WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bi-partisan op-ed piece published by The Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called for an end to China’s violations of trade policy regulations on the tire industry, which has a significant presence in the Yellowhammer State. The automotive industry is an ever-growing sector of Alabama’s economy and thanks to Mercedes, Honda […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala — Medicaid expansions under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, are costing states that opted in much more than they bargained for according to an actuarial report released by the Department of Heath and Human Services (DHHS) directly contradicting projections made by the Obama Administration sold the plan to lawmakers. The […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL), fresh off his declaration for a Special Session of the Alabama Legislature, made a guest appearance on the Matt Murphy Show Monday morning to discuss the swirl of issues surrounding the state’s budget crisis. “I’ve met with three-fourths of the House and half of the Senate, individually, and […]

(Video Above: ALGOP promotes its 2015 Summer Luncheon in Talladega) TALLADEGA, Ala. — Wisconsin Governor and newly-announced presidential candidate Scott Walker is coming to Alabama to keynote the Alabama GOP’s “Race to 2016” Summer Luncheon in Talladega on August 22nd. “We are very honored to have Governor Scott Walker as our guest speaker at the […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Democratic Party has had a rough go of it recently. After 136 years of power in Alabama, Democrats were swept out in a single election in 2010, then further weakened in 2014 as Republicans continued to grow their legislative majorities. Now a battle between the Party’s Black Caucus and white […]

Whether you are from Brewton, Frisco City, or Robertsdale, you probably remember the summer of 2010 and the BP oil spill. The scenes on our Alabama beaches were heartbreaking as oil glistened in the water and tarballs washed ashore. From the waitress at the restaurant in Atmore to the gas station owner in Loxley, families […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley surprised the state by calling the State Legislature back for a Special Session to address the General Fund budget’s shortfall. The Special Session itself comes as no surprise. When Bentley vetoed the legislature’s budget — which relied solely on cuts to balance, rather than on the tax increases […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A recent study by FreedomWorks grades the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws, and the Yellowhammer State doesn’t score so well. First, what’s civil asset forfeiture? According to the study, it “is an obscure area of the law that allows the government to take your property without convicting, or even charging you with […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s lawmakers are traveling back to the state’s capital next week to attempt to find a solution to the $200+ million hole in the General Fund budget, but one study reveals there may be a very simple solution: just quit the overspending. Americans for Tax Reform, the non-partisan think tank led by […]

WHAT’S GOING ON Alabama Governor Robert Bentley caught the entire Alabama political universe by surprise on Thursday by announcing he will call the state legislature into a Special Session set to begin on Monday. The Special Session itself comes as no surprise. When Bentley vetoed the legislature’s budget — which relied solely on cuts to […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Thursday sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch urging the Department of Justice to end taxpayer-funded federal grants to “sanctuary cities” that ignore federal immigration laws. Shelby’s letter comes in the wake of the tragic killing of 32-year-old Kathryn “Kate” Steinle, who was shot in the […]

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — The United States Department of the Army announced Thursday its nationwide reduction of 40,000 troops by 2017 will include trimming its force at Fort Rucker by 186 soldiers. The six percent reduction at the wiregrass-area base is actually much lower than the 40 percent cut many had feared, and significantly less […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced Thursday afternoon he is calling the state legislature back to the State Capital next week in a Special Session to address the beleaguered General Fund budget. “One of the most serious issues we face in our state is the funding of the General Fund Budget,” Governor […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vvuiUYvHg&feature=youtu.be (Video Above: Rep. Martha Roby speaks out against the upcoming Iran deal) WASHINGTON — In an impassioned floor speech Thursday, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-AL2) urged her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to stand up to a “bad deal” that the Obama Administration is working on with Iran. Multi-lateral negotiations over Iran’s nuclear […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Student Success Act Thursday morning 218-213 renewing some portions of No Child Left Behind while eliminating others. The House bill would prohibit the Department of Education (DOE) from exerting control over state academic standards and would instead apply existing provisions to the Common Core standards, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is slamming one of the nation’s most successful companies for laying off massive numbers of American workers while it advocates for expanding a controversial foreign worker visa program. Software giant Microsoft announced 7,800 layoffs on Monday adding to the total of 18,000 that have been announced so […]

On June 29, the Environmental Protection Agency formally published its Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in the Federal Register. Sixty days from that date, this rule, which could greatly increase regulation under the Clean Water Act, will go into effect. The clock is now ticking to stop the adoption of this detrimental rule. […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnUrnqkvSgI (Video above: Sen. Sessions hears testimony on Obama’s environmental agenda) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a hearing Wednesday for the Environmental and Public Works Committee, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took the opportunity to take a swing at the Obama Administration’s bureaucratic regulatory expansion in the area of environmental policy. “The American people are getting frustrated […]

For the second year in a row, the federal government released data comparing price differences among states and metro areas. The measurements are known as Regional Price Parities (RPP) and Real Personal Income (RPI). These simple, but powerful data points allow individuals in each state to measure how far their money goes compared to individuals […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A new study from Utah-based public policy research organization Strata shows that Alabama might have dodged a significant fiscal bullet by effectively driving out a 2,000 acre wind farm in North Alabama. The study found the “true cost” of wind produced energy to be much higher than is claimed by proponents of […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After 32 year-old Kathryn Steinle was allegedly shot by an illegal immigrant last Wednesday in San Francisco, the perpetual hot-button issue of border security has pushed its way back to the forefront of political conversation. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) believes that officials in so-called Sanctuary Cities could actually be charged for not […]

(Video Above: Byrne explains the problem with the U.S. negotiations with Iran) WASHINGTON — Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) expressed his frustration with the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran as yet another deadline has passed. “It has gotten to the point now where these deadlines don’t really mean anything because we have had deadline after deadline […]

During an interview on Yellowhammer Radio Tuesday, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) said he believes more Americans have lost their lives at the hands of illegal aliens than were killed during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. “(T)his is based on judgement — there are no hard data to back it up — but if […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Despite this year’s well-publicized budget problems, Alabama’s fiscal health is actually significantly better than most other states, according to research from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. The new report, released Tuesday, ranks Alabama at #13, only behind #5 Florida and #8 Tennessee in the South. The study was conducted by “looking at […]