Last week, President Joe Biden released his $5.8 trillion proposed budget. The proposal includes $813 billion in defense spending. Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) have raised concerns that Biden’s defense budget doesn’t keep up with the current rate of inflation. On Tuesday, Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint […]

A bill to prohibit the promotion of “divisive concepts” in K-12 public school teachings gained approval from the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Sponsored by State Rep. Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville), House Bill 312 aims to prevent public school students from being exposed to instruction which teaches that one race, sex or religion is superior […]

Comments by Senate candidate Mike Durant from a 2011 speech in front of the U.S. Army War College resurfaced on Saturday, causing controversy in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race. During the speech, Durant said “[F]rom a military perspective, the first thing that needs to be done is disarm the population. Let’s face it, if we could […]

The Jefferson County Board of Education (JCBOE) this week announced that it will meet the demands of the nation’s most prominent secularist advocacy organization by barring prayer from being spoken over the loudspeaker at the district’s high school football games. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), formed in 1976 by pro-abortion and anti-population growth activist […]

In March, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall testified against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. During the hearing, Marshall was asked several times by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) if President Joe Biden was “duly elected” to the White House. Marshall responded by saying, “He is the president of this country.” Whitehouse also asked, […]

Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law House Bill 391, which eliminates the state’s minimum business privilege tax levied on small employers. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) and State Sen. Tom Butler (R-Madison), provides relief to more than 230,000 small businesses. The law cuts the $100 minimum business privilege tax […]

Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) announced his intentions to vote against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. During his weekly press call with reporters, Tuberville outlined his opposition to President Joe Biden’s first high court nominee. “First, I want to note how important it was to me that I met […]

The left has been attacking conservative Supreme Court nominees for decades, and now they seem confused as to why these hearings are so contentious and partisan. Even if you accept that these hearings are getting rough and political, remember that Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearings had nothing on the hearings of Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett […]

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt recently released a memo outlining how she would legislatively address issues relating to the national debt and the size of government as Alabama’s junior senator. According to Britt, the national debt serves as an “existential crisis” for the United States. “I wholeheartedly believe that the ballooning national debt – […]

Tuesday, the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Durant announced that its first quarter Federal Election Commission (FEC) campaign finance report would show that the candidate holds $4 million cash-on-hand. The U.S. Army veteran’s current cash balance nearly doubles that reported in his previous quarterly filing, which totaled $2.5 million. FEC quarterly reports will […]

Tuesday, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the Alabama Numeracy Act, which seeks to improve K-5 math proficiency among public school students. Sponsored by State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) and State Rep. Alan Baker (R-Brewton), Senate Bill 171 solidifies the State Board of Education’s decision in 2019 to bar the instruction of Common Core mathematical […]

Illegal immigration is at an all-time high. Just last year, nearly 2 million illegal immigrants from more than 160 countries were apprehended at our southern border—nearly 10 times the population of Alabama’s largest city of Huntsville. This is a direct result of the Biden administration rolling back the enforcement of immigration laws, limiting the ability […]

President Joe Biden is soon expected to lift Title 42, a federal immigration clause invoked by former President Donald Trump which allows the U.S. government to deport illegal border crossers due to a public health emergency. In preparation for Title 42’s expiration, which is expected to instigate a surge of migrants entering the nation’s interior, […]

Comments by Senate candidate Mike Durant from a 2011 during speech in front of the U.S. Army War College resurfaced on Saturday, causing some to question where the candidate stood on gun rights. During the speech, Durant said “[F]rom a military perspective, the first thing that needs to be done is disarm the population. Let’s […]

Former President Donald Trump is set to make his return to the Yellowhammer State this summer, according to the America Freedom Tour website. The rally will be held at an undetermined venue in Birmingham on June 18. The event will take place from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ticket prices range from $2,995 for presidential […]

7. There’s yet another variant There is another coronavirus variant that has emerged as a combination of variants BA.1 and BA.2, labeled the XE variant. The BA.2 variant is the current dominant strain in the United States, and it mimics symptoms of common seasonal allergies. So far, the World Health Organization has reported that the […]

Every year, the President of the United States puts forth a budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. While a president’s budget proposal is largely symbolic, it shows Americans what the top priorities are for the administration. Typically, the president’s budget proposal is rolled out in February each year, but it has been significantly delayed […]

Monday, Attorney General Steve Marshall filed suit against the Biden administration for ignoring federal law that requires the detaining and deporting of illegal aliens who have committed crimes in the United States. Marshall joined with the attorneys general of Florida and Georgia seeking an order that would protect the citizens of this country by preventing […]

Two Republican members of the Alabama congressional delegation, who also sit on the House Armed Services Committee, are criticizing President Biden’s defense budget. U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) joined their Republican colleagues on the committee in putting out a press release today denouncing the proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2023. […]

Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey’s reelection campaign announced the release of a television advertisement honing in on the 2020 presidential election. The 30-second spot features Ivey declaring that elements of the national left “stole the election” from former President Donald Trump. The ad also sees Alabama’s chief executive outline her administration’s efforts to secure the state’s […]

The house always wins. But when it comes to half of the casinos that may open across Alabama if the current gambling bill passes, the public will have no idea who actually owns the house. The public will have no idea who is raking-in all of those profits. And the public will have no idea which casino owners are […]

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Lindy Blanchard this past weekend announced the release of two new television advertisements on the offensive against incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey. Blanchard’s latest ad campaign comes on the heels of polling that shows Ivey with a commanding lead over the GOP primary field in her bid for reelection. According to the poll, […]

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), candidate for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat, on Monday released his campaign’s second television advertisement of the 2022 GOP primary election cycle. In keeping with his campaign pledge to oppose Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the ad takes aim at the long-serving GOP leader. The ad release comes after […]

Last week, the Alabama Senate passed the largest Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget in state history totaling $8.2 billion. Included in the budget are record pay increases for experienced public school teachers, including a raise in minimum salaries for teachers with nine or more years of experience. Additionally, the measure calls for a 1% pay […]