HOOVER, Ala. — Speaking at the Alabama Democratic Conference convention over the weekend, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton delivered a familiar stump speech with a somewhat less familiar accent. The Illinois native, who was schooled in Massachusetts and Connecticut before marrying an Arkansan and spending much of her adult life in Washington and New York, […]

(Video above: Rick and Bubba interview the Woodlawn star and director) Woodlawn star Caleb Castille and director Andy Erwin joined Rick and Bubba in studio this week to promote the movie’s release and discuss how powerful films can be in spreading the Christian message. Andy Erwin and his brother John have had back-to-back successful releases […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 6.0%, down 0.2 percent from the previous month, according to numbers released by the Alabama Department of Labor on Friday. Every county in the state saw its jobless rate tick down. “We are extremely pleased to see a decrease in our unemployment rate this month,” […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — During a guest lecture at Harvard University on Wednesday, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) took aim at Dodd-Frank, the sweeping — many conservatives would say onerous — regulatory reform package passed by Democrats in response to the so-called “Great Recession.” “I am leading an effort to address a number of concerns identified during […]

Alabama sports website and liberal political blog AL.com on Tuesday declared, “Gov. Robert Bentley has a Hillary Clinton problem.” The provocative headline fueled a round of talk radio discussion surrounding revelations that Gov. Bentley has never maintained a state government email account, opting instead to correspond using a personal email account. The article was penned […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — While Republicans in Washington, D.C., prepare for an internal election for Speaker of the House, the debate surrounding who they will elevate to that lofty post is becoming a campaign issue 800 miles away in Alabama’s Second Congressional District. It has been just over two weeks since John Boehner (R-Oh.) announced he […]

PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Football injuries don’t just stop a play, they can end a life. In 2014, five players passed away from injuries they received while playing the game, and 36 have died since 2005. With more than 1.1 million young athletes playing football in the United States, those numbers are relatively small. But the […]

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For the first time ever this week, a member of the U.S. armed services — an Alabamian — voted electronically while deployed abroad. Alabama is the first state in the country to implement fully electronic voting for service members stationed overseas. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says the system is rolling […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQzJxvbtkfc&feature=youtu.be (Video above: Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) host a press conference on the Thin Blue Line Act) WASHINGTON — In the wake of numerous anti-police crimes around the country, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Thursday vowed to America’s first responders that he and his conservative senate colleagues have their back. Flanked […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) this week unanimously approved two small business incentives the three Republican commissioners believe will “strengthen and grow the Alabama economy by encouraging investments and creating jobs.” The PSC is the state government body tasked with regulating utilities, so while economic incentives that go through the legislative […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One day after a British ISIS supporter named him the terrorist group’s “number one target,” Rob O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama Bin Laden, delivered a speech to a packed house of Alabama business leaders. A British ISIS supporter on Monday released O’Neill’s personal information, including his home address, […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday signed a letter to the top government watchdog of the Department of Health and Human Services requesting an investigation of the federal government’s support of fetal tissue research. In the letter, penned by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a group of Republican senators told HSS Inspector General Daniel […]

DOTHAN, Ala. — A Houston County Commissioner struck a television journalist in the face Tuesday as the commissioner made his way to his vehicle after a public meeting. District 2 Commissioner Amos Newsome lashed out at WTVY reporter Ken Curtis after Curtis asked if he had considered resigning in the wake of voter fraud allegations […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The rabies vaccine is literally raining down from the sky in north Alabama. The Alabama Department of Public Health and the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services Division on Monday began airdropping rabies vaccine pills from planes and helicopters in 10 north Alabama counties, according to a report by local NBC affiliate […]

It is shaping up to be a relatively calm election year in Alabama. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) is on track to easily win re-election, none of Alabama’s state-level office-holders are on the ballot, and six of the state’s seven U.S. House members have drawn little or no opposition. If it wasn’t for the SEC Primary […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Lt. Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced her endorsement of former Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush. Ivey also filed papers with the state Republican Party to qualify Gov. Bush to run in Alabama’s presidential primary. “Jeb Bush was a strong governor who provided conservative leadership in Florida,” said […]

(Video above: RSA CEO Dr. David Bronner speaks to the Alabama State Employees Association. Part two of the speech can be viewed here.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The CEO of Alabama’s public employees’ pension system has a lengthy list of foul-mouthed grievances with the citizens of Alabama and their elected representatives, and he made it known […]

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Former Vice President and climate change activist Al Gore has teamed up with a Tea Party leader in a move that could signal a change in tactics for the southeast’s burgeoning environmentalist movement. According to Politico, Gore has enlisted the help of “Green Tea Coalition” founder Debbie Dooley for a solar ballot initiative in Florida, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Wetumpka Tea Party founder Becky Gerritson came out swinging on the first day of her quest to unseat Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL02), calling the three-term incumbent “one of the nation’s most liberal Republicans.” “Since day one, Martha Roby has aligned herself with establishment insiders and failed politicians,” Gerritson said in a press […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Thumbtack, an online marketplace that matches service providers with consumers, has named Birmingham, Alabama the best city in the United States for millennial entrepreneurs. The company analyzed survey responses from 18,000 small business owners from all over the country who answered questions about the business-friendliness of their area. Birmingham came in at […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions on Wednesday voted against a short-term spending measure that funds the government through Dec. 11, including Planned Parenthood, the controversial abortion provider that has come under fire in recent months for its participation in the sale of fetal tissue. Conservatives had previously proposed shifting Planned Parenthood’s […]

WASINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) is maintaining the third most conservative Senate voting record during the current session of Congress, according to the latest Heritage Action scorecard. Shelby’s score is an eye-popping 99 percent, coming in just behind the Senate’s most outspoken conservative duo, Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), who both […]