Alabama boasts some of the most beautiful and highest-rated state parks in the nation. To maintain that beauty and integrity, a funding mechanism will be on the May 24 ballot. The State Parks Amendment is the only amendment on the May ballot. If approved by voters, the State Parks Amendment will authorize the issuance and sale of […]

According to newly released polling commissioned by ForestPAC, the political arm of the Alabama Forestry Association, former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt continues to lead the hotly contested U.S. Senate GOP primary race. The poll, which was published Friday, was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates May 9-12 and consisted of 500 likely Republican […]

State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), candidate for Alabama Secretary of State, has scored the endorsement of the Yellowhammer State’s largest pro-life group. Alabama Citizens for Life, an affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, announced that it was supporting Allen’s candidacy due to his legislative efforts to usher pro-life measures into law. Allen, who […]

Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) was briefed on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Air Force’s decision to relocate U.S. Space Command to Huntsville. Tuberville, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that he was “pleased” with the report’s findings. According to Alabama’s junior senator, the GAO report confirmed that […]

In her bid to serve a second term as Alabama’s chief executive, Gov. Kay Ivey has garnered overwhelming support from members of the state legislature. The list of lawmakers that have publicly endorsed her campaign grew this week, as 28 legislators announced their support of the incumbent governor. In a statement touting the endorsements, Ivey […]

Thursday, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) had awarded $12.5 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to 25 local Alabama airports for infrastructure upgrades. In a statement announcing the grant award, Shelby, who serves as vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, advised that the funding would […]

7. Those free crack pipes are apparently just a conspiracy theory President Joe Biden and his administration have been accused of using taxpayer money to fund and distribute safe-smoking kits, and there have been accusations that these kits include free crack pipes to recipients. White House press secretary Jen Psaki recently brushed off this concern. […]

Speculation has swirled for months around the prospect of Mike Durant’s U.S. Senate candidacy holding the support of the anti-Donald Trump Lincoln Project. The narrative, promoted by those opposed to his candidacy, stems from the pro-Durant More Perfect Union PAC, which employs former Lincoln Project political director Zack Czajkowski. In late April, Durant’s opponents amplified […]

As Americans are experiencing a sharp inflation spike and paying record-high fuel costs, the Biden administration on Wednesday canceled two oil lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The administration also canceled a lease pending before the U.S. Department of Interior to potentially drill for Alaskan oil in over 1 million acres. A department spokeswoman […]

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt on Wednesday rolled out her campaign’s latest television advertisement, which takes aim at President Joe Biden’s and congressional Democrats’ fiscal policies. The 30-second spot features Britt’s family playing a game of “Democrats,” a fictitious game modeled after the popular “Monopoly” board game. Britt blasts what she calls Biden’s “reckless” […]

7. New details emerge as Casey White has returned to Alabama Now that accused murderer and prison escapee Casey White is back in Lauderdale County jail, new details of his time on the run with lover Vicky White are coming into focus. The couple was caught in Indiana after they paid a homeless man to […]

The reelection campaign of Gov. Kay Ivey has garnered widespread support from the Yellowhammer State law enforcement community. This week, a slate of law enforcement leaders across the state, which consists of 31 police chiefs and county sheriffs, announced their endorsement of Ivey’s bid to serve a second term as Alabama’s chief executive. In a […]

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority draft opinion signaling the overturn of Roe v. Wade leaked to the press, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Democrats’ intentions to codify the landmark abortion case by congressional act. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday took up a vote on the Democrat-sponsored “Women’s Health Protection Act,” a […]

Thursday, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant announced that his campaign had landed the endorsement of former Trump administration U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Prior to representing Montana as a member of Congress from 2015 to 2017, Zinke served in the armed forces as a U.S. Navy SEAL and retired as a SEAL […]

Gubernatorial candidate Tim James continues to promote his school choice plan on the campaign trail. Critics of the plan say more school choice didn’t solve the problems and would just take away money and resources from public schools in Alabama. Wednesday on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program,” James defended his school choice plan and blasted the […]

Last month, the Biden administration announced the creation of the “Disinformation Governance Board” that would be under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas first mentioned the creation of the Board in April during his testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), […]

The Alabama Mining Association (AMA) on Wednesday announced that it had endorsed former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt in her Republican candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Britt, a first-time candidate for public office, addressed AMA membership at the association’s annual meeting Tuesday at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Resort. AMA president Patrick Cagle […]

The Alabama Realtors Political Action Committee (ARPAC), a political arm of the Alabama Association of Realtors, recently announced its endorsements of candidates seeking election to state and federal legislative offices, as well as for candidates running for statewide officer positions. In a statement announcing the endorsements, ARPAC trustees chair Margi Ingram advised that the endorsed […]

The Alabama Innovation Corporation, a statewide public-private partnership tasked with promoting the state’s innovation economy, held its second board meeting in Birmingham last week. During the meeting, the corporation’s board of directors approved the creation of an executive director position and its associated job description. According to a release, the executive director position will be […]

President Joe Biden spent his Tuesday making excuses for inflation, blaming everything from greedy corporations to “ultra-MAGA” Republicans, even though they have no power in Washington, D.C. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace and her guests opined wildly that the situation in Ukraine was able to take place because of former President Donald Trump and the U.S. Capitol […]

Former State Sen. Paul Sanford, Republican candidate for Alabama’s open fifth congressional district seat, has received the highest National Rifle Association (NRA) rating in the crowded GOP primary field. The NRA-Political Victory Fund (PVF) rates candidates on their support of the Second Amendment by assessing public statements, voting records and answers to the gun rights […]

Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General’s Office released its findings from a review conducted to investigate the process that was undertaken to select Huntsville as the preferred permanent location of U.S. Space Command. The report concluded that the process by which Redstone Arsenal was chosen as the combatant command’s next headquarters was […]

Wednesday, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant announced that his campaign had been endorsed by the Combat Veterans for Congress PAC. In a statement touting the endorsement, Durant proclaimed his intentions to be a “fierce fighter” for the U.S. armed forces as Alabama’s junior senator. “I am humbled to have the support of the Combat […]

7. People who live on Twitter are mad Trump might come back to Twitter Twitter has already accepted Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media platform for $44 billion. Now, Musk has said that if he were to follow through and take the company into his possession, former President Donald Trump would […]