Two months have passed since Secretary of State John Merrill ruled out a run in 2022 for any office after revelations and subsequent admission of an extramarital affair. However, in recent days Merrill seems to be slowly getting back to his old routine, making media appearances and speaking to groups around the state. Recently, Merrill […]

More than 800 full-time jobs are coming to Birmingham as a company building a nationwide network of fully-furnished apartments is set to relocate its headquarters from San Francisco to Birmingham. Gov. Kay Ivey made the announcement on Thursday. “Landing is a fast-growing company with an innovative business model, and we are thrilled that it will […]

After announcing in front of 3,000 people last week that he would seek reelection, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth has now picked up the endorsement of one of Alabama’s most influential business associations. The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has endorsed Ainsworth as he begins his campaign for a second term. “Lt. Governor Ainsworth has done an […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Area Development, a prominent national business publication, has selected Alabama for its Gold Shovel Award, recognizing the state’s economic development success in the manufacturing sector during a challenging 2020. The honor follows a year of strong results for Alabama, with companies announcing new facilities and expansion projects […]

MONTGOMERY – Colonel Tara D. McKennie of the 187th Fighter Wing was promoted to brigadier general during a pinning ceremony at Montgomery’s Dannelly Field Saturday, becoming the first female brigadier general in the Alabama Air National Guard. Alabama’s Gov. Kay Ivey presided over the historic event, pinning the rank of brigadier general on the shoulders […]

Earlier this week, Enterprise native and former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt announced her intention to seek the Republican nomination for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2022. Britt has since rolled out her campaign through a series of media interviews throughout the state. However, she took to the national media during an […]

On Wednesday, leadership from both chambers of the Alabama Legislature met with Gov. Kay Ivey to explore options on how to proceed with addressing the conditions of the state’s prisons. According to reports, in addition to Ivey, Alabama Department of Corrections commissioner Jeff Dunn met Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper), House Speaker Mac […]

The Alabama Legislature’s long-time champion for rural broadband expansion has been tapped to lead the entity charged with overseeing the state’s broadband connectivity plan. State Sen. Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) has been elected chairman of the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority, according to a release from his office. The authority was created under the Connect Alabama Act […]

More and more signs point to the communist Chinese government’s culpability for the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as evidence mounts showing the virus initially emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. At the outset of the pandemic, lawmakers insisted China should be held accountable for the pandemic. However, those calls have been on the rise given […]

Sunday, Martha Brooks, wife of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), was served papers giving notice that Mo Brooks was being sued by his colleague U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) for his alleged role in the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. The process server has received widespread media attention, with Brooks, a candidate for U.S. […]

The Metropolitan Planning Organization gave its approval to move ahead on two road construction projects that will improve the safety and traffic flow on a congested arterial road for northwest Madison County, Huntsville and northeast Limestone County. “I’m grateful for the monumental progress that is being made on this important road project for north Alabama. […]

A little more than one week into her reelection effort, Gov. Kay Ivey’s campaign has already released a new digital ad making her case for another term. In an ad titled “Four More Years,” Ivey talks about her desire to continue serving her state and the importance of creating economic opportunity. “I am so proud […]

Towering pines line roadways in Alabama, a state where construction is booming, and lumber prices are soaring. Meanwhile, timberland owners whose raw materials are in demand suffer stagnant timber values. “We supply that wood, and the wood is there, but the price hasn’t gone up for us,” said Elliott Poole, who owns timberland in Sumter […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has now awarded more than $20 million in grants for the expansion of high-speed internet in rural Alabama communities in 2021. The state passed the milestone with Wednesday’s announcement from Ivey that her administration had awarded $1.3 million to expand broadband in Lee, Colbert and Lawrence Counties. “The Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund […]

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, is urging President Joe Biden to get tougher when it comes to China’s growing nuclear weapons stockpile. In a letter sent to Biden on Tuesday, Rogers and two other Republican ranking members expressed their concern over “the rapid Chinese nuclear build-up, as […]

In what is perhaps a way-too-early edition of gauging Alabama’s 2022 U.S. Senate, Club for Growth released polling data taken back in April giving an edge to U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) in head-to-head match-ups against former BCA head Katie Britt and former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard. According to the WPA Intelligence survey […]

With the 2022 election cycle upon us, many incumbent members of the Alabama Legislature are making their reelection plans. Many of those will likely run on their conservative bonafides, especially during the primary portion of the election. Throughout the 2021 session, the Alabama Policy Institute tracked what it deemed to be “key votes,” which included […]

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat up in 2022, took his side of an ongoing feud with U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to Fox News viewers during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle.” Sunday, Brooks’ wife was served a lawsuit filed by Swalwell claiming damages from the […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation is endorsing Kenneth Paschal for the Alabama House District 73 general election on July 13. House District 73 covers portions of Alabaster, Helena, Montevallo and Pelham. “Kenneth is a conservative who worked hard to win the Republican nomination,” said John DeLoach, president of the Shelby County Farmers Federation, in a release. […]

A record number of small business owners are reporting unfilled job openings, a fact that is preventing growth in the sector, according to a recent National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) survey. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell in May after steadily increasing each month this year, noted the organization in a release on […]

State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) is receiving national recognition with his selection to participate in the 2021 Emerging Legislative Leaders Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. According to the release, the program, sponsored in conjunction with the State Legislative Leaders Foundation, allows up to 50 of the best and brightest legislators […]

One of Alabama’s rising political stars has made her long-anticipated entry into the competition to join the U.S. Senate. Enterprise native Katie Britt formally announced on Tuesday that she is seeking the Republican nomination to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). Britt, who most recently led the state’s largest business organization, […]

Since Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth took office in 2019, he has made improving conditions for the families of Alabama’s military personnel a priority. Those efforts have benefited military families stationed at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Fort Rucker in Daleville, the Fort McClellan Training Center and Army […]

Calhoun County Circuit Judge Debra Jones announced on Monday that she would seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama Supreme Court. A two-term circuit judge and former prosecutor, Jones is running for the seat currently held by Justice Mike Bolin, who is retiring from the court. “I have a proven record of being a conservative […]