The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) on Friday announced that Jean Elizabeth Miles will serve as the organization’s director of communications. A press release advised that Miles comes to BCA from Lockheed Martin, where she served as a community relations representative for missiles and fire control in Orlando, Florida.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which unlocks billions of dollars in funding to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) and provides further relief for hardworking families, businesses and industries negatively impacted by the pandemic. U.S. Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Doug Jones (D-AL) both voted to support the measure. […]

Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) on Wednesday afternoon sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting emergency funds be directed to expanding rural broadband access. With more people across the nation working and learning from home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there is an even greater strain in unserved and underserved areas when it comes to […]

Following Governor Kay Ivey’s announcement on Wednesday morning that Alabama’s primary runoff will be postponed from March 31 to July 14, Secretary of State John Merrill issued a statement explaining the new public timeline for the runoff, including registration and absentee ballot deadlines. Merrill and Attorney General Steve Marshall joined Ivey for a closed access […]

Former State Representative Barry Moore’s (R-Enterprise) campaign for Congress this week received endorsements from two prominent national conservative groups: the House Freedom Fund and the Club for Growth. Moore is set to face Wiregrass businessman Jeff Coleman in a runoff election to decide who will be the Republican nominee in Alabama’s heavily conservative Second Congressional […]

MONTGOMERY — In a closed access press conference on Wednesday, Governor Kay Ivey announced that Alabama’s primary runoff will be postponed from March 31 to July 14 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This came after an emergency opinion from Attorney General Steve Marshall the previous evening ruling that Ivey had the legal power to […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office on Tuesday afternoon issued an emergency opinion that concludes Governor Kay Ivey can legally postpone the state’s scheduled March 31 primary runoff under her emergency powers. This came after Secretary of State John Merrill on Sunday requested an emergency opinion on whether the governor’s powers during a […]

The Alabama House of Representatives last week passed a packet of three bills that aim to improve mental health offerings in the Yellowhammer State. The votes on all three bills were unanimous, with legislators on both sides of the aisle supporting the initiative. The passage of the bills was spearheaded by Alabama House Majority Leader […]

Club for Growth is going to endorse former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff election, according to a report Monday from Politico. “I think both of them can win, but I think if Trump is not fully on board it becomes harder. And he’s made it clear […]

A Sunday evening release from Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill’s office called for the upcoming March 31 primary runoff to be postponed, however it is still up in the air whether that will — or actually can — happen. The release outlined that following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state and […]

The U.S. House on Friday evening passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in a 363-40 vote. In a tweet on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump praised Democrats and Republicans for coming together to pass the important legislation in a resoundingly bipartisan manner. Good teamwork between Republicans & Democrats as the House passes the big […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Thursday evening passed an 86-page bill that would legalize medical cannabis, i.e. medical marijuana, in the state. However, passage in the upper chamber was not a simple process, just as the legislation itself is complex and laden with little-known details. The Senate ultimately passed SB 165 as substituted on […]

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) political arm endorsed Jeff Sessions’ 2020 campaign for the U.S. Senate on Friday, with just over two weeks to go before his Republican primary runoff against Tommy Tuberville. The chair of the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) told Sessions he received the endorsement, “Based on your strong leadership […]

After the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Friday morning confirmed the first coronavirus (COVID-19) case in the state, Secretary of State John H. Merrill issued an update on the upcoming March 31 runoff election. Merrill expressed his confidence in the ability of the ADPH to monitor the potential spread of the virus and […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville on Thursday afternoon released the latest video ad in his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Tuberville, who was endorsed by President Donald J. Trump this week, is running in Alabama’s Republican primary runoff against former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. That endorsement, as well as Sessions’ tenure […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Thursday announced its endorsement of former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Sessions is facing former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in the Yellowhammer State’s March 31 Republican primary runoff. The GOP nominee will face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a “born-alive” bill that would be known as “Gianna’s Law.” HB 248 by State Rep. Ginny Shaver (R-Leesburg) was given a favorable report as amended on a voice vote. The bill must next be considered by the full House. The legislation is named after a survivor of an attempted […]

A recent poll commissioned by the Club for Growth’s political arm asked voters how they would feel if President Donald Trump endorsed Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s March 31 U.S. Senate primary runoff. On Tuesday around 9:00 p.m. CT, Trump did just that, throwing his full support behind the former Auburn University head football coach. Respondents […]

State Rep. Matt Simpson’s (R-Daphne) bill requiring electronic ankle monitoring of prisoners on work release who were convicted of violent crimes passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday. The vote was 99-0. The estimated cost of instituting the program and buying the equipment is $2.9 million. Simpson has said the bill, HB 151, will […]

State Rep.  Jeremy Gray’s (D-Opelika) bill that would allow school districts to offer yoga as a class passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday. Alabama is currently the only state in America that does not allow school districts to teach yoga. Yoga was banned in 1993 due to what people at the time described […]

In two tweets on Tuesday night, President Donald J. Trump endorsed former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Tuberville is facing Trump’s former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in the Yellowhammer State’s March 31 Republican primary runoff. The GOP nominee will face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. […]

MONTGOMERY — State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) filed a bill on Tuesday that would amend Alabama’s constitution to create a lottery. The constitutional amendment is being co-sponsored by House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia), Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) and over 70 other members of the House. HB 418 would put […]

MONTGOMERY — State Senator Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) on Tuesday forcefully spoke against an effort in the Alabama Senate to strengthen the penalty provision of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017. The legislation being debated is sponsored by State Senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa), who wants to change the penalty for those who are found to […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Tuesday afternoon took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak in favor of the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, which he introduced last year with Congressman Ted Budd (R-NC). Approximately 12 of Byrne’s colleagues also were set to speak in support of the bill. According […]