Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) and former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard are currently the only two candidates in Alabama’s 2022 U.S. Senate race, however prominent conservative activist CJ Pearson hopes that field will soon grow to include a fresh face. Pearson is president of the Free Thinker Project and a student at the University […]

State Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) on Thursday announced that he will not be seeking reelection in the 2022 election cycle. After serving three terms in the Alabama House of Representatives, McClendon was first elected to the Senate in 2014 before being reelected in 2018. He currently serves as chairman of the Senate Healthcare Committee and […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey this week signed into law two bills passed by the Alabama Legislature designed to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the state while attracting and retaining talented workers for a 21st century economy. HB 540 and HB 609 were developed based on interim policy recommendations by the Alabama Innovation Commission, which […]

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released a statement on Wednesday regarding recent reports of political bias within the Department of Defense. “I am greatly concerned by numerous press reports of conservative voices being silenced in the Department of Defense while Departmental leadership defends and protects […]

In a public service announcement released Wednesday by the Alabama Department of Public Health, University of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban urges Alabamians to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. “College football fans and players both want full stadiums this fall,” Saban says. “Let’s make sure we can safely make this happen by getting […]

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chief of staff of the Air Force, last week visited MGMWERX, Montgomery’s state-of-the-art innovation hub. Brown toured the facility with Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, Air University Commander and President Lt. General James Hecker and Brig. General Trent H. Edwards (USAF, Ret.) — the director of […]

On Monday, the Alabama Legislature wrapped up its 2021 regular session with a typical last-minute push to pass bills before the bewitching hour of midnight. Unfortunately, for some members in both chambers, they had to watch their bills die as their respective counterparts ran out of time for consideration. Often, that is a cause for […]

The 2021 regular session of the Alabama Legislature just wrapped up on Monday night, however there are already rumors of a special session — or multiple — that could be called this summer regarding major lingering issues, such as prisons, gaming and appropriating the latest batch of federal COVID-19 relief sent to the State. This […]

Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong on Tuesday announced that he has raised over $300,000 from more than 200 donors to strongly kickoff his Republican candidacy in Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District. The impressive fundraising haul covered six weeks of campaigning following Strong’s entry into the race at the end of March. With over a month […]

The Connect Alabama Act (SB 215) has been signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey and is now set to enable transformational broadband expansion across the Yellowhammer State. Sponsored by Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and carried in the House by Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville), the bill received nearly unanimous bipartisan support and was supported by […]

A successful launch from Alabama’s United Launch Alliance (ULA) has positioned the United States to strengthen its intelligence gathering efforts. On Tuesday afternoon, ULA’s Atlas V rocket powered the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Launched from Cape Canaveral, the Atlas V carried the fifth […]

Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education on Tuesday announced that the renowned Alabama First Class Pre-K program will add 135 new classrooms in 41 counties this fall. This is only the first round of new classroom funding that will be released by the Department of Early Childhood Education for the […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Monday unanimously gave final passage to HB 237, which now heads to Governor Kay Ivey’s desk after passing the House earlier in the session. Sponsored by State Rep. Ginny Shaver (R-Leesburg), the “born-alive” bill — to be known as “Gianna’s Law” — is named after a survivor of an […]

Last week, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran removed State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) from the position of captain, reportedly for taking a pro-constitutional carry stance that contradicted the stated position on the issue of Cochran and other law enforcement throughout the state. Cochran has faced somewhat of a backlash for his decision. However, he maintains […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is calling on President Joe Biden to put America’s national energy security first, including by resuming construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter dispatched to the White House on Monday, Marshall and 18 other attorneys general forcefully called out the Biden administration for its opposition to the vital […]

MONTGOMERY — State Reps. Thomas “Action Jackson” (D-Thomasville) and Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) on Monday evening spoke against a resolution “expressing solidarity with Israel in its defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip.” SJR 138 was introduced and passed by a voice vote in the Senate earlier the same day. The resolution reads as follows:

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Monday re-introduced legislation, known as the “Simplified, Manageable, and Responsible Tax (SMART) Act,” that would establish a federal flat tax on all income. This continues Shelby’s consistent advocacy for the flat tax since he was first elected to the Senate in 1986. Alabama’s senior senator has introduced legislation to […]

On Friday, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office announced it was terminating State Rep. Shane Stringer’s (R-Citronelle) employment as a captain within the agency, citing a “difference of opinion” with Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran on the so-called constitutional carry issue. Stringer was the lead sponsor of HB618, which would allow Alabamians to carry or conceal […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday officially signed into law SB 46, which legalizes the permitted medicinal use of cannabis in the state of Alabama. The bill establishes the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission to oversee and manage a comprehensive regulatory system related to medical marijuana in the Yellowhammer State; the cultivation, processing, transporting, testing and dispensing […]

Governor Kay E. Ivey on Monday announced she has officially signed HB 167, which makes it a criminal violation to vote in Alabama and at least one other state in the same election. Under existing state law, it is already illegal to vote more than once in Alabama in the same election; however, it was […]

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is set to close the $11.6 billion acquisition of BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., including its Birmingham-headquartered banking subsidiary BBVA USA, on June 1. This comes after PNC on Friday announced the official receipt of regulatory approval from the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of […]

The 2021 NCAA Softball Tournament bracket was revealed on Sunday evening, with the University of Alabama earning the No. 3 overall seed. They will be joined by Clemson, Troy and Alabama State this coming weekend at Rhoads Stadium for the Tuscaloosa Regional. This is the Crimson Tide’s 22nd-straight postseason bid and follows Alabama’s SEC Tournament triumph […]

Four members of Congress from Alabama on Friday wrote to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) requesting that they reopen the U.S. Capitol Complex to visitors. The letter was cosigned by more than 30 Republican representatives, including Congressmen Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Mo Brooks (AL-05), Jerry Carl (AL-01) […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Monday will convene for the 30th and final day of its 2021 regular session. After a week off, the House will gavel in at 10:00 a.m., with the Senate following an hour later. Before both chambers adjourn sine die, they will need to finish several items of outstanding housekeeping, […]