Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) explained how the cancellation compounds problems created by the Biden administration, adding the decisions were a product of an effort to respond to climate change.

State Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville) said he expected the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a requested stay by the State of Alabama at any moment.

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.

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.

Jennifer Fidler, a native of Silverhill, formally announced her candidacy for that seat upon qualifying with the Alabama Republican Party earlier this month.

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 the Alabama Legislature in a special session last year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) reacted to the federal judges' decision.

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt argued against the United States' participation in the Beijing games.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Former President Donald Trump announced he was endorsing U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) in his bid for reelection this year.

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 […]