Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson has filed official paperwork to run for Mayor of Mobile in 2025 following Sandy Stimpson announcing his decision to not seek another term earlier this year. Hudson submitted her principal campaign committee form on December 6 and transferred $158,207.17 from her county commission campaign fund into her new mayoral committee […]

Brent Buchanan, Alabama native and founder of polling firm Cygnal, joined The Sean Spicer Show on Monday to analyze the effects of celebrity endorsements on the 2024 Presidential Election. According to Buchanan, endorsements of Kamala Harris from several celebrities may have played a large role in her loss.  He believes that the blame for the […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) thinks his party could have done a better job at winning some of the U.S. Senate elections this past November. While the GOP secured a 53 to 47 majority in the 2024 elections, Tuberville said Republicans would have won a larger majority if things we done a little differently. “We […]

Gov. Kay Ivey says she wants to help President-elect Donald Trump deal with the illegal immigration crisis after he’s inaugurated. Ivey joined 25 other Republican governors in a statement showing support for Trump’s plan to deport illegal immigrants. “As Republican governors, we stand united in support of President Donald Trump’s unwavering commitment to make America […]

President-elect Donald Trump has come out in support of making Daylight Savings Time (DST) permanent, an idea that has been endorsed by several Alabama officials including U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn). “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!” Trump said […]

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong has been chosen by House Republican leadership to become a member of the influential House Appropriations Committee. Strong will be the first Republican to represent Alabama’s 5th Congressional District on the Committee. “Alabama has a decades-spanning history of powerful service on the Appropriations Committee,” said Strong (R-Monrovia) in a statement announcing the […]

College football has found itself over the last several years in an era of change and uncertainty as chaos continues to reign over the sport we hold so near and dear. One idea gaining traction amidst the turmoil has been the possibility of a ‘college football commissioner’ running things rather than the ruling body of […]

Low-income families across Alabama will have extra assistance this winter and upcoming summer in paying their home energy costs. In a statement on Friday, Governor Kay Ivey announced that she is awarding nearly $44.5 million to 18 community agencies throughout the state who will be responsible for dispensing the funding to families in need. “Unfortunately, […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is continuing to support relocating the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s national headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. In a video posted to his X account Thursday, Tuberville (R-Auburn) said the decision made by President Joe Biden to keep the organization’s main base of operations in Maryland could soon be reversed and […]

Leaders from all 67 Alabama counties convened this week at the ACCA Legislative Conference to define their collective policy agenda for the 2025 Regular Session of the Alabama State Legislature. The annual conference, hosted by the Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA), fosters collaboration and unity among county representatives to ensure their concerns are […]

As the late Whitney Houston once sang in “Greatest Love of All,” the children are the future, and we must teach them well and let them lead the way. Through initiatives like the Power of Youth Leadership Forum, some of the Wiregrass area’s best and brightest young leaders are learning how to step into successful […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to his cabinet, currently before the U.S. Senate for confirmation, are making the rounds with Alabama Sen. Katie Britt — including his nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel. With a sizable legacy project at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, the Bureau views the state as a key […]

The U.S. House of Representatives has officially passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025. The annual legislation ensures that the U.S. military has all of the tools and finances it needs to be successful in protecting America from rising global threats. This year’s NDAA is particularly important as it will allow a […]

President-elect Donald Trump was named Time’s “Person of the Year,” the magazine announced Thursday. This is the second time he’s been given the honor. “Trump’s political rebirth is unparalleled in American history,” the magazine wrote. “His first term ended in disgrace, with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results culminating in the attack on […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is calling on the U.S. Senate to promptly confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel. In a letter dispatched this week to Minority Leader John Thune and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Alabama’s top law enforcement officer joined attorney generals from twenty-three other states urging the body to […]

State Sen. Arthur Orr said the appetite for a statewide lottery remains high among lawmakers and constituents heading into year three of the current quadrennium – but a lottery is about as far as it goes. Orr (R-Decatur) said Thursday such a bill would start in the Senate after an ambitious push by the Alabama […]

Throughout my first term in Congress, I have heard from hundreds of constituents about mail delivery services and the rapid decline of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Residents, businesses, and postal workers deserve better than the leadership they are getting from USPS headquarters. Many North Alabama residents tell me they experience delays in mail delivery […]

State Rep. Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle), Majority Leader of the Alabama House Republican Caucus, thinks it’s time for lawmakers to step up and make sure that drag shows for children doesn’t become normalized in the state. Stadthagen filed HB67 last week that sets forth, “a public K-12 school or public library shall not knowingly present or […]

Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter, State Rep. Rex Reynolds, and National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) founder, Bud Cramer, along with several other legislators and NCAC associates, toured the NCAC headquarters in Huntsville yesterday. NCAC was founded on May 1, 1985, and was the first Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) in the world. It was created to provide […]

The Alabama Policy Institute’s 2025 BluePrint for Alabama, a 30-point conservative policy plan, will be revealed this month. The Blueprint is divided into categories based on API’s three pillars: free markets, limited government, and strong families. The 2024 BluePrint was a huge success with the leadership of many of the most conservative legislators in Alabama. […]

Amid the fight to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next Secretary of Defense, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville has emerged as one of the nominee’s most vocal supporters on Capitol Hill. During a call with reporters on Wednesday, Tuberville said that he has had the opportunity to speak with Hegseth about a number of military-related topics […]

The American people have spoken loud and clear. They delivered the Republican Party majorities in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives and sent President Donald J. Trump back to the White House. With this electoral triumph achieved, it is time to unite as a nation and get America back on track. The sweeping results at the ballot box confirm the American people want conservative, commonsense solutions to the challenges we all face. President Trump has proven time and again that […]

A bill that includes speeding up the repair of a vital lock on the Tennessee River passed the U.S. House of Representatives today, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong’s office said. The Water Resources Development Act of 2024 includes a provision championed by Strong aimed at expediting the repair of Wilson Lock. Wilson Lock plays a critical […]

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is calling on his colleagues in the upper chamber to confirm all of President Donald Trump’s nominees for his administration. The senator has been a vocal supporter of all of Trump’s picks, including those who have seen some pushback from Democrats and media pundits. Tuesday on FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff […]