Northwest Alabama is a very special place. Nestled in the lowest foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it is known for coal mining and includes so many beautiful wonders and remarkable people. I call it home, and I have for almost my entire life. I was born in Jasper and grew up in Cordova in south […]

Before the start of the 2024 legislative session, the Alabama Senate outlined a plan to show our commitment to conservative governance. We were focused on delivering actual results that would continue to make Alabama the best state in the country to live, work, and raise a family because that is what Alabamians expect and deserve. […]

The Alabama Legislature has been in session for fifteen legislative days, marking the midpoint of the 2024 legislative session. Alabamians work hard each day to provide for their families, and they deserve results from their elected officials. Before the 2024 legislative session began, Alabama Senate Republicans outlined a vision of legislative priorities we would accomplish […]

Alabama is a conservative state, and the citizens of our state have never shied away from standing up for their values. In Alabama, there are bedrock principles by which we live and govern. We’re steadfast in our faith in God. We defend the rule of law. We protect individual freedoms and innocent life. We work […]

The 2023 legislative session proved to be another successful and productive one for the Alabama Senate Republicans. We effectively utilized all 30 legislative working days with 340 bills filed in the Senate. We welcomed four newly elected Republican senators at the start of the year and passed key legislation that will continue to make Alabama […]

Economic development and job creation are always among the top priority for leaders and elected officials each year. Gov. Kay Ivey has consistently made this a focus of her administration, as she’s worked toward sparking Alabama’s economy and job creation efforts since before she took office. With the governor’s support and leadership, the Alabama Senate […]

Over the last week, the Alabama Legislature has been deliberating the appropriation of the last $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Our priorities are investing in sewer and water infrastructure, broadband internet expansion, and supporting hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers across the state.  Our state’s […]

When I first ran for office, Alabama was reeling from the Great Recession. Unemployment was high. Our state budgets were maxed out. The Rainy-Day accounts were drained, and the state was borrowing money just to keep government running. State revenues were so bad that mid-year budget cuts for schools and state agencies – known as […]

The 2021 Alabama Legislative Session has now officially come to an end, and I couldn’t be prouder of the way the Senate has operated since the session started in early February. Due to the coronavirus outbreak cutting the 2020 session short last year, we had a backlog of important priorities that needed to be addressed, […]

The elections of November 6 are over, and now, in Washington and in Montgomery legislators again take up the task of governing. As the leader of Alabama’s 27 Republican state senators, my focus is on working with other lawmakers and Governor Kay Ivey to make state government more efficient and to keep job growth strong. Reforming the state’s […]

Like you, I am excited about the prominent role Alabama now has in the 2016 presidential race. Thanks to a bill passed by the Alabama Legislature this year, Alabama’s presidential primary date has been moved up to March 1, 2015, to coincide with the primaries of Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and possibly North Carolina. This […]

From the beginning of the Civil War until the end of the Second World War, no family had as dramatic an impact on our state as the Bankhead family of west Alabama. Members of the family graced the covers of Time magazine, presidents attended their funerals, and without their support, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal […]