A living legacy visited Auburn University this week. Arun Gandhi, grandson of famous activist Mahatma Gandhi, was invited to speak on campus as part of the Auburn University Office of International Programs’ Year of India. Gandhi said he enjoys speaking to the leaders of tomorrow about his grandfather’s mantra of non-violence, a topic that is […]

Longtime Alabama resident Scott Stantis is widely viewed as one of the best — if not the best — editorial cartoonists in the country. At one point he was the staff cartoonist for The Birmingham News. And although he’s now at The Chicago Tribune, which is one of the most high profile jobs in his […]

(Video above: Congressman Mo Brooks speaks on the House floor) WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Wednesday delivered a stinging rebuke of Congressional Republicans’ recent deficit spending, criticizing his colleagues for piling on debt after promising the American people they would move the country toward a balanced budget. “This Congress broke open our […]

(Video above: Rick Burgess explains his opposition to Alabama lottery proposals) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On the same day the Alabama House and Senate are both holding public hearings on lottery proposals, one of the state’s most influential conservatives made the case against expanding gaming in the state. Rick Burgess, co-host of the Alabama-based, nationally syndicated […]

WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme court on Tuesday granted a request by roughly two dozen states, including Alabama, to put the Obama administration’s power plant-targeting carbon rules on hold. The move is being viewed as a significant, albeit not final blow to the administration’s global warming agenda. “We disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision […]

(Audio above: Alabama Senate candidate supports giving illegal immigrants tax ID numbers) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — 33-year-old United States Senate candidate Jonathan McConnell told a local group of grassroots conservatives that plans to remove millions of illegal immigrants from the country are impractical, and he would instead propose giving them “tax ID numbers” so that companies […]

MANHATTAN — Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the leader of the GOP’s populist uprising, laid out five questions dealing with trade, immigration and law enforcement that he believes every Republican presidential hopeful must answer. On Monday, Donald J. Trump became the first candidate to address Sessions’ questions directly. In answers first provided […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is not on the ballot in 2016, but his ideas on trade and immigration have dominated the Republican presidential primary in a way few could have imagined. On trade, Sessions was a vocal opponent of giving President Obama “fast track authority” to enter into international trade agreements that Congress […]

7,000 miles away, the President’s trade representative just quietly signed a massive, 5,544 page trade deal, with little fanfare from its supporters. Only months ago Congress voted to ‘fast-track’ this deal, despite not knowing its contents. Even today, questions to the Administration about what the deal would mean for our trade deficits, jobs, and wages, […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A lobbyist for the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) took to Facebook this week to ridicule a Republican senator’s bill to repeal Alabama’s so called “College and Career Ready Standards,” the latest attempt in a years-long effort by conservatives to roll back the state’s version of Common Core. Sen. Rusty Glover […]

(Video above: Dr. John Christy testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology) WASHINGTON — Alabama’s state climatologist during Congressional testimony on Wednesday warned members of the U.S. House that global warming projections, many of which have been used to justify the Obama administration’s climate agenda, have been wildly inaccurate when compared to […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Tuesday night had a simple response when asked whether he will vote for GOP Leadership’s current budget plan, which would set the country on a course for perpetual trillion-dollar deficits: “There’s not a snowball’s chance in hell.” Speaker Paul Ryan is facing the toughest challenge of his […]

For over fourteen months now, the state government of Alabama has been under a dark cloud of suspicion and accusations stemming from the indictment of House Speaker Mike Hubbard on 23 counts of felony public corruption. The Attorney General’s office says Mike Hubbard — once the Alabama Republican Party’s fastest rising star — could not […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) on Tuesday announced its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and the organization’s scores may come as a surprise to some legislator’s constituents. ACU was founded in 1964 and refers to itself as the “nation’s oldest and largest conservative grassroots organization.” “I am pleased […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) this week is rolling out its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and the organization’s scores may come as a surprise to some legislator’s constituents. ACU was founded in 1964 and refers to itself as the “nation’s oldest and largest conservative grassroots organization.” “For […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Conservative Union (ACU) this week is rolling out its annual list of Alabama’s most conservative and liberal lawmakers, and the organization’s scores may come as a surprise to some legislator’s constituents. ACU was founded in 1964 and refers to itself as the “nation’s oldest and largest conservative grassroots organization.” “For […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) on Monday announced Heisman-winning University of Alabama running back Derrick Henry will deliver the closing prayer at the upcoming National Prayer Breakfast, a yearly event in Washington, D.C., attended by every sitting U.S. President since Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s. “As co-chairman of this year’s event, I’m […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House Democrats on Monday released their 2016 legislative agenda, and it echoes many of the priorities of the national Democratic Party, including raising the minimum wage and mandating so called “equal pay” for women. “Our focus is going to be on education, the economy and elections-the three E’s,” said House Minority […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — When Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) last week announced committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session, one lawmaker’s name was conspicuously missing from the chairmanship he has held since Republicans took over the legislature in 2010. State Rep. Phil Williams (R-Huntsville) has been the only Republican to ever chair the Technology […]

WASHINGTON — In early 2015, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) warned that an increasing number of American workers were being laid off after being compelled by their employer to train their foreign replacement, many of whom were in the country on H-1B visas, which are given to immigrants to come work in specialized fields, usually in […]

National security and potentially thousands of Alabama jobs have found themselves entangled in a web of crony capitalism surrounding the debate over the United States’ use of Russian rocket engines. For over a decade now, the U.S. military has relied on Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines to launch its satellites into space. Last year, however, Congress […]

(Video above: State Rep. Ed Henry (R-Hartselle), Alabama co-chair of the Trump campaign, speaks at a campaign event) FLORENCE, Ala. — State Representative Ed Henry (R-Hartselle), the Alabama co-chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, this week delivered an impassioned speech detailing why he is supporting the billionaire businessman over other candidates. Speaking from first-hand experience […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House Republicans on Thursday rolled out their list of 2016 legislative priorities, which they have titled the “Right for Alabama” agenda. “Our ‘Right for Alabama’ agenda focuses on important issues like job creation, protecting public school students from harm, demanding the dignity that unborn life deserves, and other vital initiatives,” said […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeMnzzhopBY&feature=youtu.be (Video above: Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) hears testimony in a U.S. Senate Committee hearing titled “Attacking America’s Epidemic of Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse”) WASHINGTON — With the head of U.S. drug policy sitting before him in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Wednesday stated a little-discussed fact: America’s porous […]