabama candidates vow to impeach Obama:...
After Year of Budget Talks, Roby Takes the Lead to End Gimmicks & Tricks
WASHINGTON — A group of more than 25 conservative House freshmen, led by Representative Martha Roby of Alabama, joined forces today to put an...
Predicting Alabama Based on Florida Panhandle Numbers
Florida Senator Marco Rubio was a guest on Sean Hannity’s radio show today to discuss the Florida GOP primary. After deflecting the usual questions...
AEA Executive Hypocrite At It Again
The AEA tabloid machine is at it again. This time, AEA Executive Hypocrite, excuse me, Executive Secretary Henry Mabry is taking on Governor Bentley...
Roby Getting Recognized, Starts Making Legislative Moves
Rep. Martha Roby is having a great first term. The Montgomery Advertiser extolled her conservative credentials in a piece today entitled "Republican Roby 'solidly...
Parker Griffith Goes Bananas on Dale Jackson Show
Audio below. Wow.
Parker Griffith went nuts this morning. Time for popcorn. #ALpolitics RT @TheDaleJackson bit.ly/xMpZ85— Taylor Nichols (@taylornichols) January 30, 2012
Will New Alabama Democrat Polling Arm Provide Credible Results?
John Anzalone is the President of Anzalone Liszt Research. He's one of the top Democratic pollsters and his client list includes President Obama, Senate...
Marco Rubio Delivers Impassioned Speech on Immigration
Few issues have become more polarizing points of contention in the national debate than immigration. Here in Alabama, our legislature took the issue head-on...
This Week's Top Tweets
Here's what Alabamians were tweeting about this week...
Alabama Education Reform:
@toddcstacy I'm an AEA member but understand that inner-city kids in failing schools should have...
Bachus Releases New TV Ad
The below ad just went up on TV today in the 6th congressional district:
AL-06 Candidate Insinuates That U.S. Military May be Preparing to Attack US Citizens
I had the opportunity to speak with congressional candidate Al Mickle a couple of weeks ago as I was writing my feature on the...
UA's Own Takes On the Teacher's Union Mouthpiece
A passionate Joe Scarborough went on an extended rant about education reform Thursday, shouting down former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accusing...
CHART: Dramatic Drop in Unemployment Shows the Difference Pro-Growth Policies Make
Legislative Leadership seeks to continue progress with 2012 jobs agenda
MONTGOMERY – Alabama is reducing its unemployment rate faster than any state in the...