7. Teachers now quitting over Florida’s new anti-indoctrination bill (not really) NBC News is reporting that teachers are now leaving the profession in Florida after Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed a controversial bill forbidding teachers from teaching gender and sexual orientation to young children. The reporting is questionable at best, highlights complaints of teachers about […]

Young Boozer is state treasurer, again, and deservedly so. Boozer was first elected as Alabama’s State Treasurer in 2010. He did an excellent job during his first four years and was reelected in 2014 without opposition. Thus, serving eight consecutive years as state treasurer. He could have been elected to a third four-year stint. However, […]

This election year, Alabama voters will get a chance to elect a new justice to the Alabama Supreme Court. Justice Mike Bolin, the former probate judge of Jefferson County, is term limited out this year because he is over the age of 70. One Birmingham defense attorney says he’s right for the job because he […]

Wednesday, retired U.S. Army Brigadier General and chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Congressman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) endorsed Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) for the United States Senate. Perry was elected as chairman in 2021. Brooks was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus in 2015 and is still a member. Brooks joins Congressmen Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) […]

Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced that $225 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds had been provided for statewide water and sewer infrastructure improvements. The agreement signed between the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and the Alabama Department of Finance states that ADEM will distribute grants to “qualifying public water and sewer systems for the […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed a controversial bill on parental rights in education, which opponents of the bill have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill.” While the bill doesn’t include the word “gay,” it does include a section that says, “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity […]

Earlier this week, President Joe Biden released his proposed $5.8 trillion budget. He also claimed credit for reducing the federal deficit and growing the economy. One of the Republican candidates for Alabama’s fifth congressional district blasted the President’s attempt to claim credit for reducing deficits. Thursday on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program,” former State Sen. Paul […]

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tim James on Friday released his campaign’s latest television advertisement, which features the candidate taking aim at “the first transgender public school” in Alabama receiving taxpayer funding. The school James places in his crosshairs is the Magic City Acceptance Academy, which includes in its mission statement the intention of fostering a “brave […]

In a call for increasing domestic energy production, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) on Friday announced that he had introduced a resolution slamming the Biden administration for turning to Iran and Venezuela for oil imports. Palmer, a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, outlined the policies instituted by President Joe Biden that […]

The Alabama Legislature earlier this week passed the “Billy Clardy III Act,” which grants wiretapping authority to state and local law enforcement agents specifically for crimes related to drug trafficking. The bill was inspired by the killing of fallen 48-year-old Huntsville Police Department agent Billy Clardy III, who was killed in the line of duty […]

Friday, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) announced that he would vote against President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. During her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Jackson’s judicial record was placed under the microscope by Republicans that took issue with what they deemed to be her sentencing leniency in […]

The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed an $8.26 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget, which represents the largest in state history. Budget sponsor State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee, detailed the increased investments provided in the historic ETF budget. “The budget passed today in the Senate provides […]

7. Graham is out on SCOTUS nominee U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced that he would not vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, despite previously voting for her appointment to an appellate court. Graham said, “My decision is based upon her record of judicial activism, flawed sentencing methodology regarding child […]

The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed legislation to prevent state law enforcement from recognizing federally-enacted regulation of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition. Sponsored by State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa), the “Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act” notes that “the federal government has no authority to force a state or its officers to participate in implementing or enforcing […]

A newly enshrined law in the state of Florida, titled “Parental Rights in Education,” forbids educators from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity to students in kindergarten through third grade. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has engaged in a public war of words with Disney and the cultural left, which has dubbed the law […]

Earlier this week, the Biden administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2023. Included in the budget is a $5.8 trillion price tag and $2.5 trillion in new taxes. Tuesday on “Fox Business Tonight,” U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said President Joe Biden was taking the wrong approach when it comes to the economy. […]

Earlier this year, State Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) introduced “The Parents’ Choice Act,” which would create education savings accounts. The money in the accounts would be able to follow students to the schools of their parents’ or guardians’ choice. Marsh’s “mother of all school choice bills” was sent to a study commission in February, a […]

Two bills recently passed the Alabama Legislature that will give lump-sum bonuses to retired state employees and teachers. State Sen. Greg Albritton’s (R-Atmore) Senate Bill 111 received final legislative approval on Wednesday. The bill grants beneficiaries of the Employees’ Retirement System a longevity bonus of $2 per month for each year of service attained by […]

7. Biden got another booster shot President Joe Biden went on camera to get his second booster shot for the coronavirus vaccine. This is his fourth shot overall. The shot comes just after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the fourth shot for Americans age 50 and older. The fourth shot has been viewed […]

Earlier this month, the Biden administration extended the mask mandate on public travel and transportation. The mandate applies to mass transportation including planes, trains and buses. It was originally set to expire on March 18 but was extended to April 18 Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says it’s time to end the mandate now. Marshall […]

As policy director for Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, my work is centered around the intersection of poverty and criminal justice – the criminalization of poverty. As an Alabama native and graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, I work as a legislative attorney and non-profit lobbyist committed to advocating for […]

Former “Black Hawk Down” U.S. Army aviator Mike Durant continues to lead Alabama’s 2022 race for the U.S. Senate, according to newly released polling. In coordination with WHNT News 19, an Emerson College Polling and The Hill poll was conducted March 25-27. The poll consists of 687 likely Republican primary voters and holds a margin […]

Tuesday, the Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) announced its sixth slate of endorsements for candidates seeking reelection to the Alabama House of Representatives. State Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen) Pettus is seeking his third term representing House District 1, which covers Lauderdale County. The lawmaker is chair of the House Fiscal Responsibility Committee. Pettus served 25 years […]

U.S. Reps. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) and Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) this week decried President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal. In the request was a plan to increase social spending while not ensuring that the defense portion of the budget will match the current rate of inflation, which means a very real but hidden pay […]