A school district in Alabama is considering implementing a clear backpack policy following the accidental shooting of a student who brought a gun to his elementary school. WHNT-TV reports Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Christie Finley says the policy will make it difficult for students to bring prohibited items on campus.

Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. on Tuesday announced that Lucas B. Gambino has been named as the company’s general counsel and vice president. Gambino, who started at the company last Monday, comes to Coca-Cola UNITED from Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham, where he practiced law in the banking and corporate arena for more […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense, announced Tuesday final Senate passage of the legislative package that will cover defense funding for Fiscal Year 2019, which begins October 1. The defense appropriations act was passed in a “minibus” package (that still needs to pass the House) also containing the […]

Three residents of Troy were arrested Monday and charged in a burglary at a house in the small town of Banks in Pike County, per WSFA. Craigory Newsome Baker, age 24, Khalil Raheem Cummings, 22, and Anthony Tynorris Woods, 18, have been charged with first-degree burglary. Baker is also charged with receiving stolen property and a […]

President Donald Trump’s approval rating in Alabama held steady at 63 percent through August, according to Morning Consult, however, West Virginia and Wyoming now rank atop the list of states in which Trump is best received. While Alabama’s approval and disapproval numbers remain unchanged from July to the end of August, West Virginia moved up […]

7. As parts of America moves towards a cash-less bail, including Cullman County, illegal immigrants show why this won’t work — With California and Cullman County facing rulings where cash-less bail may become a very real possibility, a new report finds monitoring bracelets don’t work for three out of 10 illegal immigrants. — The associate […]

Alabama Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Tuesday called for yet another delay in the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, this time giving two new reasons in an interview with CNN. “We need to slow this process down,” Jones emphasized. He said that he wants a thorough FBI investigation conducted regarding the allegation of […]

AUBURN — Tuesday at the weekly meeting of the Auburn University College Republicans, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) fielded questions about the upcoming midterm elections, including his re-election bid against Mallory Hagan, the former Miss America that is now the Democratic nominee for Alabama’s third congressional district. Rogers expressed some optimism for Republicans facing headwinds in a […]

Ford Brown of “The Ford Faction” breaks down the topics of the day, September 18. The show’s “Final Thoughts” segment touches on: — Kavanaugh allegations turning into a showdown — Emmys scoring an all-time low rating — Post-Hurricane Florence — Concerned parent WATCH:

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Alabama Political Action Committee has endorsed Gov. Kay Ivey in the November 6 gubernatorial election. NFIB is the nation’s leading small-business association and is considered “the voice” of small business owners and employees. NFIB’s Alabama state director Rosemary Elebash announced the endorsement Tuesday at a press conference at […]

As the gubernatorial election for the state of Alabama draws near, Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) weighed in on Republican Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to not debate her Democratic challenger Walt Maddox, despite the Tuscaloosa mayor’s pleas. McCutcheon said Ivey, who chose to not debate any of her three Republican challengers before the primary, […]

In the story of “Noah’s Ark except it’s a school bus,” The Washington Post detailed how a truck driver saved more than 60 animals from Hurricane Florence and drove them to Alabama. The man who rescued the animals, Tony Alsup, has been back and forth between the South Carolina coast and Alabama in the last week, shuttling […]

Akil Michael Figures, son of Alabama state Senator Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile), has been arrested on a domestic violence charge, per Fox 10. The 36-year-old Figures was reportedly charged with third-degree domestic violence (menacing), and this is by no means his first run in with the law in Alabama. He has an extensive rap sheet, including […]

Alabama Democrats love bad ideas. They also have no clue how to pay for these terrible ideas, even though some have tried to figure it out, bless their hearts. Taxes. — Isner for Congress (@TabithaK) September 14, 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Walt Maddox has been pushing the media-friendly idea that if we would just expand […]

On Monday, Dr. Mary Jane Caylor’s campaign for Huntsville City Council released a creative new social media ad that invoked her opponent’s ties to socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). With Halloween on the horizon, Caylor hit her opponent, Frances Akridge, with the tagline “few things are scarier than socialism… Especially in our local government.” Akridge, the […]

Gubernatorial challenger Walt Maddox kicked off a statewide bus tour Monday, taking his message on the road as he seeks to gain ground against incumbent Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. The Democratic nominee began the tour in Tuscaloosa where he is mayor.

Federal government lawyers say a 14-year-old leak is releasing much more oil each day into the Gulf of Mexico than officials previously claimed, and it may be getting worse. A Friday court filing in a case involving Taylor Energy Co. says 10,000 to 30,000 gallons (37,000 to 113,000 liters) daily is leaking from multiple wells […]

After Secretary of State John Merrill wrote an op-ed last week strongly criticizing the Alabama Ethics Commission, the commission’s director, Tom Albritton, appeared on Capitol Journal to push back and give their side of the story, saying, “We did our job.” Merrill opened his piece by lamenting having “to ask what purpose the Alabama Ethics Commission […]

While ICE & CBP agents are defending themselves against partisan political rhetoric from the left, Attorney General Steve Marshall is working to highlight the important role they play in defending the rule of law and thus, securing our borders. Last month, Marshall accepted an invitation to speak on a select White House Panel discussion on […]

After Saturday’s launching of the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Alabama lawmakers took to Twitter to celebrate the success ofUnited Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Delta II rocket, which was built at the company’s Decatur facility. Fresh off of the historic launch of an Alabama-built rocket in August, NASA once again counted […]

Dr. Sarah Parcak, an archaeology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), recently led an expedition that discovered over 800 Egyptian tombs, according to a press release by the university. The expedition, which was a joint venture between UAB and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, revealed one of the largest sites of Middle Kingdom tombs in […]

Democratic nominee for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, in a Monday interview on the “Matt & Aunie Show,” said that he will vote against the pro-life “Amendment Two” on the November 6 General Election ballot. Per the Alabama Policy Institute (API), the proposed amendment “would add language to the state constitution acknowledging the sanctity of […]

7. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) makes an appearance in a local city council race — Municipal elections are generally low turnout and non-partisan, but the campaign to elect former state school board member Mary Jane Caylor to the Huntsville City Council is now invoking her opponents’ support of the failed 2016 presidential candidate. — The […]

I know this may be hard for you to believe, but there was a major, bipartisan victory in Congress last week that failed to gain any of the attention it deserved. I want to highlight some of the progress we made last week and explain why it should matter to those of us back in […]