Posts by Sean Ross — Page 157

After the mysterious Planned Parenthood Southeast PAC "Alabamians for Healthy Families" dissolved on August 23, questions arose about the legality of its actions. However, records made publicly available by the Secretary of State's office now show that another PAC, named "Alabama for Healthy Families," has registered to seemingly take its place.

Tuesday, Forbes released a list of the 25 most valuable teams in college football and both the University of Alabama and Auburn University made the top ten.

Democratic nominee for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, in a speech attacking Governor Kay Ivey to the Alabama Retired State Employee Association and Alabama Public Employees Advocacy League on Tuesday, said, "The expansion of Medicaid will be the greatest economic development proposal in this state’s history."

MOBILE - With the news breaking Monday that Alabama's entire congressional delegation supports the proposed modernization and expansion - including major deepening and widening - of the Port of Mobile, I am once again left in awe at what the Port - and its success - means for the entire state.

As Alabama honored the 17th anniversary of September 11, 2001 with "Patriot Day" on Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey spent time dedicating the Alabama Firefighter Memorial in Anniston, where she delivered a powerful tribute to the fallen American heroes who perished on 9/11 and the first responders who are always there to serve selflessly when called upon.

The Rev. Mack Morris of Woodridge Baptist Church in Mobile cut up his Nike gear during his Sunday sermon to protest the company’s partnership with Colin Kaepernick, saying that "a lot of folks died for the sake of what the flag represents."

After Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) filled the seat left vacant by the late Sen. John McCain, Alabama's Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is the deciding vote keeping Obamacare in place.

The United States Post Office (USPO) Meadowbrook Station will be designated as the “Lance Corporal Thomas E. Rivers Jr. Post Office Building” in a ceremony to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18.

Friday, the Birmingham Business Journal announced that three Alabamians - Tom Broughton of ServisFirst Bank, Jason Eppenger of Citizens Trust Bank and Shannon Spotswood of RFG Advisory - were named to a list of prominent influencers in the national financial sector.

Tuesday marked 17 years since the worst terrorist attacks on American soil were perpetrated, and Alabama's leaders shared heartfelt words of remembrance for the 2,977 innocent lives lost that day on September 11, 2001.

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, who himself rode into office with considerable support from Bernie Sanders' socialist "Our Revolution" political organization, on Monday unveiled his own political action committee (PAC) - "Next Generation Alabama" or "NextGen Alabama" for short.

The Rev. Al Sharpton's half-brother Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, already facing a capital murder charge in Houston County, has been arrested again in Alabama while free on bond.

In a new television ad released Monday, Alabama educator and mom Dr. Cindy Wigley praises Governor Kay Ivey’s efforts to prepare students for the workforce and keep Alabama’s children safe.

After a new website entitled “Craig Ford Exposed” launched Thursday, attempting to show that the candidate running as an independent for state Senate District 10 is trying to hide his liberal past, a political mail piece hit households in the Gadsden-area district saying the "lifelong Democrat will do or say anything to get elected."

Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday tweeted his support of Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Alabama's lawsuit against the federal government for counting illegal aliens, rather than citizens, in congressional seat apportionment and the dividing up of electoral college votes.

The Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business said the state's economy will end this year with a 2.2 percent growth rate, a massive 70 percent increase compared to 2017.

State Rep. Rich Wingo (R-Tuscaloosa), a former University of Alabama football star, is raising the stakes with his opposition to sports betting, telling host Don Dailey on Friday's episode of Capitol Journal that gambling on athletics "scares me to death."

President Donald Trump's Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney on Saturday told a group of Republicans in a high-level, closed-door meeting that Trump still frequently asks him, "Why did Roy Moore lose?"

Shaun King's scheduled speech at the University of North Alabama (UNA) finally happened on Thursday, after weeks of controversy leading up to the event, and the activist told the crowd that there was "no middle ground" between supporters of law enforcement and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in which King is a leader.

In an interview Friday on Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson's “Scoop B Radio” podcast, Alabama radio host Joe Lockett discussed race relations in America, saying that racism "goes both ways" and that you - regardless of your skin color - should "judge people on how they treat you."

A tweet that went viral on Sunday depicting a massive Muslim prayer in "Birmingham, Alabama" is #FakeNews. "This is not Saudi Arabia...

A video posted by Auburn’s football program shows the moment on Thursday that head coach Gus Malzahn announced walk-on tight-end/H-back Robert Muschamp from Rome, Georgia has been awarded a scholarship for his senior year.

"Drag Queen Story Hour," the controversial event scheduled at the public Ben May Library in Mobile that has been talked about for weeks across the state and the country, has finally happened - at least for the first time.

To coincide with Attorney General Jeff Sessions being in downtown Mobile on Friday for the dedication of the new federal courthouse building, CNN asked locals how they feel about President Donald Trump's recent public and alleged private attacks on the former Alabama Senator.