Proponents of Alabama’s ethics laws just scored a major victory, as a federal appellate court ruled on Tuesday that the state’s ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers is constitutional. The decision came after a lawsuit, championed by the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC), claimed that a ban on transfers between political action committees would hinder freedom of speech […]

Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks has been one of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken critics of the President’s refugee resettlement plan. He says local governments deserve to have more control over those who are placed in their state. Now, he’s signed on to a bill that would grant states the power to approve refugee resettlements. The Allow […]

A new suit filed against the state asserts that a decades-old law preventing some felons from voting is inherently racist. 10 Alabamians, along with Greater Birmingham Ministries, filed a suit in federal court on Monday over the claim. Using figures from the D.C.-based Sentencing Project, they say that Alabama’s law unfairly blocks over 250,000- or […]

Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers says the country is past due for a conversation on the role that space plays in our national security. That’s why he’s leading an effort in Congress that would force the Department of Defense to more proactively prepare for threats that could emerge from space-led warfare. While it’s not a current […]

Alabama’s Senators are stepping in after reports that President Obama is considering a rule that would force future American generations to withhold a nuclear option unless the country is attacked first. In a letter sent to the President, Senators Sessions and Shelby call on Obama to protect the interest of national defense by rejecting the […]

An Alabama woman has caught national media attention after claiming that an inability to speak Spanish is preventing her from securing a job. Sandra Langlois is German-born, though she speaks English fluently in addition to her native language. Having lived in Albertville, Alabama for decades as a legal immigrant, she now says that the high […]