7. Ivey signed the yoga bill; Literacy Act delay still out there It’s now legal for schools to allow yoga after Governor Kay Ivey has signed the bill that ends the ban that was adopted by the State Board of Education in 1993. Schools can start offering yoga in the 2021-2022 school year. Interestingly, Governor […]

Late Monday, just moments before the Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die for the 2021 regular session, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will institute a two-year delay of the accountability component of the Alabama Literacy Act. The legislation, SB94, was introduced and shepherded through the Senate by State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham). It […]

Troy City Council President Marcus Paramore announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House District 89 seat.

Birmingham-based Peritus Public Relations has been selected as Alabama’s exclusive member of the Public Relations Global Network.

Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) and former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard are currently the only two candidates in Alabama’s 2022 U.S. Senate race, however prominent conservative activist CJ Pearson hopes that field will soon grow to include a fresh face. Pearson is president of the Free Thinker Project and a student at the University […]

State Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) on Thursday announced that he will not be seeking re-election in the 2022 election cycle.

With a special session expected, the chairwoman and CEO of the Poarch Creek's isn't giving up on a comprehensive gambling deal yet

Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law two bills designed to drive innovation and entrepreneurship while attracting and retaining talented workers.

Scholarships. Funding for rural health care. New roads and bridges. These are just a few examples of what revenue from gaming and a state lottery could provide to Alabama. Like so many of our fellow Alabamians, we had great hopes that in this legislative session, elected leaders would have both the will and a way […]

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released a statement on Wednesday regarding recent reports of political bias within the Department of Defense. “I am greatly concerned by numerous press reports of conservative voices being silenced in the Department of Defense while Departmental leadership defends and protects […]

In a public service announcement released Wednesday by the Alabama Department of Public Health, University of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban urges Alabamians to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. “College football fans and players both want full stadiums this fall,” Saban says. “Let’s make sure we can safely make this happen by getting […]

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chief of staff of the Air Force, last week visited MGMWERX, Montgomery’s state-of-the-art innovation hub. Brown toured the facility with Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, Air University Commander and President Lt. General James Hecker and Brig. General Trent H. Edwards (USAF, Ret.) — the director of […]

In recent days, local friends and acquaintances have understandably reached out to me asking variations of the same question: what is going on in the Middle East? The conventional wisdom is that there is no easy answer. But there is: the free and democratic nation of Israel was attacked by the terrorist group Hamas, and […]

On Monday, the Alabama Legislature wrapped up its 2021 regular session with a typical last-minute push to pass bills before the bewitching hour of midnight. Unfortunately, for some members in both chambers, they had to watch their bills die as their respective counterparts ran out of time for consideration. Often, that is a cause for […]

In Alabama, the rate of people getting vaccinated against the coronavirus has fallen with 35.2% of adults in the state fully vaccinated

The 2021 regular session of the Alabama Legislature just wrapped up on Monday night, however there are already rumors of a special session — or multiple — that could be called this summer regarding major lingering issues, such as prisons, gaming and appropriating the latest batch of federal COVID-19 relief sent to the State. This […]

Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong on Tuesday announced that he has raised over $300,000 from more than 200 donors to strongly kickoff his Republican candidacy in Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District. The impressive fundraising haul covered six weeks of campaigning following Strong’s entry into the race at the end of March. With over a month […]

The Connect Alabama Act (SB 215) has been signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey and is now set to enable transformational broadband expansion across the Yellowhammer State. Sponsored by Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) and carried in the House by Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville), the bill received nearly unanimous bipartisan support and was supported by […]

A successful launch from Alabama’s United Launch Alliance (ULA) has positioned the United States to strengthen its intelligence gathering efforts. On Tuesday afternoon, ULA’s Atlas V rocket powered the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force. Launched from Cape Canaveral, the Atlas V carried the fifth […]

Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education on Tuesday announced that the renowned Alabama First Class Pre-K program will add 135 new classrooms in 41 counties this fall. This is only the first round of new classroom funding that will be released by the Department of Early Childhood Education for the […]

It is imperative that Governor Kay Ivey veto the delay of the Alabama Literacy Act and let it's intended purpose take hold.

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Monday unanimously gave final passage to HB 237, which now heads to Governor Kay Ivey’s desk after passing the House earlier in the session. Sponsored by State Rep. Ginny Shaver (R-Leesburg), the “born-alive” bill — to be known as “Gianna’s Law” — is named after a survivor of an […]

Governor Kay Ivey has announced that she’s signed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana in Alabama. Medical marijuana won’t be available until 2022

Last week, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran removed State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) from the position of captain, reportedly for taking a pro-constitutional carry stance that contradicted the stated position on the issue of Cochran and other law enforcement throughout the state. Cochran has faced somewhat of a backlash for his decision. However, he maintains […]