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Businesswoman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard on Tuesday called for the suspension of the state's gas tax to provide relief for consumers, citing rising fuel costs and decades high inflation.

According to Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt, both illegal and legal immigration have served to undermine the economic prosperity of middle-class Americans.

Former President Donald Trump has removed his endorsement from U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) for U.S. Senate, and with the endorsement up for grabs, candidate Mike Durant has changed his position on making election integrity a priority, and candidate Katie Britt has remained consistent on wanting the 2020 election investigated for irregularities.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is again raising questions on the need for a second union vote at the Bessemer facility. Tuberville and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) sent a letter to Lisa Henderson, who is the NLRB regional director. Burr is the ranking member on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The letter once again asks about the motivations behind ordering a second union election. The Senators sent a similar letter last month. 

Tuesday, the Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Association announced its endorsement of Paul Sanford in his bid for Alabama's open fifth congressional district seat.

Representing Riccio is Matt Clark, an attorney with the Alabama Center for Law and Liberty. Clark says both Dr. Harris and Governor Ivey abused their authority when mandating restrictions on certain businesses.

Concerns over the security of the 2020 presidential election is proving to be a major issue of contention in Alabama's 2022 race for the U.S. Senate.

President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled his fiscal year 2023 budget proposal, which holds a price tag of $5.8 trillion.

Russia and Ukraine will resume this week, with Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia saying that they will be holding diplomatic talks in-person over video calls.

Discussion of the future of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast has been going on for years now, and the public hearings conducted last month only amplified the intensity of the debate. As is so often the case, it can be difficult to sort through the noise when considering something as complex as the […]

The Alabama Numeracy Act creates a comprehensive statewide plan to improve math achievement.

Carl: Federal government bureaucrats need accountability

Most of you are probably familiar with the phrase “drain the swamp.” Before I got elected, I knew the federal government was out of control and needed some big changes, but I had no idea how bad the problem truly is.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said the U.S. isn't doing enough to stop illegal drugs from entering the country.

Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey's reelection campaign released its latest television advertisement of the 2022 GOP primary election cycle.

During Friday's episode of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt called into question the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.

Calling President Joe Biden's trip to Europe a "foreign policy disaster" would be the kindest way to describe it

U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Durant, who recently met with former President Donald Trump in an effort to land his highly-coveted endorsement, has of late honed in on the issue of election integrity.

Newly released statistics from the Alabama Department of Labor show that the state's unemployment rate had dropped to 3.0% for the month of February.

Rogers: We must secure our border to keep Americans safe

Joe Biden’s time in the White House has been an unmitigated disaster. He has presided over one failure after another with the crisis at our southern border ranking high among them.

On Thursday, Governor Kay Ivey declared March 30 as “Doctors Day” in Alabama.

State Rep. Wes Allen's (R-Troy) bid for Alabama Secretary of State has earned the endorsement of ProgressPAC, the political arm of the Business Council of Alabama.

Even though former President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) earlier this week, others have solidified their support for the candidacy.

After decades of Democrats and the media attempting to destroy Republican-appointed Supreme Court nominees, they have decided that any questions directed at their nominees are out of bounds.

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt has landed the endorsement of the ABC Merit PAC, the political arm of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama.