Last week, a federal judge canceled more than 80 million acres of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the court, the Biden administration did not sufficiently take so-called climate change into account when it auctioned the leases late last year. The cancellation will profoundly impact Alabama’s economy, given that the […]

The shockwaves of last month’s three-judge federal court decision rejecting Alabama’s congressional maps drawn by the legislature still have a ripple effect in the Alabama State House. State Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville), the chair of the Joint Reapportionment Committee, said he expected the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a requested stay by the State […]

WETUMPKA — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt suggests a degree of malfeasance when it comes to the application of President Joe Biden’s so-called vaccine mandate. Tuesday night, Britt spoke to the Elmore County Republican Party. During the question-and-answer portion of her presentation, the former Business Council of Alabama head fielded a question about the […]

The contest for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race has all the makings of a true horserace according to a recently released poll from Club for Growth PAC, the political action committee of Washington, D.C.-based Club for Growth. According to a poll conducted by WPA Intelligence on behalf of Club for Growth PAC […]

State Rep. Joe Faust (R-Fairhope) has been a fixture in Baldwin County politics over the past three decades, first serving one the Baldwin County Commission and now in the Alabama House of Representatives. Last summer, Faust announced he would be seeking a sixth term in the legislature, representing Alabama House District 94, which includes Fairhope, […]

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) blamed his U.S. Senate Republican primary opponent, former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt, for playing a role in the appointment of who he deemed to be “liberal, activist federal judges,” who were part of a federal court three-judge panel rejecting the congressional redistricting maps passed by […]

Last week’s passage of legislation to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding made it through the Alabama Senate with a 26-1 vote. That lone “no” vote was State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville), who questioned the process and some of the specific allocations of the funding. During an appearance on Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Dale […]

Now what? That’s a question from those waiting to see how the Alabama Legislature will respond to a three-judge federal court panel rejecting the congressional maps passed into law by the legislature during a special session last year. State Senate Majority Leader Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) downplayed the possibility of immediate from Goat Hill on the […]

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) ties a decision from a three-judge federal court panel earlier this week that rejected the Alabama Legislature’s congressional redistricting map passed in a special session last year to his opponent, former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt. Brooks told Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show” that […]

Earlier this week, State Auditor Jim Zeigler announced he was abandoning his bid for governor to seek Alabama’s open secretary of state seat currently occupied by term-limited John Merrill. On Friday, Zeigler’s campaign released internal polling showing him up on the field, including State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), Madison County GOP activist Chris Horn and […]

What comes next after a three-judge U.S. district court panel issued a memo blocking the implementation of the Alabama Legislature’s 2021 special session redistricting plan is anyone’s guess. The aim of the judges, senior U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus and U.S. District Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer, was to create an additional minority congressional […]

During his Wednesday monologue, NBC “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon name-dropped U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise). Fallon set up the bit with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (R-Calif.) colleagues reacting to her decision to seek reelection. In addition to Moore, Fallon played off of the names of U.S. Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska), French Hill (R-Ark.), Lucy […]

The fallout from a three-judge federal court decision released earlier this week blocking the implementation of the congressional redistricting map passed by the Alabama Legislature in a special session last year has not yet been fully realized. However, it is beginning to have a ripple effect, shaping how the 2022 election cycle could play out. […]

Next month, the 2022 Winter Olympics will kick off in Beijing but not without controversy. Questions about China’s role in the spread of COVID-19 and allegations of human rights atrocities, including genocide, plague the Far East communist superpower on the eve of the games. During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff […]

One of the difficulties in getting gaming expanded in Alabama has been overcoming the two-thirds supermajority required to get a constitutional amendment to remove the gambling prohibition from the 1901 Alabama Constitution on the ballot. Although State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) has pledged to continue his efforts to get a comprehensive gaming bill done, he […]

As the old saying goes, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. One thing that could be added to the list is legal action taken after any reapportionment effort in Alabama. State Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) is among the plaintiffs, including his colleague, State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham), alleging […]

Late Sunday, State Auditor Jim Zeigler announced he would not run for the office of Governor, citing an inability to fundraise. According to a statement given to Yellowhammer News, Zeigler is considering a bid for a down-ballot race. “Even though I get a lot more bang for the buck as a candidate, the Governor’s race […]

State Rep. Penni McClammy (D-Montgomery) has only been in office since last November, but she is already eyeing what she hopes to make one of her policy priorities during her tenure: the elimination of the state of Alabama’s regressive sales tax on groceries. During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor […]

Despite inflationary headwinds in various sectors of the economy, Alabama utility rates have remained steady. Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh warns the Biden White House’s focus on climate change is a threat to those rates and other energy sources for consumers. During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5 on Thursday, Cavanaugh pointed […]

On Wednesday, Alabama U.S. Senate hopeful U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) announced what he is deeming the statewide Meet MAGA Mo Tour. According to a release, the tour will consist of town halls “in every corner of Alabama.” Brooks’ ambitious plan will include stops in all of Alabama’s 67 counties by the May 24 primary […]

Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced he was endorsing U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, in Palmer’s bid for reelection this year. Trump touted Palmer’s policy position on several fronts in his endorsement announcement. “Congressman Gary Palmer is doing tremendous work for the Great State of Alabama!” Trump […]

With the influx of federal money into state coffers, appropriators in the Alabama Legislature are considering the wisest use of those and other revenues as the 2022 legislative regular session is now underway. During an appearance on Friday’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal, State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark), the chairman of the House […]

On this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth indicated he was very bullish on Gov. Kay Ivey’s reelection prospects. According to the lieutenant governor, Ivey, who faces a crowded field in the May 24 Republican primary, has a lot of things working in her favor. “You know, I think […]

Some Alabamians could be facing an additional tax burden if the legislature does not act soon, according to State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook). During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Roberts warned that under current Alabama statute, there was no exclusion from the calculation of Alabama taxable income […]