Posts by Grant Burdette

On Tuesday, the City of Hoover released its 2023 annual audit after accounting errors were identified during its 2022 audit. The audit was a result of forensic financial review conducted by BMSS, LCC, an accounting firm based in Birmingham. BMSS, LLC issued an “unmodified”, or clean opinion of Hoover’s finances, which is the highest opinion […]

This Wednesday, August 14, Coinbase will partner with Prevail Coffee and Stand with Crypto to host their first-ever gathering in Alabama, featuring a reception and town hall with state policymakers and industry leaders in the cryptocurrency marketplace. The panel of speakers include State Reps. Mike Shaw (R-Hoover) and Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery) Coinbase’s Senior Manager of […]

This week, Republican nominee for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, Caroleene Dobson, resolutely pledged to fight any proposed changes to Title IX that would allow men to compete in women’s sports. As the 2024 Olympic Games draw to a close, audiences worldwide witnessed the controversy over a Women’s Boxing match that reignited the conversation for Title […]

On Monday, President Biden unveiled his proposal for Supreme Court reform in a Washington Post op-ed, calling for major changes to the court, including term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics. “What is happening now is not normal, and it undermines the public’s confidence in the court’s decisions, including those impacting personal freedoms,” […]

Yesterday afternoon, Brilyn Hollyhand and Caroleene Dobson teamed up at the Alabama GOP headquarters to energize voters ahead of the 2024 election in November. Hollyhand, an Alabama native and youth GOP activist, made a name for himself after founding the news service ‘The Truth Gazette” at age 11. Hollyhand has since become a vocal advocate […]

Earlier this year, the Alabama Legislature advanced a bill that would issue a one-time fix for a timeline issue between the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention and the Alabama Secretary of State’s deadline for party candidates to qualify for the presidential election in November 2024. State Democrats came forward after Secretary of State Wes […]

On night four of the Republican National Convention, Former President Donald Trump took the stage for the first time since the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, PA.During his speech, Trump recounted the events of his attempted assassination, telling the crowd that he would only tell the story once, calling it “too painful to […]

Since the assassination attempt on President Trump last Saturday in Pennsylvania, former U.S. Senator and Alabama Democrat Doug Jones has been silent in its wake. Many prominent Democrats condemned the attack and wished the former president a swift recovery — while calling for elected officials and media outlets to tone down divisive rhetoric. This morning, […]

This weekend, Young Republicans in Alabama will have the opportunity to meet and connect with other young leaders and state officials within Alabama’s Republican Party. On May 31st and June 1st, The Alabama Young Republican’s will kick off their Biannual State Committee Meetings in Birmingham. Included in the Biannual State Meetings is the YRFA Summer […]

On Thursday morning, the Jefferson County Commission passed a $2 million resolution that will aid Coca-Cola United’s new campus in Birmingham’s Kingston community. The resolution will provide economic development assistance for the remediation of land for Coca-Cola’s site. Once remediated, the site will serve as Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s new home for their distribution operations in […]

An incident last Saturday afternoon in Athens was not “politically motivated,” according to Athens police, but a case of road rage. The statement was in response to media inquiries regarding an altercation at the Lowe’s parking lot. The questions were prompted by a news release from the Alabama Republican Party which claimed the incident was […]

On Friday, former U.S. Senator Doug Jones went live on social media platform X with a lengthy rant to his social media page primarily against Republican voters and the elected officials they choose.  Jones kicked off his comments by attacking Chief Justice Parker for quoting scripture in his opinion regarding IVF. “First and foremost, we see […]

Sarah Gabel Seifert, a University of Alabama graduate, hit Times Square to promote her pro-life diaper company, EveryLife.  EveryLife, a diaper and wipe company aimed at competing with companies such as Huggies and Pampers, kicked off their “Make More Babies” campaign with a billboard on Times Square quoting Elon Musk. The two-part billboard features a […]

Ahead of the January 15th caucus in Iowa, former President Donald Trump visited Waterloo to warm up a crowd of supporters. He said wishing others a ‘Merry Christmas’ used to be an instinctive reaction around the holidays.  Ever since what he dubs a “War on Christmas” began, it hasn’t been so common. In 2021, Trump […]

Former President Donald Trump joined a FOX News town hall with Sean Hannity on Tuesday night ahead of the fourth official GOP presidential debate on the University of Alabama’s campus. Hannity and Trump discussed wide-ranging issues including the state of the GOP presidential primary, President Biden’s cognitive decline, and what’s at stake in 2024.  When […]

We are in the dead heat of Presidential Primary season and some of the action is heading here to Alabama.  Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is scheduled to attend a fundraiser in Hoover on December 5th right before the highly anticipated Republican presidential debate on the campus of the University of Alabama Wednesday night.  Ramaswamy, […]

The Alabama Supreme Court has agreed to consider an ongoing legal dispute involving the Harvest Church in Dothan, Alabama.  Harvest Church, one of Dothan’s largest churches, filed a lawsuit in November of 2022 seeking a restraining order against the United Methodist Church’s Alabama-West Florida District.  The 2022 lawsuit expressed fears that the United Methodist Church […]

With the deadline to file just days away, the field of candidates for the new Second Congressional District is growing. Three Democrats and one Republican have filed to run in the newly drawn district: State Rep. Napoleon Bracy (D-Prichard), State Sen. Kirk Hatcher (D-Montgomery), State Sen. Merika Coleman (D-Birmingham) and Republican Caroleene Dawson, a real […]

We the people are witnessing Corporate America continue to slip further to the left via ESG investments and DEI quotas. These edicts reign from above hindering meritocracy in the workplace useless, politicizing the free market, and isolating conservative consumers. ESG and DEI, terms we are all too familiar with, represent Environmental and Social Governance and […]

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