MAPLESVILLE — Governor Kay Ivey is not sweating a resolution passed Saturday by the Alabama Republican Party’s state executive committee that opposes raising the state gas tax. During the Wednesday press conference announcing her Rebuild Alabama plan, Ivey was initially asked if the resolution’s passage would make things more difficult for Republican state representatives considering […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) joined U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a press conference Thursday to announce the details of “historic” school choice legislation that is a key priority of President Donald Trump. The bill, entitled the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act, will be sponsored by Byrne and […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) is helping lead the charge on “crucial America First legislation” to curb illegal immigration. Wednesday, Brooks introduced House companion legislation to Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) bill, the “Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act.” Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) has signed on as an original House cosponsor to Brooks’ bill. The legislation would permanently […]

The growing field to be Montgomery’s next mayor added its first fresh-to-politics face Thursday when local attorney JC Love, III announced his candidacy. Love’s campaign hit the ground running, launching a website, distributing a press release and showing off an introductory campaign video befitting the candidate’s status as a political breath of fresh air. While […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) has been chosen by the Trump administration as the House of Representatives sponsor for a landmark school choice bill previewed in the president’s State of the Union address earlier this month. Byrne will introduce the bill Thursday at 10:00 a.m. CST in Washington, D.C. alongside U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy […]

U.S. House Democrats keep blocking the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act from even being considered, but Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-6) is not giving up hope that Democrats “will respond rightly and vote with us to end gruesome and inhumane acts of violence against newborn children.” Palmer spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives […]

The freshman class in the State House of Representatives is already hard at work attempting to turn their campaign promises into conservative reforms. Wednesday, State Rep. David Wheeler (R-Vestavia Hills) announced that he has prefiled a bill to enact term limits for members of the Alabama legislature. “I have been a long time supporter of […]

MAPLESVILLE — Next to a crumbling rural road and a deficient old bridge, Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday began to make the case for her “Rebuild Alabama” plan. With key legislative leaders, stakeholders and job creators firmly behind her, Ivey declared, “Y’all, this is an issue felt by every Alabamian. … The fact of the […]

After more than 50 years as the Alabama Cable Telecommunications Association, the state’s trade association for the cable industry has officially ushered in a new era. Under the leadership of Executive Director Michelle Roth, the association has rebranded as the Alabama Cable and Broadband Association (ACBA), embracing its member companies’ leading roles as broadband providers in the Yellowhammer […]

For the first time in history, the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday voted to block an emergency declaration by the president of the United States. In a 245-182 vote, the House passed a resolution that would overturn President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration related to security and building physical barriers on the nation’s southern border. The […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) faces a steep uphill battle to keeping his seat in 2020, but he knows his best bet to doing so is a rematch with former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore. With tanking approval numbers and in a presidential election cycle, Jones is widely expected to lose against a mainstream Yellowhammer […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) appeared on Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing” Tuesday, speaking about President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration, the Democrats’ “Green New Deal” and Sen. Doug Jones’ (D-AL) comments on the ISIS bride from Alabama. Byrne first declared his support of Trump’s step to secure the border. “The president has a very important responsibility, […]

MONTGOMERY — A nonpartisan, in-depth report on the state of Alabama’s infrastructure conditions released Tuesday confirms what previous research has shown: inadequate infrastructure funding is costing the average Alabamian hundreds of dollars in extra repair and operating costs, in addition to lost time. TRIP, a national transportation research group, broke its Alabama research into seven […]

Catherine Toney, a Mobile native, wants people to know that she and many more African-American nonviolent offenders would not be free without the help of President Donald Trump. Toney was the first woman released from prison due to recently passed federal criminal justice reform legislation spearheaded by the Trump administration. While at the White House’s […]

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) is working to ensure the thousands of federal employees and contractors in his district – and across the state of Alabama – are never again used as bargaining chips in a government shutdown. Monday, Brooks introduced the “End Federal Government Shutdowns Act of 2019,” a bill that automatically requires continuity of […]

Republican Congressmen Bradley Byrne (AL-1) and Robert Aderholt (AL-4) are speaking out on the latest federal developments in the fight against abortion. The first big piece of news came Friday, when the Trump administration issued a final rule that would prohibit Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from accepting any of the $286 million in […]

Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is coming to Alabama. Hosted by the University of Alabama College Republicans, the former Trump senior staffer will speak at a luncheon in Tuscaloosa on Monday, April 8 at noon. Scaramucci will share his perspective on the nation’s political climate, leadership lessons and the importance of civic engagement. “Mr. Scaramucci’s […]

With Governor Kay Ivey set to unveil her infrastructure plan Wednesday morning in Maplesville, key legislators took a major step Monday aimed at bolstering accountability, transparency and oversight when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars on transportation-related projects. State Senator Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) filed a bill that will re-organize the Alabama Legislative Joint Transportation Committee, […]

Few, if any, single entities are more important to Alabama’s economic success than the Port of Mobile. But the main industry fueling the port’s own surge might surprise some people. As announced Monday by the Alabama Coal Association (ACA), the Yellowhammer State’s metallurgical (met) coal industry is booming. This is the type of coal sometimes […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is delivering tangible results for his home state. Shelby, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Monday announced the latest benefit of his remarkable leadership: Auburn University will be receiving $43.3 million in federal funds to construct a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Soil Dynamics […]

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), two leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, will join failed 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton in Alabama in the coming week. Organizers of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee have confirmed that Sanders and Booker will also attend the annual event, which will span January 28 – […]

Three Alabamians were honored recently at a special White House reception hosted by President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington, Office of Minority Affairs Director Nichelle Nix and Catherine Toney were among 350 guests selected to attend the event Thursday evening, which was held in honor of African-American […]

BIRMINGHAM — Former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is still a supporter of President Donald Trump, and he is not shying away from it. Even after his forced resignation as attorney general, the former senator from Alabama has proven himself to be the consummate gentleman. This was again on display at the Alabama Republican […]

BIRMINGHAM — After a harmonious slate of officer elections Saturday, the Alabama Republican Party’s annual winter state executive committee meeting got heated. The festivities came to a head when a resolution authored by Morgan County’s Tom Fredricks was brought to the floor. The resolution, aimed at the upcoming state legislative session that begins March 5, […]