With the prices of groceries rising in Alabama and across the country, some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to suspend the sales tax on groceries in the Yellowhammer State. Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) joined Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” Friday and proposed a plan to eventually eliminate the […]

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) does little to address inflation, primarily because it is a spending measure and government spending fueled our current inflation. One place where the IRA addresses prices is prescription drugs. Unfortunately, the IRA relies on price controls instead of the Trump administration’s successful deregulatory approach. We do not have a competitive […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and CEO of 256Today Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including: — Where does this saga with former President Donald Trump and the raid at Mar-a-Lago go next? — Is Kay Ivey in good health or is aldotcom’s Kyle Whitmire’s speculation valid and needed? — Will […]

MONTGOMERY — During the 2022 summer meeting of the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) state executive committee, members overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for party registration and closed primary elections. Debate over closing the state’s party primary elections to members of the opposite political affiliation intensified this past election cycle, as it is believed that a […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Republican Party’s (ALGOP) 2022 summer meeting is underway at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, where members of its state executive committee are conducting the party’s official business. Watch: (Alabama Straw Poll)

Friday afternoon, Gov. Kay Ivey welcomed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) in Montgomery as she arrived in the Yellowhammer State. Noem is set to be a guest speaker at the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) summer dinner Friday night. In a statement, Alabama’s chief executive expressed her honor in welcoming the South Dakota conservative firebrand […]

While the current priority of the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) is to win elections, there are discussions taking place to decide what the party’s agenda should be for the next legislative session. Friday, ALGOP chairman John Wahl said on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program” that promoting school choice, adoption reform and closed primaries would be atop […]

During a Thursday press conference, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland advised that he approved the FBI’s raid of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. While Garland did not reveal any details on what specifically the FBI was searching for at Trump’s residence, it has been reported that the raid was related to classified documents the former […]

In a recent interview with the Trussville Tribune, Democratic Party U.S. Senate nominee Will Boyd suggested that the political climate in Alabama presented the appearance of it being a “hate state.” The progressive U.S. Senate hopeful made the comment while lamenting the Republican Party’s contentious primary runoff contests this past election cycle. Boyd proclaimed that […]

After the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this week, some questioned whether President Joe Biden was informed about the raid ahead of time. During a Tuesday briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre contended that Biden was not informed of the raid prior to its execution. However, the White House’s denial […]

On Thursday, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office issued a statement responding to inquiries regarding the health status of Alabama’s chief executive. According to Gina Maiola, who serves as Ivey’s communications director, Alabama’s 54th governor is “healthy” and “cancer-free.” “When it’s a slow news day in the summer, rumors run rampant in the Capital City,” Maiola stated. […]

On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey joined a letter with 16 of her Republican governor counterparts calling on President Joe Biden to remove the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for international travelers to the United States. In their letter to the nation’s chief executive, the Republican governors asserted that the administration’s vaccine requirement for international travelers placed the […]

Last week, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) announced that he was partnering with U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) on legislation that would provide federal regulations to the name, image and likeness (NIL) issue in college sports. NIL, which is the product of a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down in 2020, has paved the […]

In response to the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida earlier this week, some Republican lawmakers suggested the time had come to defund or abolish the agency. U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), among others, suggested on Twitter that it might be time to scrap the […]

The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is an example of the agency holding a double standard in who it chooses to pursue, according to U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover). Congressional Republicans, along with some prominent Democrats, have called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately address the search of […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday announced that he had filed an amicus brief on behalf of the State of Alabama against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 mask mandate for public transportation. The amicus brief, which joined by 22 additional states, supports a lawsuit challenging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mask mandate that […]

Prior to the American Revolution and more than a decade before the French Revolution, there was the Swedish Revolution, which marks its 250th anniversary this month. While often out of the orbit of discussions of western civilization, Sweden was and continues to be a repository of enlightened democratic values. With a remarkable history of military […]

In response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) trip to Taiwan, China has conducted military drills in the seas and airspace around the island. When asked about this situation Monday, President Joe Biden said he was “concerned” about China’s response but didn’t think “they’re going to do anything more.” Last week on Fox Business […]

Showing no signs of taking his foot off the pedal in landing federal dollars for his home state, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) announced the awarding of $27 million in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grants for Alabama infrastructure on Tuesday. The three Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants hold a combined […]

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Monday evening, former President Donald Trump confirmed that the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. According to reports, the nation’s chief law enforcement agency’s search warrant-executed raid of the 45th president’s home included the seizure of multiple boxes of documents. It has been reported that the raid was executed in part […]

7. Title IX investigation has started at Alabama school At a Shelby County school, a parent is claiming that their child was discriminated against due to sexual orientation. The claim was made about the 2020-2021 school year and is currently under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights. This is the first investigation the office […]

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) on Monday announced that he had introduced a bill that would provide an additional avenue for schools to ensure student safety. The congressman’s “Securing American Classrooms Act of 2022” would utilize nearly $1 billion in unspent COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to provide grants for partnerships between schools and local law […]

With revenue increasing and money poured in from the federal government, the state of Alabama is still in great shape financially, according to State Treasurer Young Boozer. Currently, Alabama has $10.6 billion on its balance sheet, which is up from $3.6 billion in 2019. Friday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Boozer said the “state […]