The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) recently announced its third round of state grants to fund construction of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. This is good news for Alabama’s EV owners and the state at large. It is well known that range anxiety hinders widespread adoption of EVs. The fear that an EV […]

Since before I took office, I have been warning people about the dangers that come with millions of illegal immigrants pouring across the border. It’s not just the number of people that are coming across and being lost in the system that concerns me as much as the crime and the drugs some illegal immigrants […]

The time has come for Alabama libraries to disaffiliate from the toxic American Library Association (ALA). Taxpayer funded indoctrination of our children has no place in Alabama, and yet that is exactly what we are getting from the oldest library institution in the nation. The ALA has long been a conduit to allow libraries across […]

We continually hear that climate change is making extreme weather – from wildfires in Canada and Maui to Hurricane Hilary – worse. Unfortunately, this allows politicians to evade responsibility for their inaction and mistakes. Researchers have long emphasized that nature’s action and human exposure together produce disasters. A hurricane striking an uninhabited island is not […]

Alabama has never had a more colorful governor than Big Jim Folsom. He also was a brilliant politician who understood the importance of name identification. My ninth-grade civics teacher was Miss Mary Lamb. She had taught school for many years and in fact had taught both my mama and daddy in high school. Besides our […]

Recently, I joined Reps. Mike Rogers, Dale Strong, and Gary Palmer to address many of Alabama’s business leaders about what we are working on in Washington to help Alabama and this nation succeed. One of the biggest concerns we all share is countering the economic threat China poses to the United States. The Chinese Communist […]

The agencies that layer the federal government are out of control. They seek to control every aspect of your life and dictate their own twisted sense of morality from their bubble in Washington, D.C. What’s worse is their solutions aren’t solutions at all. They want to completely destroy the fossil fuel industry in the United […]

America is the greatest country in the world, we are a bastion of freedom, and we are a beacon for the oppressed. President Lincoln was right when he wrote in 1862 that we are “the last best hope” of mankind on earth. I have traveled to other parts of the world and fully understand the […]

In one of the most important elections in decades, Montgomerians will go to the polls Tuesday and cast ballots to determine the direction and the future of our city for years to come. As I have walked neighborhoods and knocked on doors in every corner of Montgomery over the past several weeks, countless residents have […]

We will continue this week with the saga of Alabama’s most colorful governor, the legendary Big Jim Folsom. Jim Folsom Jr. shared a story about his father’s early political life. Big Jim always knew that he wanted to go into politics, so he jumped right in. His hometown of Elba in Coffee County was in […]

Not content with President Joe Biden’s ongoing efforts to erase the Second Amendment and make lawful gun ownership a rarity, fringe liberals within the administration are now implementing “bow control” policies by targeting and threatening schools that offer archery and hunting programs to students. Using flawed logic that only a socialist committed to spreading their […]

I have been a lifelong resident of St. Clair County, and I am honored to serve as our state senator. My goal is, and has always been, to ensure that our community continues to thrive.  As a promise to my constituents when I was first elected, I have always supported and advocated for programs that […]

As the summer sun continues to cast its warm glow over Montgomery, Ala., another significant event is quickly approaching: The City of Montgomery municipal election scheduled for Aug. 22. The upcoming municipal election presents a pivotal opportunity for every citizen to shape the future of our vibrant community. While state and national elections may capture […]

This week marks two years since President Biden’s botched and cowardly withdrawal from Afghanistan that resulted in 13 American servicemembers losing their lives to senseless violence. Months before the withdrawal, President Trump had started planning a peaceful, pragmatic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of U.S. involvement, and most agreed it was time for the […]

Alabama recently received notification that we are in line to receive more than $1 billion in funding from the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. For years, Republicans in the Alabama Legislature have recognized the importance of providing broadband connectivity to our underserved areas. The need for high-speed internet has become increasingly urgent, with […]

We continue this week with our series of stories about Alabama’s most colorful governor, the legendary Big Jim Folsom. Big Jim was a true politician, and he was not above straddling the fence, but at least he was honest about it. When asked a tough question about a complex or difficult issue, Ol’ Big Jim […]

In previous columns, I and the people I’ve interviewed have attempted to stress the importance of creating healthy and productive ways to have conversations with those that don’t agree with our points of view. Whether that means trying to find common ground with one another, or even attempting to change a person’s mind and bring […]

College football illustrates many economic concepts. A dispute over the Atlantic Coast Conference’s (ACC) television deal illustrates one way we use contracts. The controversy also highlights the challenge of long-term deals in a rapidly changing economic landscape. The ACC contract runs through 2036 and pays the 14 conference members around $30 million per year, with […]

I’ve written twice in the last few months about the broken justice system that is unfairly targeting President Trump for exercising his First Amendment rights, while overlooking and distracting from Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings. Since then, the attacks on President Trump have gotten even worse, and we’ve continued finding out more about Joe Biden’s […]

We are continuing this week with our summer series on Big Jim Folsom – Alabama’s most colorful governor. Those of us who grew up in and around Alabama politics have coined a descriptive term for a person who is obsessed with seeking political office constantly and tirelessly without reservation or concern for their physical, mental […]

One hundred years ago, President Warren Harding died unexpectedly. Occupying the White House for a little more than 2 1/2 years, he was a popular president, having been elected with the largest margin of victory of any presidential candidate before or since. Following his death, several scandals, both public and private, tarnished his reputation and […]

“Nobody is taking away your gas stove.”  These words were tweeted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in February. His rant was aimed at his Republican counterparts for making a ruckus over a Biden Administration official calling for nationwide gas stove bans.  In April, Schumer’s home state of New York became the first state to […]

Last Congress, the Democrats made it their top priority to radically transform our elections by taking election decisions away from the people and giving more power to bureaucrats. Their so-called For the People Act would utilize taxpayer money to fund campaigns, legalize ballot harvesting, weaponize the IRS for political gain, and automatically give felons the […]

Recent news stories detail incidents of squatting, or illegal occupation of a home. These rights violations plausibly reflect public discourse demonizing landlords, promoting rent control, and even proposing the abolition of rent. I have no statistics on squatting and so will not call this a crisis. The rights violations are problematic regardless of the proportion […]