Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, continued his all-out assault on ObamaCare over the weekend with a tweet indicating Alabamians could experience a 60 percent increase in their health insurance premiums thanks to the president’s healthcare law. Only California, Idaho, Indiana and Maryland will experience more significant increases, according to a map embedded in the senator’s tweet. […]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has flirted with the prospect of a presidential bid before, but appears resigned to the conclusion he’ll never run . . . because he can’t win. The exchange from the much-buzzed about New York Magazine piece this weekend: If you’re an executive, can you really rule out running for president in […]

Most potential 2016 candidates have spent the year waving aside their undeniable interest in the presidency. On Saturday, New York Rep. Peter King did the exact opposite. “Right now I’m running for president,” he told a New Hampshire radio station during a visit to Wolfeboro, N.H. It’s the most direct statement any 2016er has made yet — […]

Alabama is ranked one of the top five states to do business for the fourth year in a row by Area Development magazine. The magazine, on Friday, revealed Alabama as fourth in the nation in their “2013 Top States For Doing Business.” Creating new jobs and keeping business in Alabama is something Governor Robert Bentley […]

In an interview with Dothan CBS affiliate WTVY, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, weighed in on potential U.S. intervention in Syria. Speaking at one of her “Martha Listens” town hall events in Enterprise, Roby expressed the seriousness of casting a vote to authorize President Barack Obama to use military force. “It’s the most solemn decision a […]

It’s feasible the next Democratic nominee for president could win the White House by accruing just 37 percent of the white vote. That’s one of several staggering statistics that jumps out in Ron Brownstein’s fresh examination of Republicans reliance on the white voter for National Journal. Here’s the key graph that encapsulates the daunting math the […]

In an interview aired on Mobile CBS affiliate WKRG on Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, said he has heard from his constituents strong opposition to a U.S. military strike in Syria. “My phones are ringing off the hook,” Sessions said. “People do not want us involved in another deep commitment in the Middle East in […]

Jon Huntsman, the former GOP presidential candidate deemed too squishy by some in his own party, has come out in support of a limited missile strike on Syria. “A threshold has been crossed and there has to be some response to that,” the former Utah governor told Voice of America. Additionally, Huntsman doesn’t even think President […]

One belief that usually unites governors of both parties is that they are doing the substantive, grown-up work that those in Congress are seemingly incapable of handling. Yet when it comes to striking Syria militarily, leading governors appear fine with leaving it to the opinion of Congress. The usually cocksure New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie […]

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced plans to purchase 40 new Airbus aircraft consisting of 10 widebody A330-300 aircraft for international flights and 30 large narrowbody A321 jets for domestic flights, a $5.6 billion purchase set for delivery between 2015 and 2017. According to Airbus, many of the A321s in Delta’s order […]

The never-ending saga of the Alabama Public Service Commission, which regulates the state’s utilities, has revolved heavily around two sets of groups. On one side, conservative groups like the Alabama Policy Institute, Eagle Forum and Tea Party leaders have consistently advocated for an open utility review process that would protect Alabama’s ability to utilize a […]

State Rep. Jack Williams, R-Vestavia Hills, has served in the Alabama House of Representatives since 2004. But back in 1994, Williams was a staffer for the Alabama House of Representatives Republican Caucus. At an event in Birmingham last night, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions recalled a phone call he had with Williams and a group of […]

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted Wednesday that Hillary Clinton will be hitched to President Obama’s flailing agenda if she runs for president, but also raised the stakes for his own party in 2016. Speaking at a breakfast of Republican women on the deck of a creek side bar and grill, […]

(Above: Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, discusses his reasoning for wanting to repeal one of Alabama’s new gun laws) The so-called Omnibus Gun Bill was one of the most hotly contested pieces of legislation passed during the 2013 session. The final bill, which was ultimately signed into law bill Gov. Bentley, was the product of a […]

By: Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama There is an unspoken question at the heart of the immigration debate: What is the loyalty a nation owes to its own citizens? Business groups financing the push for comprehensive immigration reform believe they have the right to demand from Congress as many workers as they want from abroad at […]

You remember Henny Penny, better known as Chicken Little, right? Henny Penny was a chicken who believed the world was coming to an end. “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” He would scream in agony. According to Wikipedia, that phrase “has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical […]

Republican State Auditor candidates Adam Thompson and Ray Bryan have both come out in support of two transparency bills by Rep. Paul Demarco, R-Homewood, which were pre-filed earlier this week ahead of the 2014 legislative session. One of the bills deals directly with the State Auditor’s office, requiring them to operate a searchable, public database […]

Congressional hopeful Chad Fincher, R-Semmes, yesterday released his campaign’s first television spot in the race to succeed Jo Bonner as Alabama’s first congressional district representative. In the 30-second spot titled “Conservative Values,” Fincher champions his credentials on both social and fiscal issues. “I’m Chad Fincher. I’m a conservative deeply committed to our values,” Fincher says […]

Governors usually get a pass on having to weigh in on developing foreign policy events — “I’ll leave that for Congress to decide” or “I don’t have all the intelligence” are common refrains. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal didn’t exactly wave the Syria question off Tuesday, but he stopped short of delivering an answer that would put him […]

It can be argued that it would be undiplomatic and even un-Clintonian for Hillary Clinton to weigh in on military action in Syria just as the Obama administration makes its best case for a strike to skeptical lawmakers on Capitol Hill. But just like everything else the former Secretary of State does, the timing of a […]

State Rep. Barry Mask , R-Wetumpka, announced today he is stepping down from his District 31 legislative seat effective September 30th. Mask was named CEO of the Alabama Association of Realtors in May, and insiders have speculated for some time that his resignation would come shortly after Labor Day. ‘’I am grateful to the citizens […]

It’s been a half century since segregation was the law of the land in Alabama, but according to an incredible map illustrating the racial distribution of the U.S., self-segregation is still pervasive in Alabama and around the country. Using data from the 2010 census, Dustin Cable of the University of Virginia has created the definitive […]

When asked by a reporter why he had chosen not to attend an event with Sen. Rand Paul later this month, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, in his classic New Jersey style, had this to say: I had to choose — it was a very tough choice, Terry — but I had to choose between […]

As is customary, there’s much less movement on the Democratic CHASE — rolling monthly rankings of the most likely 2016 nominee of each party. The one switch for September: The addition of New Jersey Senate candidate Cory Booker to the list. Young, media friendly, provocative, Twitter-obsessed, Booker’s name is beginning to pop up more frequently in stories that […]