After Labor Day weekend got the ball rolling for Alabama’s favorite college football teams, week two features an array of exciting matchups across the Yellowhammer State. The only non-Saturday game this week saw the University of West Alabama beat Miles College on Thursday. The University of South Alabama Jaguars will try to upset Oklahoma State […]

After the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this week unveiled the August jobs report, Alabama congressional leaders celebrated the “unprecedented,” booming economy and gave credit to conservative, pro-jobs policies. Per the White House, the national economy “continues to enjoy its longest, consecutive streak of positive monthly job numbers.” The pace of job growth this year averages […]

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. The website features clips of Ford speaking side-by-side with contradictory claims he has now made to try and brand himself as a moderate independent. “I […]

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Thursday joined 19 other Democratic Senators in threatening to hold up the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The “Gang of Twenty,” including far-left presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Hillary Clinton’s former running mate Tim Kaine (D-VA), signed a letter […]

Democratic nominee for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox on Thursday confirmed in a speech to the Birmingham Rotaract Club that attacked Governor Kay Ivey that he voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. “If the worst thing that you can say about me is that I voted for Hillary Clinton, I think you’re in the wrong race […]

August fundraising reports were due by the end of the day on Wednesday for all candidates running in Alabama’s upcoming November 6 election, and the numbers showed some interesting dynamics in the most-watched state legislative races. Senate District 6 in northwest Alabama has a competitive race between incumbent state Senator Larry Stutts (R) and longtime […]

Thursday, the Politico Playbook reported that NBA Hall of Famer and Auburn basketball legend Charles Barkley is headlining a fundraiser for Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on September 25. The fundraiser will be a ritzy affair held at the swanky downtown Washington D.C. Sfoglina restaurant, which was recently recognized by MICHELIN. The cost per person […]

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Thursday reaffirmed his support for confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court and called on other members of the Senate to “put aside unnecessary, partisan, political obstruction.” Alabama’s senior senator, and the powerful chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has consistently urged his colleagues – including Sen. […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday that the Houston Economic Development Association (HEDA) has agreed to end its “illegal gambling operations” at Center Stage. The agreement stems from a lawsuit filed by Marshall against the casino and the Houston County Commission in October of 2017. HEDA, a non-profit organization in Houston County, must immediately […]

Members of the national Pro-life Court Coalition urged Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) to vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at an event in Montgomery on Thursday. The group was led by former congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave – vice president of government affairs for the national pro-life organization Susan […]

Last week, Alabama ranked atop “Global Trade” magazine’s 2018 list of the best states for manufacturing in the nation, and a big factor – that often goes unnoticed – towards this achievement is the important work done by the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA). The selection of Alabama in the ranking of top manufacturing states comes one […]

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks (AL-5) on Wednesday, supported by colleagues and backed by more than 50 sheriffs from across the nation, led a major news conference on the U.S. Capitol grounds urging Congress to pass stronger immigration and border security legislation. “How many hundreds, or thousands, or tens of thousands, of dead Americans must there […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will meet with state attorneys general later this month to discuss whether tech companies like Twitter and Facebook may be “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas,” the Justice Department said Wednesday in a statement. Per the Washington Post, the department’s announcement came after the White House last week said it […]

Republican Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL-1) spoke Wednesday at a press conference alongside leadership from the United States House of Representatives regarding his recent “Better Off Now” town hall tour, praising conservative policies that have led to a booming economy in his district and across Alabama. Byrne opened his remarks by sharing his deep appreciation for the first responders […]

August fundraising reports were due by the end of the day on Wednesday for all candidates running in Alabama’s upcoming November 6 election, and the numbers showed a huge advantage for Republicans running for statewide offices – except the race for chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Governor Kay Ivey continues to dwarf all […]

Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday praised Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seeming to break with President Donald Trump in the process. “I hold Jeff Sessions in the highest regard. I appreciate his service to the nation,” Pence said, per White House reporter Kaitlan Collins. This echoes comments made Tuesday by Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, who Sessions […]

As Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) faces surging pressure to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the Democratic Senator on Tuesday complained that the process is “not fair” and that the confirmation hearing should have been postponed indefinitely. In previous weeks, Jones pointed to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe as a reason to delay the […]

Alabama has a significant chance to make the history books if President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, is confirmed as expected. Attorney General Steve Marshall announced he was “disappointed” and “carefully considering” an appeal to the United States Supreme Court two weeks ago after a federal court struck down the state’s […]

The University of Alabama and Auburn University both released new commercials to coincide with their football seasons kicking off this past weekend. UA’s ad is the latest in their acclaimed “Where Legends Are Made” campaign, and Auburn’s theme centers on “War Eagle” being universal.

The White House pushed back after reports that author and Watergate reporter Bob Woodward claimed in his upcoming book that President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “a traitor,” “mentally retarded” and a “dumb Southerner” who could not “even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.” The book, entitled “Fear,” is slated to be […]

Members of the national Pro-life Court Coalition will urge Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) to vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at three events in Alabama this week. The group is led by Marilyn Musgrave – vice president of government affairs for the national pro-life organization Susan B. […]

Tuesday, the National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) organization tweeted out a video of Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill encouraging all of the state’s eligible voters to register. NVRD is “a celebration of our democracy” as well as the largest single-day drive to register voters. This year, NVRD is September 25. Watch:

Author Bob Woodward, made famous by his Watergate reporting, claims in his upcoming book that President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “a traitor,” “mentally retarded” and a “dumb Southerner” who could not “even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.” The book, entitled “Fear,” is slated to be released on September 11. […]

Manufacture Alabama (MA) announced on Tuesday that Jason B. Crager, Director of Lockheed Martin’s Pike County Operations, has been selected to the MA Board of Directors effective immediately. MA President George Clark expressed the organization’s excitement at adding a distinguished leader from the state’s burgeoning aerospace and defense manufacturing sectors. “We are extremely pleased to […]