Alabama businessman Paul Reynolds took his fight against big government regulations to the Republican National Convention last year, and ended up unexpectedly going toe-to-toe with House Republican leadership in the process. Reynolds, as many Republicans and conservatives, has become increasingly wary of the Obama administration’s use of executive orders to circumvent laws passed by Congress, […]

SAN FRANSISCO, Ca. — An independent, non-partisan poll released Wednesday by the Field Research Corporation found that 49 percent of potential California voters would be inclined to support Alabama-native Condoleezza Rice in an election to replace longtime Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. Many expect Boxer, who announced her retirement last month, to be replaced by another […]

WETUMPKA, Ala. — Wetumpka TEA Party President Becky Gerritson says she is praying about launching a primary challenge against 2nd Congressional District Republican Rep. Martha Roby. Roby is “not conservative enough,” Gerritson said at the Wetumpka TEA Party meeting this week. “I don’t feel like she represents me or most of the people in this […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Alabama businessman who made headlines last year by winning a landmark campaign finance case before the U.S. Supreme Court is now focusing his newfound political influence on stopping former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush from becoming the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. Shaun McCutcheon told Newsmax last week that he is now […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The pro-LGBT group, Human Rights Campaign Alabama, is reportedly delivering petitions with the signatures of 28,000 same-sex marriage activists to the Judicial Inquiry Commission in an attempt to oust Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. The group collected the signatures in support of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s effort to bring […]

Alabama has built some of the country’s most beautiful and functional cars over the last fifteen years, but did you know that since 2006, the state has also been home to the coolest motorcycle company in the world? Confederate Motorcycles moved to downtown Birmingham after Hurricane Katrina decimated the company’s New Orleans factory. The company […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — According to personal finance and economics website NerdWallet, Montgomery is the second-highest rated city in the US for businesses owned by African Americans. First place was awarded to Columbus, Georgia, but Montgomery beat out major metropolises such as Atlanta (#3) and Washington, DC (#5). Birmingham and Huntsville also did quite well on […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) online courses are listed among the best in the nation among accredited programs as ranked by createacareer.org. Coming in at #19, UAB Online is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS), one of six regional accreditation agencies. UAB offers […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a ruling late Monday night, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas halted the implementation President Obama’s executive orders on immigration. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) and Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) welcomed the ruling. “Today’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen […]

“50 Shades of Grey,” the R-rated movie based on the controversial erotic novel of the same name, smashed Presidents Day weekend records, raking in over $81 million domestically February 13-15th—with a lot of help from the Bible Belt. According to movie ticket website Fandango, the South snatched up more pre-release tickets to see the film […]

Friday, Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL), shocked the state when he admitted at the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) conference that he will propose increasing taxes to fill hole in Alabama’s general fund budget. “After four years of saying we’re not raising taxes, and we have not, I’m telling you, for the next four […]

WASHINGTON — Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation Thursday to award the highest civilian honor to the Selma marchers whose bravery created a turning point in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. “It is fitting that we honor the courage and determination of the civil rights marchers at Selma 50 […]

HOOVER, Ala. — Former NFL MVP and Super Bowl champ Brett Favre showed up at a volleyball tournament in Hoover Sunday, where 13-year old Guntersville middle school student Davis Hawk had the opportunity to be photographed with the football star. Favre’s daughter, Breleigh Favre, plays on a team participating in the tournament hosted by the […]

MONTGOMERY — In a relatively rare move, the Alabama Supreme Court has issued a writ of mandamus requested by the Alabama Policy Institute allowing the opportunity for the court to officially rule on whether or not Alabama’s probate judges are violating the Alabama constitution by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. A writ of mandamus […]

BIRMINGHAM — “We are going to raise taxes,” Governor Robert Bentley told the audience at the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) conference Friday. After months of floating hints of his plan to raise taxes to patch the $700 million hole in the state’s general fund budget, Gov. Bentley quit dancing around the issue […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9PpZ_IvMOc WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) shot back at Dick Durbin (D-IL) Thursday for saying Republicans are threatening national security. He’d “been trying to understand what is holding up funding for the Department of Homeland Security,” Durbin said earlier in the day. “Have you ever heard of a filibuster?” Sessions asked Durbin during remarks […]

WASHINGTON — Congress officially passed authorization for the Keystone XL pipeline, but President Obama has vowed to veto when the bill hits his desk. The US House passed the legislation Thursday evening 270-152. The entire Alabama Congressional delegation voted for the measure, including Terri Sewell (D-AL7), the state’s only Democrat in Congress, who bucked her […]

WASHINGTON — President Obama is asking Congress for an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF), but Alabama Reps. Bradley Byrne and Mike Rogers have a message for him: come back with a plan to actually defeat ISIS. Both Rogers and Byrne sit on the House Armed Services Committee, where Rogers serves as Chair […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Federal judge Callie “Ginny” Granade, the same judge who ruled Alabama’s Sanctity of Marriage amendment unconstitutional, ruled Mobile County probate judge Don Davis must issue same-sex marriage licenses. “Judge Davis may not deny them a license on the ground that Plaintiffs constitute same-sex couples or because it is prohibited by the sanctity […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has removed Dr. Ben Carson from its “extremist list” after coming under heightened scrutiny in recent days. “In October 2014, we posted an “Extremist File” of Dr. Ben Carson. This week, as we’ve come under intense criticism for doing so, we’ve reviewed our profile and […]

WASHINGTON — Representative Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) urged Senate Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security in a press conference hosted by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Thursday. “The only thing standing in the way of this bill is the Senate Democrats who will not allow the bill to go forward,” Aderholt said. Senate Democrats have […]

A recent study by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard found Alabama to be among the most corrupt states in the country, according to responses from the state’s political reporters. The study, written by Oguzhan Dincer, an Associate Professor of Economics at the Illinois State University, and Michael Johnston, the Charles A. […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — Alabamians aren’t the only ones mystified by the buzz created by entertainment company DreamVision LLC. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram published an article Monday asking if the whole thing is simply a “tall tale.” “I don’t know about you. But if DreamVision asked for my help,” the Star-Telegram‘s Bud Kennedy wrote. “I’d […]

WASHINGTON — Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) have signed on to a bill that would allow each state to set its own marriage policy. The “State Marriage Defense Act” is sponsored by conservative firebrand Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), with eleven other Republican senators, including Sessions and Shelby, signing on as co-sponsors. “Even though […]