WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Thursday released a stunning chart illustrating that over 96% of the illegal alien minors arrested in the United States are being allowed to stay in the country, rather than deported back to their country of origin. According to a release from The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration And The […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An independent poll of Alabama’s Republican presidential primary shows billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump with a large lead heading into the state’s March 1st primary, with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in second and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) in third. The “flash survey” conducted by Master Image, a Homewood-based political consulting firm, […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5tGO69uPAE (Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions on on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria”) WASHINGTON — Appearing on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” on Wednesday, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) pushed back against the idea that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump could not win a General Election, saying he is garnering support from “working Americans,” […]

(Video above: Congressman Bradley Byrne honors Harper Lee on the floor of the US House) Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday morning in memory of Monroeville-native and Alabama literary legend Nelle Harper Lee. Lee passed away in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, on February 19 […]

A “game” known simply as “knockout” has grown in popularity among teenage boys in the northeastern United States in recent years, and it now appears to have surfaced in Birmingham, Alabama, as well. The game consists of choosing a random, defenseless person on the street and attempting to knock them out in one punch. The […]

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Mayor Tommy Battle joined Huntsville Utilities CEO Jay Stowe Monday in announcing construction of a new fiber network that will meet the area’s rapidly growing data and communication needs. The Mayor also announced that Huntsville is officially becoming a “Gig City.” Google Fiber, a high-speed TV […]

Exactly 40 years ago this week, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) dubbed Alabama’s then-attorney general an “honorary nigger” and basically threatened to kill him. 29-year-old AG Billy Baxley promptly issued his response on official State of Alabama letterhead: “kiss my ass.” So what led to this exchange? On Sunday, September 15, 1963, members of the […]

Longtime Alabama resident Scott Stantis is widely viewed as one of the best — if not the best — editorial cartoonists in the country. At one point he was the staff cartoonist for The Birmingham News. And although he’s now at The Chicago Tribune, which is one of the most high profile jobs in his […]

WASHINGTON — The country’s most well-known anti-illegal immigration group is wading into Alabama’s U.S. Senate primary after 33-year-old Republican Jonathan McConnell told a local conservative group that plans to remove millions of illegal immigrants from the country are impractical, and he would propose giving them “tax ID numbers.” A voter attending the monthly meeting of […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday overcame a Democratic filibuster to pass a bill to block cities from imposing minimum wage hikes. The bill passed 71-31 and now moves to the Senate, where it will once again face fierce opposition from Democratic lawmakers. Last August the Birmingham City Council […]

The University of Alabama is ranked the second most military-friendly college in the country, according to BestColleges.com, a site that “seeks to empower students by providing the information needed to make informed higher education decisions.” “Since September 11, 2001, enrollment and subsequent retirement of U.S. military has surged, producing millions of new veterans,” explains Best […]

(Video above: Franklin Graham announces the Decision America Tour) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Franklin Graham, President of Samaritan’s Purse and the son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, is planning to hold a massive prayer rally on the steps of the Alabama Capitol this April and hopes to use the platform to urge Alabama Christians to support […]

(Video above: Lyric video for Jason Isbell’s “24 Frames”) Alabama native Jason Isbell won two Grammy Awards on Monday, including Best Americana Album for “Something More Than Free” and Best American Roots Song for “24 Frames.” “Thanks to everybody in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for teaching me how to make music in the first place,” said […]

(Video above: Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” live at Capitol Studios.) Alabama Shakes took home two Grammy Awards Monday, Best Alternative Music Album for “Sound & Color” and Best Rock Song for “Don’t Wanna Fight.” “We never even dreamed of this moment,” said the band’s lead singer, Brittany Howard, as she accepted the trophy for […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN-1O_nVZzY (Video above: The adoption surprise that changed one Alabama family forever) For Allison and Josh of Birmingham, Alabama, the old Yiddish proverb, “We plan, God laughs,” rings especially true. “We can remember when we were engaged or early married and we said, ‘We’ll have two, maybe three kids,'” Allison laughs. “Maybe, maybe!” Josh chimes […]

(Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions discusses Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s impact on the country and what the Senate should do about confirming his successor.) WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Sunday said the Senate should refuse to confirm any more Supreme Court nominations by President Barack Obama, but should instead allow the next […]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Billionaire real estate mogul and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would consider nominating an Alabamian to the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed legendary Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away at his Texas ranch earlier in the afternoon. Trump said the Republican-controlled Senate should block President Barack […]

WASHINGTON — Just after news broke that long-time Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died at his Texas ranch, Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) hailed the conservative jurist as one of the strongest defenders of the Constitution in American history. Scalia was appointed to the High Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. “Today I join […]

(Video above: Polaris introducing the 2016 Slingshot) When Alabama’s new Polaris manufacturing facility gets up and running this spring, some of the workers will be assembling a vehicle that more closely resembles something off the set of a Batman movie than it does the world-class off-road vehicles Polaris is best known for. The Polaris Slingshot […]

WASHINGTON – Two of the United States Senate’s most ardent immigration enforcement hawks have introduced legislation to boost funding for law enforcement officials working to crack down on illegal immigration and uphold the rule of law. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) this week rolled out the ICE Agent Support Act of 2016 […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) has introduced a bill that would allow states to impose drug testing as a mandatory prerequisite to receiving food stamps. The issue has been a hot topic in recent months after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker sued the federal government to allow the screenings. Aderholt, who chairs the Agriculture […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a bill to prevent local governments from implementing “gun user fees” and regulatory hurdles that are designed to make it harder for citizens to purchase guns and ammunition at fair market value. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Phil Williams (R-Rainbow City), was drafted after […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing taking money from Alabama and other Gulf states and redistributing it to help fund the president’s climate agenda in Alaska. In 2006, Congress passed the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA), which created a revenue-sharing agreement for off-shore oil revenue between the federal government and Alabama, Texas, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest list of public schools that have been identified as “failing.” Seventy-six schools find themselves with that unenviable distinction this year, up from 66 in 2015. The list of failing schools is compiled using the student scores on the ACT Aspire standardized test, […]