Posts by Jeff Poor — Page 3
Friday, the Tim James Governor 2022 campaign released its first television spot of the cycle.
Fresh off of his announcement that he would run for Alabama’s governor spot on the ballot this year, Greenville businessman Tim James appeared on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show” to discuss his candidacy and some of the issues he would hope to tackle if elected. In addition to cultural issues, James […]
State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) offered his assessment of the Rebuild Alabama Act, which was passed in 2019 and incrementally raised the tax on fuel in Alabama.
Tuesday, Club for Growth Action, the super PAC of Washington, D.C.-based Club for Growth, announced a $2.3 million TV and mail ad blitz beginning Wednesday and continuing over the next 10 weeks.
Monday, during an appearance on Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) addressed that possibility.
Monday, in the prelude to the National Championship game match-up between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia, Gov. Kay Ivey announced her end of a wager with her Georgia counterpart Gov. Brian Kemp (R) over the contest. Ivey offered Dreamland BBQ, an Alabama institution that began on the outskirts of Tuscaloosa near […]
Plans submitted by the Eastern Shore and Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organizations for a new Mobile River Bridge and Bayway received a "major boost" on Monday.
According to a press statement from the campaign released on Monday, Greenville businessman Tim James will officially kick off his campaign with an announcement on Wednesday.
Alabama's 2022 legislative session begins Tuesday at the Alabama State House in Montgomery.
Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks' (R-Huntsville) U.S. Senate campaign announced former Alabama Republican Party chairwoman Terry Lathan has joined the campaign as a co-chairman.
With just days until the beginning of the 2022 legislative session, Senate President Pro-Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) vows his membership will have an opportunity to offer bills that did not have a chance to be considered because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Sen. David Sessions (R-Grand Bay) insists the financial burden of a new I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway should be on the federal government, not the state of Alabama.
On Thursday, Ryan O'Toole, a staffer for U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and formerly a staffer for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, claimed U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks was actively "cheering on" the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill rioters.
During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “Midday Mobile” on Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth elaborated on remarks he made earlier in the week pledging to fund for the I-10 Mobile River and Bayway project. According to the lieutenant governor, there was an economic case to be made for the project and why […]
State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) explained this latest plan was superior to the Wallace effort four decades earlier for those reasons.
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles director Cam Ward discussed some of the issues facing the state's beleaguered criminal justice system, including efforts to improve conditions on the heels of a 2021 special legislative session dealing with prison construction.
Last month’s offering of a proposal for a new I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway from Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, the chairman of the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), and Fairhope City Council president Jack Burrell, the chairman of the Eastern Shore MPO, has not had any pushback from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), […]
State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) discussed the upcoming legislative session set to begin in a few weeks when it is believed so-called constitutional permitless carry will be under consideration by the Alabama Legislature.
During an appearance on Newsmax TV, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) offered his outlook for 2022 and his thoughts on how it compared to this time one year ago.
Since coming to the Dothan's WTVY in December 1997, Reginald Jones had become a recognizable face among viewers of broadcast television in the Wiregrass and northern Florida.
State Rep. Tracy Estes (R-Winfield), during an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" Thursday, praised first responders for their prompt action and also said there had been no fatalities or serious injuries.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) credited his colleague U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) for leading the way on the legislation as the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.
During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson warned time was of the essence.
A long-standing proponent of so-called constitutional carry, referred to as permitless carry by its detractors, over the years has been State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa).