MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House members are already angling to earmark lottery funds for certain projects although the lottery has multiple hurdles left to clear before it even exists in the Yellowhammer State. The Secretary of State’s office confirmed Thursday that the legislature had missed the deadline to pass a lottery bill that would put […]

JACKSON, Miss. — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) stood at Donald J. Trump’s side Wednesday night as the Republican presidential nominee made a pitch to black voters, urging them to abandon a Democratic Party that he argues has failed them. “Hillary Clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as people,” […]

MOBILE, Ala. — In what one attendee referred to as “something between a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert and the Daytona 500,” tens of thousands of Donald Trump supporters flocked to Ladd-Peebles Stadium one year ago this week for the largest event of the Republican presidential primary. It was a stunning show of populist might for Mr. […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Seemingly lost in the chaos of a contentious special legislative session and lottery debate is the fact that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted has dropped to 5.7%, according to the Bentley Administration. That is the lowest unemployment rate the state has enjoyed since 2008. “We continue to see decreases in Alabama’s unemployment rate, […]

Alabama falls in the middle of the pack when it comes to state obesity rankings in the United States, according to a survey by Gallup and Healthways. 28.1% of Alabamians are obese, as computed by respondents’ self-reported height and weight. “The consequences of obesity on health are obvious, but the impacts of the epidemic extend […]

PELHAM, Ala. — Pelham City Council candidate Lucas Burger came up short in his bid to unseat incumbent Council President Rick Hayes on Tuesday, but it is Mr. Burger’s reaction to his loss that is garnering most of the attention. After learning of his candidacy’s fate, Mr. Burger went to the local Hooters, opened up […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Just one day after it appeared there was no way for a lottery vote to take place on the November ballot, pro-lottery lawmakers are now claiming they may have a shot at making it happen after all. The governor and legislative leaders have been operating under the assumption that Wednesday, August 24, […]

Homeschool students in Alabama are for the first time getting their shot to play middle school and high school football, thanks to a newly-implemented rule change by The Alabama High School Athletic Association. The issue of homeschoolers not being allowed to play first came to the forefront as the so called “Tebow Bill” worked its […]

Government surveillance garners all the headlines, but Americans are voluntarily turning over more personal information to tech companies than most government agencies could ever hope to obtain. Case in point: Facebook has labeled the political leanings of its users with stunning accuracy by simply gathering information about them on the site. Political campaigns then pay […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Procedural wrangling in the Alabama House of Representatives will keep a statewide lottery constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot in November. Wednesday, August 24, was the deadline for the legislature to authorize a constitutional amendment to appear on the General Election ballot on November 8th. However, House rules stipulate that committee […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two senators have resigned from the Senate Republican Caucus in the wake of last week’s vote to approve a statewide lottery, citing policy differences and claiming senate leaders violated their own rules in an effort to muscle the bill through. The bill, which was approved by a margin of 21-12, would send […]

(Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions interviewed on CNN, August 23, 2016) WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate whether then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to “extort” individuals or obtain “contributions” to the Clinton Foundation in return for access to the highest levels of the […]

A black Alabamian is tired of Democratic politicians calling photo voter ID laws “racist,” and has taken to Twitter to declare that “it is racist,” however,” to “assume minorities are too incompetent to get an ID.” The latest Gallup survey caught some Democrats by surprise this week when it revealed that 80 percent of Americans support “requiring […]

SHORTER, Ala. — As the Alabama legislature wrestles with whether to approve a state-sponsored lottery, gambling boss Milton McGregor has announced plans to reopen his VictoryLand electronic bingo operation. VictoryLand was shuttered in 2013 after state law enforcement officials seized the machines and a quarter-million dollars in cash, and has remained closed ever since. But […]

(Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions appears on CBS’s “Face the Nation”) WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) responded to criticism of Donald J. Trump’s call to conduct “extreme vetting” of anyone seeking to gain entry into the United States, insisting that non-U.S. citizens “do not have a constitutional right to demand entry into the country.” […]

RIO DE JANEIRO — Alabama native DeMarcus Cousins helped lead the USA Men’s Basketball Team to Gold in Rio over the weekend, but as soon as he gets back stateside, he better be ready to take out his checkbook because the IRS will be coming his way. Unbeknownst to some of the athletes and most […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration’s directive that public schools around the country must allow students to use the bathroom and locker room facilities that align with their “gender identity,” rather than their biological sex. Alabama and twelve other states had previously sued to block the order, which sought […]

(Video above: Terrell Kennedy discusses the prospect of an Alabama lottery.) Terrell Kennedy is the founder of Fit for Life, an after-school tutoring program for adolescent men in Birmingham. Kennedy started Fit for Life in 2005 as a way to give back and bring hope to his community, in contrast to what he believes pro-lottery […]

The University of Alabama last week rolled out a “strategic plan” that will serve as a roadmap going forward for the fastest growing flagship university in America. The strategic plan’s four stated goals focus on “providing a premier undergraduate and graduate education,” bolstering the university’s research and innovation capacity, enriching the work environment on the […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) is accusing President Barack Obama of “paying a ransom to the leading state sponsor of terrorism” in the wake of a Wall St. Journal report revealing the administration “secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate on Friday evening approved a lottery bill after spending most of the week debating and rejecting previous lottery proposals. The bill, which was approved by a margin of 21-12 — with two senators voting “present,” would send $100 million of lottery revenue each year to Medicaid, which is facing […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate on Friday evening approved a lottery bill after spending most of the week debating and rejecting previous lottery proposals. The bill, which was approved by a margin of 21-12, would send $100 million of lottery revenue each year to Medicaid, which is facing a $70 million shortfall this year, […]

BATON ROUGLE, La. — In what the Red Cross has called “the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Superstorm Sandy,” Louisiana has endured catastrophic flooding from 6,900,000,000,000 gallons of rain in a single week. President Barack Obama has directed FEMA Director Craig Fugate to “utilize all resources available to assist in the […]

You probably didn’t see it in the traditional media — in the local newspaper or TV news. And the truth is, they preferred it that way. “We didn’t want this to be for any kind of show,” one of them said after the fact. And you certainly didn’t hear about it in the national news […]