Federal records show that from 2008 to 2014, nearly 13,000 criminal aliens who had been ordered deported were released back onto our streets because their home countries refused to take them back. This unacceptable practice has allowed many of these criminal aliens to commit new and serious crimes after their release, including rape, assault, child […]

Obaidullah is an al Qaeda terrorist operative. He specializes in the creation of improvised explosive devices (IED), which are manmade bombs that have wreaked havoc on U.S. service members and our allies during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obaidullah was captured by U.S. Special Forces during a raid on his compound. During the raid, 23 […]

With tensions reaching a boiling part in some parts of the country in recent months, one Alabamian is starting a movement to show support for police and to help “break down barriers” between law enforcement officials and the people in their communities. Chason Smitherman, a Montgomery resident and founder of Grow 334, produced the video […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama has already garnered headlines this year for being the fastest growing flagship university in America, and now it has become apparent that the school is not only attracting more students, it is attracting some of the top students in the country. This year’s freshman class represents the most […]

By Johnny Kampis / Watchdog.org If you build it, sometimes they don’t come. Opelika spent about $43 million to build a broadband network capable of 1 gigabit-per-second symmetrical speeds, financed by a bond issue backed up by the revenue of Opelika Power Services. Four years later (as of Aug. 26), OPS has one subscriber for […]

WASHINGTON — Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL5) this week helped pass the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act out of the House Foreign Relations Committee in an effort “to ensure there are no future cash payouts to Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.” The move comes in the wake of a Wall St. […]

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Countless Alabamians rely on James Spann to keep them informed when severe weather hits. He will never know how many lives he has saved over the past four decades, but he does know the exact number of deaths that occurred on his toughest day on the job, and he’s spending a great deal of time […]

By: Senator Clay Scofield (R) and Senator Rodger Smitherman (D) Given the importance of broadband in today’s world, elected officials routinely consider the best way to enhance high-speed internet access. As we have written in the past, we think the best way to achieve this key goal is to work with private sector Internet Service […]

Upset that some students attending the Alabama-USC game showed up “looking like they belonged in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show,” Alabama mom and UA grad Rebecca Walden posted a blog on the Huffington Post suggesting they “stop baring almost all in the name of game day fashion.” She went on to add that “families attend […]

WASHINGTON — The six Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation on Thursday voted to block the Obama administration’s attempts to transfer prisoners and close the prison at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The state’s lone Democrat, Rep. Terri Sewell, voted against the measure. For the last several years, Republicans have included language in the annual government funding […]

Best-selling author and Alabama native Andy Andrews, who the New York Times hailed as “one of the most influential people in America,” is also one of the country’s most compelling speakers. Mr. Andrews lived a relatively normal life until the age of 19, when both his parents died — his mother from cancer, his father […]

WASHINGTON — The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would make it easier to fire poor performing VA employees and also increased protections for whistleblowers who expose corruption and maleficence in the system. The VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act, would allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs more flexibility to […]

Upset that some students attending the Alabama-USC game showed up “looking like they belonged in a Victoria’s Secret fashion show,” Alabama mom and UA grad Rebecca Walden posted a blog on the Huffington Post suggesting they “stop baring almost all in the name of game day fashion.” She went on to add that “families attend […]

There are a lot of words that could describe the current state of Alabama politics — depressing, infuriating, exasperating — but “entertaining” hasn’t come to mind lately. Sure, Rep. Alvin Holmes (D-Montgomery) will occasionally grab the microphone in the State House and declare that men should be able to marry mules or exclaim “What’s wrong […]

The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP is representing four black voters in a lawsuit against the State of Alabama, claiming that Alabama voters’ decision to elect white judges to each of the state’s top courts violates their constitutional rights. Liberal political blog ThinkProgress explains: On Wednesday, Tuscaloosa reverend Curtis Travis and three other African […]

Depression impacts roughly 325,000 Alabamians at any given moment, according to statistics from the Anxiety and Depression Association of American. But while antidepressant subscribing has skyrocketed roughly 400% over the last 30 years, one Alabama doctor is recommending a different remedy for folks who are feeling down: Workout. Dr. Sloan Beard and her husband, Dr. […]

By Anna Catherine Roberson It has been two years of transition for Alabama Power’s Plant Greene County, which reached a historic milestone this month. Last year the plant celebrated 50 years of serving west Alabama and Alabama Power customers. In January, the plant received its last shipment of coal and burned coal for the last […]

The Alabama-built USS Montgomery took to the seas for the first time on active duty this week, just days after being commissioned in a ceremony steeped in glorious Navy tradition. Roughly 3,000 people gathered at the Port of Mobile to take it all in. The National Anthem was played. The commissioning directive was read. The […]

Despite opposition by the American people, a documented link between terrorism and individuals admitted to the United States as refugees, and over $19 trillion in debt, the Obama Administration has committed the United States to admitting 110,000 refugees during Fiscal Year 2017—a roughly 57 percent increase in the number of refugees the United States admitted […]

Buckle up, because Dabo Swinney is ready to weigh in on the current state of American culture. The Pelham, Alabama, native who played wide receiver for the Crimson Tide in the early nineties before also coaching at UA, is now the head coach of the No. 2 ranked Clemson Tigers. Swinney had not been asked […]

An Alabama mom caused quite a stir online with a blog post asking college girls at football games to “cover up,” prompting a response from one University of Alabama student who accused her of “slut shaming” and perpetuating “rape culture.” “An Alabama student myself not 20 years ago, I remember what fun it was to […]

SHORTER, Ala. — VictoryLand casino officially re-opened Tuesday, bringing “electronic bingo” back to a state whose constitution explicitly prohibits lotteries and games of chance. VictoryLand was shuttered in 2013 after state law enforcement officials seized the machines and a quarter-million dollars in cash, and has remained closed ever since. But in November of last year, Gov. Robert […]

The drought affecting portions of Alabama continues to reduce flows in rivers and streams that feed Alabama Power’s lakes. The conditions have resulted in lower levels at Alabama Power reservoirs. Scattered summer showers in July and early August helped slow the drop in lake levels. Since then, however, dry conditions have returned. Water levels at […]