U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) joined 13 of his congressional colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to undergo an examination to determine his mental fitness to serve. The group cited a string of embarrassing verbal gaffes by the president as the basis for their request. In a letter sent to Biden on Thursday, the Republican […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the decision that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, but some Republican lawmakers are now arguing that the court ignored some of the main arguments over the constitutionality. The court’s decision was 7-2.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) seemingly flexed its muscle at the end of the 2021 legislative session by successfully pushing through a two-year delay to the Literacy Act, which mandates children be able to read at a third grade level before proceeding to the fourth grade. Gov. […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has thrown his support to Will Ainsworth as the first-term lieutenant governor ramps up his reelection bid. Ainsworth announced Tuberville’s backing in a release from his campaign on Thursday. The former college football coach offered that his endorsement of Ainsworth was an easy play call for him. “I’ve spent most […]

Under intense question on "The Dale Jackson Show" former State Representative Ed Henry (R-Hartselle) offered up clues on the identities of these names that are being suggested.

ATLANTA – Audubon, an Atlanta-based real estate firm specializing in the acquisition, development and management of multifamily properties, announced it has closed on the purchase of Parks at Wakefield & Wellington, its first acquisition in Alabama. The total cost of the transaction was $32.7 million, or $80,147 per unit. Audubon’s portfolio of owned-and-operated multifamily assets […]

Children and families served by the Autauga County Department of Human Resources (ACDHR) now have a safe, fun place to play and spend time together during their visits to the facility. It’s thanks to a partnership between the 2020-2021 class of Leadership Autauga County and the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO). On June 9, the […]

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting for the first time, and Biden said that he made “no threats” but instead warned Putin of “consequences,” but said overall the meeting was “positive.” 

The sparks continue to fly in the very early stages of the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat on next year’s general election ballot. Although it has been just over a week since former Business Council of Alabama president Katie Britt formally announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate, she and her […]

It’s 510 days until Alabamians go to vote for governor. However, the campaign is underway for Gov. Kay Ivey, who made her intentions to seek reelection known earlier this month. This week, she picked up one of her first major endorsements of the campaign cycle from Manufacture Alabama, a trade association dedicated to the interests […]

President Joe Biden on Wednesday got into a verbal sparring match with Alabama native and CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins over Biden’s approach to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The exchange between Biden and Collins took place while Biden was attending a summit with the Russian leader in Geneva, Switzerland, and […]

The City of Birmingham will use nearly a quarter of its first round of federal stimulus payments from the American Rescue Act to provide one time bonuses to all full and part-time city employees. The bonus payments received final approval from the Jefferson County Personnel Board last week. Full-time employees are set to receive $5,000 […]

Brian Mackin spent four days sorting through a tidal wave of texts, phone calls and emails remembering his father, Stan. The messages were constant: everyone had good memories to share of the former Regions Bank CEO. “He touched so many people,” Brian said. “He was a Godly man, first, and he was a family man. […]

Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) finally served his colleague U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) notice of a lawsuit alleging Brooks was responsible for the January 6 Capitol Hill riot after a back-and-forth played out in the media. The process server, Christian Seklecki of Georgia, was able to deliver service at Brooks’ home […]

The media and their Democrats are on a full-court press to both defend critical race theory and demand you not even acknowledge it exists as legislators across the country attempt to ban public educators from telling students America was, is and will always be racist

Last December, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated long-threatened legal action against Alabama for its prison conditions, alleging they were in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. Policymakers insist part of the solution to countering the suit is new prison construction, although some on the Democrat side of the aisle in […]

So Whitmire learns that this is a thing after all and England says it is taught in K-12, even though we know it is moving this way and advocates make that clear.

Former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard argues she is the true so-called “outsider” candidate in the race for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2022. On Tuesday, Blanchard appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” to discuss the numerous vacancies in the Biden administration’s diplomatic corps around the world, in particular ambassadorships, which […]

Two of the state’s conservative advocacy groups have partnered to oppose the controversial critical race theory (CRT) in front of the state school board. The Alabama Policy Institute (API) and Eagle Forum of Alabama have offered a resolution to the Alabama State School Board opposing the teaching of CRT in Alabama public schools, according to […]

In late April, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) announced he would cosponsor the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. The bill would reform how sexual assault crimes are prosecuted within the military. At a press conference at Dannelly Field in Montgomery on June 3, Tuberville said the bill would make positive changes to how […]

Birmingham’s Lakeshore Foundation announced last week that it has been selected as an expansion team in the new USA Wheelchair Football League (USAWFL). The Birmingham Hammers will play wheelchair football, a full-contact sport played by both men and women with a permanent disability. While wheelchair football has been played for more than 20 years across the […]

It has been nearly a week since former Business Council of Alabama head Katie Britt announced her intentions to seek the Republican nomination for Alabama’s 2022 U.S. Senate election. While there is a little over 11 months until Alabama Republicans go to cast a ballot, one of the issues sure to weigh on their decision […]

Alabama Senate Majority Leader Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) says we need to keep bad guys in jail and in order to do that new prisons will need to be built and the other reforms are secondary

Before running into political obstacles preventing a line of financing, Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration had put a lot of prep work into her lease-build prison plan, which now relies on the Alabama Legislature for a funding mechanism. Much of that work had to do with the design of the physical facilities, which would have been […]