WASHINGTON — The same day President Barack Obama returned to the United States from a climate change conference in Paris, Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation unanimously voted to block proposed regulations that are at the heart of the President’s environmental agenda. The House adopted two resolutions previously passed by the Senate that block Environmental […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday warned that Congress is preparing to fund “(President) Obama’s entire immigration agenda” in its yearly “omnibus” spending bill, including the controversial Syrian refugee program. The current funding proposal before Congress would not only authorize the President’s plan to bring in 85,000 refugees on top of the […]

WASHINGTON — A stunning report by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Inspector General revealed last month that over 800 Alabama families living in public housing are “over-income,” meaning they should not qualify for the taxpayer-funded subsidy, but are receiving it anyway. On Tuesday, Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) sought to rectify the situation […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Public Service Commission on Tuesday secured a rate reduction for Alabama Power and Alagasco customers, in spite of increasing costs the companies continue to incur due to federal environmental mandates. A drop in the price of coal and natural gas made it possible for Alabama Power to offset some of […]

“Ted Cruz has always had a master plan. Now it could win him the White House.” In an analysis of Cruz’s campaign strategy, Yahoo! Politics declared, “Every politician plans, plots or schemes (depending on how pejorative you want to be about it); that’s part of the job. But not every politician is a prodigy at […]

ALICEVILLE, Ala. — State Representative Alan Harper (R-Aliceville) took to Facebook on Monday to warn Alabamians against shopping at stores and shops whose owners are from another country and are not “God fearing Christians.” Friends, I have posted regarding this issue once before and believe it worth another read. As you travel during the holidays […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the wake of revelations that Planned Parenthood facilities around the country were harvesting and selling aborted baby organs and body parts, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced the state had terminated its Medicaid contract with the organization. That decision now appears to have been a costly one for Alabama taxpayers. Alabama’s Medicaid […]

In 2008, Barack Obama stated that under his plan, “electricity prices would necessarily skyrocket.” Unless something is done about the plethora of mandates being instituted by his liberal EPA, we will see that become a reality in the very near future. In 2015 alone, there were six major rules that were published or that became […]

1. Liban Haji Mohamed On January 29, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a federal warrant was unsealed for the arrest of Liban Haji Mohamed – a native of Somalia who sources indicate came to the United States as a refugee, adjusted to Lawful Permanent Resident status, and […]

As college protests swept the nation in recent weeks, an unexpected trend emerged in which activists began demanding the creation of so called “safe zones” or “safe spaces” on campus. These safe zones are often described as areas in which a certain group can huddle away from the mean world outside and “dialogue” with like-minded […]

WASHINGTON — In a letter to President Barack Obama Tuesday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) blasted the president for being anti-police and urged him to reverse a “dangerous” executive order that resulted in the federal government taking two armored vehicles away from a local Alabama sheriff. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office received two unarmed, tracked […]

Washington Post national political correspondent Karen Tumulty was packing up some of her things to move to a new office when she unearthed some old documents, including a press release from the late U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin (D-Ala.) that she called the “best ever.” Heflin served as Alabama’s junior U.S. senator from 1979 until being […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama House and Senate budget chairmen signaled Monday they are preparing to move the state toward zero-based budgeting, which would ratchet up scrutiny on state agencies and require them justify their budget requests each year. To this point, the State of Alabama, similar to the federal government, has used a form of […]

WASHINGTON — Two top Obama administration officials sent a letter to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday insisting the federal government’s system for vetting Syrian refugees is strong and should not be a point of concern for states that are slated to receive refugees in the coming months. Alabama is expected to receive 100 Syrian […]

On November 13, humanity paused as we learned of a string of terror attacks in Paris, France. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, which killed over 125 innocent people. These men and women were simply heading to a sporting event, enjoying dinner at an outdoor café, or watching a concert. Common activities we […]

College is a time of great growth; at least it is supposed to be. It’s an environment where people from all across the globe come together to share in a collective learning experience. But the learning does not just stem from professors. Students learn just as much, if not more, from each other than they […]

(Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions speaks on the Senate floor regarding the Obama administration’s Syrian refugee policy. The full speech can be viewed here.) During a speech on the Senate floor Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said the Obama administration is willfully concealing the immigration history of convicted terrorists. Sessions’ remarks were made in the […]

During an interview on with conservative talk radio host Matt Murphy on Thursday, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) pointed to the crisis in Syria as evidence that President Barack Obama’s foreign policy has been a disaster for the country. “I believe that the Syrian refugee situation is symptomatic of a failure in our foreign policy,” Shelby […]

Defying a veto threat by President Barack Obama, Alabama’s congressional delegation unanimously backed legislation to halt the influx of Syrian refugees and intensify the security screenings of refugees going forward. The bill was approved by a vote of 289 to 137, with 47 Democrats including Alabama Congressman Terri Sewell (D-AL7), joining Republicans in creating a […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley’s Alabama Health Care Improvement Task Force on Wednesday recommended expanding Medicaid, the government healthcare program designed to provide coverage for low-income and disabled individuals. The task force said the most significant barrier to improving healthcare outcomes in Alabama is eliminating the “coverage gap” — people who do not have […]

By: Katherine Green Robertson, Dr. John S. Jahera, and Dr. James R. Barth On November 9, a newspaper in North Alabama published an editorial suggesting that any legislative interest in our state’s public pension system would inevitably spell “disaster” for retirees. The editorial also claims that legislators may be plotting to “shore up” the General […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Top White House officials refused requests from Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to be granted access to classified information about Syrian refugees slated to be resettled in Mobile. Bentley and roughly a dozen other governors participated in a conference call with senior White House aides Tuesday night. According to Bloomberg, Obama administration officials […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday introduced legislation that would defund the Syrian refugee resettlement program. 100 Syrian refugees are currently slated to be housed by Catholic Social Services in Mobile, which is located within Byrne’s south Alabama congressional district. The Defund the Syrian […]

(Video above: WKRG reports on the assault of a Summerdale police officer) SUMMERDALE, Ala. — With a population of less than 1,000, the quiet south Alabama town of Summerdale is not accustomed to dealing with a lot of violent criminals. But unbeknownst to local police Corporal Vince Miller, that is exactly what he had on […]