As Gov. Ivey prepares to launch her gas tax initiative from rural Alabama, the forces of opposition are gathering.

If reports are true that Governor Kay Ivey is planning on calling a special session to deal with the gas tax, it is being done solely to make it easier to pass through the legislature. There are a few reasons for this and they include avoiding having to invoke a “Budget Isolation Resolution” that allows […]

7. Alabama race hoaxer is now unemployed and living with his agent — Alabama’s own Bruce Maxwell, formerly with the Oakland A’s, finds himself without an MLB team after a low batting average, kneeling during the national anthem, racial restaurant hoax incident in Huntsville and pulling a gun on a delivery driver derailed his career. Bleacher […]

Getting the bill drafted and getting the bill passed are two totally different things, similar bills have made it through the Alabama State House only to die in the Alabama Senate

According to "The Hill" a Justice Department official has relayed that there will be no Mueller reporting unveiling next week, some speculating they did not want the report released while the President is out of the country.

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Can U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) beat Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Mobile)? — Is there a racial component at play in the drama with the Alabama Democratic Party? — What will the media and their Democrats do […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Mobile) is barnstorming the state in his first few days as an official candidate for U.S. Senate, but the Club for Growth is pushing Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Homewood).

New polling conducted by the Alabama Forestry Association brings a couple of interesting tidbits into the conversation.

Attorney General Bill Barr could be ready to announce the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and could submit a final report to Congress soon as well

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Mobile) is expected to announce his decision to enter the race for U.S. Senate in 2020.

Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) is set to officially announce his candidacy for the United States Senate seat currently held by Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL).

State Rep. Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) is sponsoring a gas tax in the State House, but still doesn’t have a number for the increase he will propose, leading many people to question how much support the bill actually has. During a Tuesday conversation on Huntsville’s WVNN about the impending gas tax debate, State Sen. Sam Givhan […]

The issue is far more complicated than the media would have you believe, the President invoked a couple of different measures and some of them are not part of these challenged.

Talk of a plan to expand Medicaid in Alabama has been brought up in the weeks leading to speculation that hospitals will be leading the charge to get a deal that Senator Jones says the state needs to take advantage of.

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Dr. Waymon Burke take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Can President Donald Trump go it alone on the border? — Can Governor Kay Ivey pull off her prison plan? — Should Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) force a vote on the Green New […]

The U.S. Senate voted 82-16, with both Alabama senators voting in the affirmative, to keep the government open and give the President some money for his desires to beef-up border security. Now, to the chagrin of Democrats and shock to Republicans, the President is prepared to go it alone

The former Republican Presidential candidate is clearly optimistic about his party's future and re-election chances of Donald Trump, both because the economy is doing and because the Democratic Party has adopted the policies of its most extreme members.

7. Birmingham’s mayor wants to name a municipal facility after a convicted felon who used his office to enrich himself — Mayor Randall Woodfin wants to honor the late Larry Langford by naming the CrossPlex after the corrupt politicians because “it’s fitting for all the work he did.” The pious government watchdog at AL.com who […]

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) wants the President to hold off on signing the bill but believes he may declare a national emergency to get to the $5.7 billion he's wanted for the wall.

Talks have apparently restarted ahead of a Friday deadline for another government shutdown, a potential short term deal is being floated as well.

7. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-WA) officially announces her run for the presidency and exchanges barbs with President Donald Trump — Warren’s announcement came days after her hometown paper suggested she shouldn’t run. Trump tweeted a reference to the Trail of Tears, which plays on Warren’s decades of cultural appropriation. Not to be outdone, Warren then […]

Jackson closes the show with a "parting shot" where he explains how the mainstream media interprets things involving President Trump often is in stark contrast with how the American public views them and it happened again with the State of the Union.

Saying the deal could be done by Monday to avoid another government shutdown, Shelby added, "He would like us to conclude our bill in a positive way for the American people," but it unclear what that bill looks like.

Red state Democrats, like Doug Jones, find themselves in an unenvious position as their opponents tie them to these bills that push positions that are wildly unpopular with the American public but popular with the hardcore liberals in the base who want abortion on demand.