George Wallace was governor of Alabama for over 16 years — 5,848 days, to be exact. He won the office four times, serving two consecutive terms and two non-consecutive terms. He helped get his wife elected governor once, as well. So although he was unsuccessful in his attempts to get elected to national office, it’s […]

“Lil Wayne + Ecclesiastes + Frank Sinatra = one of the best Alabama campaign ads of the year” That Yellowhammer headline from June of this year launched a whirlwind of national attention focused on a relatively obscure Alabama legislative race. Republican Darius Foster is running for Alabama House of Representatives in District 56, which includes […]

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who has withstood a barrage of negative ads from his Democratic opponent Parker Griffith, has decided to go on the offensive, painting Griffith as an untrustworthy party-switcher with no core beliefs. Griffith was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2008, then switched parties to run in […]

According to the American Forces News Service, Alabama has over 66,000 military personnel based in the state at installations like Fort McClellan, Anniston Army Depot, Redstone Arsenal, Fort Rucker and Maxwell Air Force Base. Alabama’s fighting forces have been deployed all over the globe and have a reputation for valor that was earned over centuries […]

Alabama has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980, but it took another 30 years for the GOP to finally gain control of the Alabama State Legislature (2010). One of the primary reasons for the delay is that Democrats on the local level were successful in separating themselves in the minds of voters from […]

In a tiny private dining room of a popular Capitol Hill restaurant in late September, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) sat at the center of a long table flanked by about a dozen major Republican donors. He discussed the origins of recent U.S. monetary policy, recalled minute details of political battles that took place decades ago […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Thursday expressed outrage that a White House spokesman openly admitted that the Obama Administration postponed taking executive action on immigration until after the November elections in an effort to avoid backlash at the polls. In a release, Sessions’ office said that the president’s planned “executive amnesty” would provide […]

An individual who recently traveled to Africa was quarantined at St. Vincent’s St. Clair Hospital in Pell City, Ala., with symptoms of Ebola, but doctors now say that the individual does not have the deadly disease. After a confirmed case of Ebola surfaced in Dallas a few days ago, states began taking precautions to make […]

A who’s who of Alabama business and political power players converged at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Birmingham Tuesday night for the annual Business Council of Alabama Chairman’s dinner featuring keynote speaker Jeb Bush. Bush, a former governor of Florida known in political circles as a policy wonk with a passion for education reform, has […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead slammed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Parker Griffith on Wednesday for being “a one trick pony” who would “would only perform” for the Alabama Education Association (AEA) if elected. “It was not surprising when Parker Griffith took the first $300,000 campaign contribution from the state teachers union (AEA) because they have […]

There are no confirmed cases of Ebola in Alabama but we must be prepared should a case be identified. pic.twitter.com/BwcTl3omdB — Gov. Robert Bentley (@GovernorBentley) October 8, 2014 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After a confirmed case of Ebola surfaced in Dallas a few days ago, states are taking precautions to make sure they’re prepared to respond […]

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley was elected in the great Tea Party wave of 2010, an election cycle when the calls for reductions to the size of government were louder than ever. The first-term governor responded with a plan he dubbed the “Road to a Billion Dollars in Savings,” which sought to “right size” Alabama’s state […]

Birmingham, Ala., native and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was honored at West Point on Monday with the U.S. Military Academy’s Thayer Award, which is presented to individuals who have served the United States by embodying the Academy’s motty of “Duty, Honor, Country.” “For more than three decades and during some of America’s […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Robert Bentley on Tuesday stood alongside leaders from the 60 Plus Association (60+) — commonly referred to as the conservative alternative to AARP — to unveil a new study showing that recently proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations could cause Alabamians’ electricity rates to spike by 20 percent. An EPA ruling […]

According to a new survey, 2 percent of Americans who said they’d be willing to vote a state out of the Union would vote to kick Alabama out if given the opportunity. The Fox News Poll was conducted jointly by Democratic polling firm Anderson Robbins Research and Republican polling firm Shaw & Company Research, who […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Monday, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Sloan Gibson proposed that James Talton, the embattled Director of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS), be permanently removed from his post for neglect of duty. The Deputy Secretary’s recommendation follows an investigation into misconduct at CAVHCS in which the allegations of […]

A couple of weeks after donating $300,000 to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Parker Griffith, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) is doubling down with another $300,000 donation. The organization’s increased financial backing for Griffith, which makes up almost all of his donations outside of the roughly $400,000 he personally loaned his campaign, is sure to raise eyebrows among […]

President Theodore Roosevelt once said, “a good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” I firmly agree with President Roosevelt’s assertion, and I am growing increasingly concerned about the weakening of our nation’s naval fleet at a time when we face many foreign policy challenges abroad. I recently […]

(Above: Video of Laura Ingraham, Sen. Jeff Sessions and Dave Brat speaking in Virginia) Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham were the the headline speakers at a recent campaign rally for Virginia congressional candidate Dave Brat, who gained national recognition in June by defeating then-House Majority Leader Eric […]

Mark Lester, Democratic candidate for Congress in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District, sent out a press release Friday promoting a debate between him and his Republican opponent Gary Palmer. The only problem is, he may end up having a difficult time debating himself, considering he didn’t even tell Palmer the debate was taking place. “You know […]

From the office of Gov. Robert Bentley: MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced the state’s ability to repay $70 million to the Education Trust Fund’s Rainy Day Account before the close of Fiscal Year 2014, which ended September 30. By law, Alabama was required to pay a minimum of $35 million to the […]

On November 4, just a little over a month from now, Alabamians will file into polling places and cast their vote for the midterm elections. If you’re not registered to vote yet, you’ll want to do that before it’s too late. We’ve put together some important dates and information to think about as the elections […]

A brutally effective campaign ad by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) that aired in 2008 has resurfaced this morning and could have an impact on the current Alabama governor’s race. In 2008, Dr. Parker Griffith was a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate and was running for U.S. Congress in Alabama’s 5th Congressional District. […]

The Alabama Education Association (AEA) has become the de facto Alabama Democratic Party in recent years as the traditional party apparatus has all but collapsed. But realizing that the Republican primary is the only game in town in most legislative districts, the group spent $7 million in the months leading up to June’s primary, much […]