MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has banned firearms at rest stops along the state’s highways and many are questioning its legal authority to do so. Despite being an open-carry and concealed-carry state, Alabama now has signs at every rest station that read “no weapons beyond this point”. ALDOT cites Section 25-1-59(c) […]

The website Mashable teamed up with the researchers at Match.com to create a map of the most frequently used words in online dating profiles in all fifty states. Mashable asked Match.com to analyze thousands of online dating profiles from the U.S., and to offer insight into the habits and interests of daters in each state. […]

WASHINGTON — In a report released Thursday by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the latest tax numbers show how many people have been willing to pay a tax instead of purchasing an insurance plan. The number–6.6 million people–is 10 percent higher than the Obama Administration anticipated and could potentially undermine the entire purpose of the […]

DECATUR, Ala. — A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the 10th Global Positioning System IIF satellite for the U.S. Air Force Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. GPS IIF-10 is the next-generation os GPS satellite, incorporating various improvements to provide greater accuracy, increased signals, and enhanced performance for users. GPS IIF-10 is the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — State Senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) filed this week a bill titled “The Heritage Protection Act” in an effort to protect landmarks from what he calls the “politically correct movement” to revise Alabama history. S.B. 12, which will be taken up when the Special Session of the legislature resumes Aug. 3, would “prohibit […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 312-119 to pass a short-term extension of Federal transportation funding. Congress has been dealing with transportation funding shortfalls estimated at about $16 billion per year. Since 2005, lawmakers have not passed a transportation bill that lasted longer than two years. House Republican leadership says […]

CULLMAN, Ala. — A Cullman-based lawyer is suing Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL) and the Alabama Historical Commission over the removal of the Confederate Flag from the State Capitol grounds last month. Attorney Melvin Hasting argues in his suit that the Alabama Historical Commission failed to follow its mandate and the governor “overstepped his authority” when […]

HOOVER, Ala. — Every year in Hoover, Alabama, the coaches and premiere players of the Southeastern Conference gather for SEC Media days to talk to the press about the prospects for the upcoming season. The preseason ritual draws hundreds, if not thousands of fans, particularly of the Crimson Tide and Auburn Tiger variety. Nick Saban’s […]

MONROEVILLE, Ala — Harper Lee, famed author of To Kill a Mockingbird, just released her second novel, Go Set a Watchman, on Tuesday to record sales. Now, many close to the Monroeville native have expressed the belief that she has more stories to tell and as many as two full-length novels stored away. In a column […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After the shocking revelation Tuesday that taxpayer-funded group Planned Parenthood has been selling the body parts of aborted babies, many Americans have become outraged that such a company receives hundreds of millions of dollars from the Federal Government. In fact, 45 percent of the company’s overall revenue comes from federal taxpayer funded […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Following the brief first day of the special session of the Alabama Legislature, Senator Paul Bussman (R-Cullman) held a press conference where he called for sweeping changes to the way the state budgets and spends $11 billion in state revenue annually, proposing combining Alabama’s two budgets, un-earmarking all revenue, and placing spending […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After 20 months of negotiations and the passage of several deadlines, the White House has reached a ‘historic’ agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Some on Capitol Hill are scoring the deal as a win for President Obama, who since his 2008 election has pushed for negotiations with Iran to end […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL) traveled to Washington Tuesday to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Alabama’s prison reform efforts. “Prison reform is an important issue in Alabama,” Governor Robert Bentley explained. “Alabama has made significant progress over the last year to improve our criminal justice […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bi-partisan op-ed piece published by The Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called for an end to China’s violations of trade policy regulations on the tire industry, which has a significant presence in the Yellowhammer State. The automotive industry is an ever-growing sector of Alabama’s economy and thanks to Mercedes, Honda […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala — Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, are costing states that opted in much more than they bargained for according to an actuarial report released by the Department of Heath and Human Services (DHHS) directly contradicting projections made by the Obama Administration sold the plan to lawmakers. The […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL), fresh off his declaration for a Special Session of the Alabama Legislature, made a guest appearance on the Matt Murphy Show Monday morning to discuss the swirl of issues surrounding the state’s budget crisis. “I’ve met with three-fourths of the House and half of the Senate, individually, and […]

(Video Above: 2nd graders at New Schmid Elementary School recite the Auburn Creed) CHICAGO, Ill. — The Chicago second-graders who became internet famous after creating an ‘Auburn Creed’ viral video for a school competition met with officials from the University Thursday who expressed their pride in the young group’s Auburn spirit, and invited the students […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Winners of three of the last four college football national championships, the Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida State Seminoles will square off in the New Atlanta Stadium in the 2017 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff game. The new stadium will be the home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’s Atlanta United FC and host […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vvuiUYvHg&feature=youtu.be (Video Above: Rep. Martha Roby speaks out against the upcoming Iran deal) WASHINGTON — In an impassioned floor speech Thursday, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-AL2) urged her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to stand up to a “bad deal” that the Obama Administration is working on with Iran. Multi-lateral negotiations over Iran’s nuclear […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Student Success Act Thursday morning 218-213 renewing some portions of No Child Left Behind while eliminating others. The House bill would prohibit the Department of Education (DOE) from exerting control over state academic standards and would instead apply existing provisions to the Common Core standards, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is slamming one of the nation’s most successful companies for laying off massive numbers of American workers while it advocates for expanding a controversial foreign worker visa program. Software giant Microsoft announced 7,800 layoffs on Monday adding to the total of 18,000 that have been announced so […]

DECATUR, Ala. — Aaron Browder, a graduate of West Morgan High School, was turned away from a Decatur Wal-Mart jewelry counter this Sunday because his school’s mascot, the Rebel, is controversial and “a symbol of racism.” “I just stood there and thought, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” Aaron Browder said in an interview with […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnUrnqkvSgI (Video above: Sen. Sessions hears testimony on Obama’s environmental agenda) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing Wednesday for the Environmental and Public Works Committee, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took the opportunity to take a swing at the Obama Administration’s bureaucratic regulatory expansion in the area of environmental policy. “The American people are getting frustrated […]

For the second year in a row, the federal government released data comparing price differences among states and metro areas. The measurements are known as Regional Price Parities (RPP) and Real Personal Income (RPI). These simple, but powerful data points allow individuals in each state to measure how far their money goes compared to individuals […]