On Friday, October 4, 2024, the FBI Campus in Huntsville hosted a small audience for the dedication ceremony at the Richard Shelby Center for Innovation and Advanced Training. The audience included retired-U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Senator Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), current and former-Members of Congress, four federal judges, business […]

On January 4, 1953 – 72 years ago – music legend Hank Williams was laid to rest during the largest funeral in Montgomery’s history. Joe Azbell, was city editor of the Montgomery Advertiser and covered the funeral. His full article is transcribed below. It is an example of old-style, descriptive journalism that makes you feel […]

Sweet Grown Alabama, the state’s nonprofit agricultural branding program, has updated its membership dues to a flat fee of $100 annually for all farms, restaurants, grocery stores, markets and others. Dues were previously determined on a sliding scale based on farm or company annual income and ranged from $100 to $4,800. The change was made […]

Moore is showing his support for President-elect Donald Trump's plan to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America."

U.S. Sens. Tuberville and Britt reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's sentence in his "hush money" trial.

Sen. Katie Britt has been working hard for months to get the Laken Riley Act passed in the U.S. Senate. The legislation, originally introduced in the House of Representatives, would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to issue detainers and take custody

After returning from a strategic reunion of America’s top GOP governors and President-elect Donald Trump last night at Mar-a-Lago, Governor Kay Ivey said she is more confident than ever that the next four years will bring about a “Golden Age” in the United States. And it starts with cleaning up the mess of the Biden […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville officially received his committee assignments for the 119th Congress. Alabama’s senior senator will be continuing his work on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Ag), Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (SVAC), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP). He will be joining […]

API Director Stephanie Smith discussed the issue of tax cuts on overtime work Thursday on WVNN's "The Yaffee Program."

Connie Hudson, a longtime public servant and current Mobile County Commissioner, announced her candidacy for Mayor of Mobile on Wednesday, becoming the first declared candidate for the upcoming municipal election scheduled for Aug. 26, 2025. Hudson made the announcement in a video message to supporters. “Today, after months of thought and prayerful consideration and a […]

Governor Kay Ivey is among the group of Republican governors being hosted by President-elect Donald Trump tonight at Mar-a-Lago, her office confirmed on Thursday. Ivey will join Trump and other leading conservative governors, including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, for the gathering at a key time for […]

U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville are leading the charge with legislation they hope will see the light of day for the nation. Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Sunshine

Tuberville reintroduced the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” to preserve Title IX protections for female athletes.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has long been a staunch supporter of cracking down on illegal immigration. On Wednesday, Marshall signed onto a joint statement with twenty other Republican Attorney Generals issuing their praise and full support of President-elect Donald Trump's immigration policies and goals.

One of the nation’s leading young conservative voices who rose to fame from Alabama, CJ Pearson, challenged a narrative by AL.com about a so-called “pharmacy crisis” in Alabama. Pearson, a graduate of the University of Alabama and co-chair of the national GOP youth advisory council, said it’s an effort to revive a controversial tax hike […]

January 6 II: Handshake Boogaloo

Ledbetter is not willing to predict yet whether there is any momentum in the Legislature to try and pass a gaming and lottery bill this year.

On a call with reporters Wednesday morning, Senator Tommy Tuberville was asked if he intends to run for Governor of Alabama in 2026 given new polling showing his clear lead over other potential candidates in the race. 

Senators Katie Britt and John Fetterman joined Fox News on Tuesday in a show of bipartisan support for the Laken Riley Act hours after it passed the House of Representatives.

Working to protect women’s sports, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville reintroduced the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” to preserve Title IX protections for female athletes. Tuberville’s legislation would reverse the Department of Education rule that forces schools to allow males to share private spaces with females and compete in women’s sports — or […]

According to the Alabama Department of Revenue, more than 2,800 applications had been submitted for 4,800 children for ESAs on the first day.

Wahl said he's excited about the upcoming inauguration of Trump because he believes the President-elect will fight for the American dream.

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) endorsed current State Rep. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) for a rare State Senate vacancy, left by former Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed. Following his departure, Governor Kay Ivey set a special election to fill the seat across portions of Fayette, Lamar, Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties. Today, the politically […]