Politics — Page 249

Britt

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt will have to have a strong showing in the Wiregrass on May 24 to move on to the next round of the race for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat up in November.

Although she is running for governor of Alabama, Lindy Blanchard does have a background in the geopolitics of Eastern Europe by virtue of having served as U.S. ambassador to Slovenia during the Trump administration.

Tuesday night, the Alabama House of Representatives voted 75-27 to pass legislation aimed at deterring riots by strengthening penalties for those who partake in violent uprisings.

Tuesday evening, the Alabama House of Representatives passed State Rep. Shane Stringer's constitutional carry bill by a vote of 65-37-1.

Oakwood Adventist Academy this past Saturday was forced to forfeit its Class 1A Boys' Northeast Regional Basketball Semi-Finals game after the Alabama High School Athletic Association failed to grant the team a religious accommodation in scheduling.

I am deeply concerned about the direction America is heading. Democrats and the Biden administration are destroying our country. Everything they do is wrong. That is why I speak up and make my voice heard in this critical Alabama Senate race. That is also why I am compelled to respond to tax collector Brent McCarver’s […]

Tensions rose in Ukraine on Tuesday as Russian forces entered Ukrainian territory, which U.S. officials say could lead to a more wide-scale invasion of the Eastern European country.

Ainsworth

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth outlined what he saw as the need for Alabama to pass constitutional carry due to gun control measures advocated by the national left.

It’s been reported that soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of areas of Ukraine, he quickly sent “peacekeeper” officers into the area to keep the situation under control and “keep the peace.” President Joe Biden suggested a meeting with Putin if Russia doesn't invade, but that seems to be off the table.

Wahl

During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" on Monday, Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl applauded the candidate committee for handling ballot challenges.

Alabama taxpayers, small businesses and construction workers share my concerns about anti competitive and costly policies attached to federal and federally assisted construction projects as a result of recent executive actions by the Biden administration.

Monday, the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt released a video highlighting Alabama's outdoors and natural resources.

Oakwood Adventist Academy made the state's 1A high school basketball playoffs and advanced to a game that would have been played at 4:30 PM on Saturday.

With the Alabama Republican Party opting to remove the primary opponents of State Sens. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) and Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) from the upcoming May ballot, the number of Senate Republicans facing primary challengers drops to seven.

The Parents’ Choice Act by State Senator Del Marsh (R-Anniston) would allow parents to send their children to private schools or homeschool them and receive some funds from the state to assist that change

Legislation was introduced that would name the peanut the official state legume. So why not the state nut? We have plenty of those. Because the peanut isn’t a nut. It’s a legume.

Friends from around Alabama, my name is Brent McCarver, and I live in Jasper. I am a 48-year-old Christian, father and husband who is striving to make life better for my daughters and my two-year-old grandson. As someone who worked in the public sector, from a U.S. congressional office to municipal government, I have been […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

Allen Jones

Yellowhammer News has learned the Alabama Republican Party's candidate committee has removed at least three names from its May 24 primary ballot involved in state legislative races.

Former President Donald Trump was a very-popular president with Alabama Republican voters. Trump was a proven conservative president. He walked the walk. He did not just talk the talk.

Watch live: ALGOP holds winter meeting

The Alabama Republican Party’s winter meeting is underway, where members of its state executive committee are conducting the party’s official business. Watch:

Under the 2019 Literacy Act, children who cannot read at a third-grade level by the end of their third-grade year would not be promoted to the fourth grade.

The lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks alleging that his January 6, 2021, speech contributed to the Capitol Hill riot will be dismissed, a federal judge indicated on Friday.

What has been deemed as one of the more controversial pieces of legislation thus far this quadrennium has been HB 2, which is anti-rioting legislation brought by State Rep. Allen Treadaway (R-Morris).