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The fall foliage in Alabama is starting to peak this week in North Alabama and next week in central Alabama. Our state tends to get a later leaf peak, with colors at their best end of October through the first two weeks of November. With cooler temperatures and some sunny days ahead, it’s the perfect excuse to get out and see the changing fall leaves. Here are nine places to visit to see some beautiful fall foliage in Alabama.

9 Spots to View Fall Foliage in Alabama

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7. Dr. Fauci is probably going to get fired, and no one is surprised

6. Del Marsh won’t seek reelection (more…)

I have the honor of leading the Alabama Policy Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit educational and research institution which has championed free markets, limited government and strong families for over 30 years.

When you look back at our state’s major policy discussions, you will most likely find that API was right there in the midst of the battle. We do not take lightly the task we have been given to work for good government which leads to flourishing and opportunity for all Alabamians.

Today, we find our state at a crossroads.

We must decide whether we are going to govern and live by the principles we say we believe in, or whether we are going to say one thing and do another. (more…)

There has been a tangible uptick in enthusiasm for President Donald Trump in recent days that has seemingly gone unmatched by his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which has some comparing the phenomenon to the scenario that played out for Trump in the closing stages of the 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton.

Trump won the 2016 election by a 304-227 margin in the Electoral College to become president, and with him in those closing stages was then-Sen. Jeff Sessions, who would go on to become Trump’s Attorney General.

In an interview with FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Sessions said this campaign felt a lot like the 2016 campaign and added that Biden lacked in enthusiasm more than Hillary Clinton had in 2016.

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Montgomery Public Schools on Monday afternoon announced it would dismiss schools early on Tuesday, November 3, “to allow time” for its employees to vote.

Just after noon on Monday, the school system in Alabama’s capital city posted on Facebook that its traditional middle and high schools will dismiss school at 1:00 p.m. CT on Election Day; traditional elementary schools will let out at 1:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, Baldwin Arts and Academics Magnet School will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. and other magnets at 1:45 p.m.

This means that given less than 24-hours notice, parents were told that students would get out of school more than two hours early in some cases. (more…)

Hurricane Zeta last week ravaged much of Alabama, causing historic damage and power outages akin to Hurricane Katrina and the April 27, 2011, tornadoes.

Since early Thursday morning, Alabama Power Company, PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, other electric cooperatives and municipal electric authorities in the state have been working diligently around the clock to restore service to affected Alabamians.

As of Monday at 2:00 p.m., Alabama Power had restored service to 90% of its affected customers, for example. A peak of 504,000 Alabama Power customers were without service due to Zeta as of early Thursday.

While electric utilities work tirelessly to restore service to each and every residence, business and other entity affected by the severe weather, Election Day will go on as planned throughout the entirety of the state. (more…)

Barry Moore is a candidate for Congress in Alabama. He has faced extreme adversity in his political and business career, but he is an overcomer.

Barry felt a call by the Lord to run for Congress and he lost the first time. He is running again because he loves America and wants to serve with purpose.

In this episode, we discuss his faith, his support of President Donald Trump and other issues facing this country currently.

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I’ll never forget sitting in the U.S. House Chamber in January of 2017 watching the counting of the Electoral College votes from the 2016 presidential election. Under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, the sitting vice president opens and counts the votes as submitted and certified by the electors chosen from each state, and the vice president must do so “in the presence of the Senate and the House of Representatives.” Because Inauguration Day was still several days away, the sitting vice president was Joe Biden, and as a member of the House, I was entitled to be there.

Procedurally, any representative or senator can object to any state’s electoral college votes but at least one member from the other house must agree with the objection before it can be considered. Alabama was the first state up, and Jim McGovern, a very liberal Democrat member from Massachusetts who served on the Rules Committee with me, stood up and objected because the Russians supposedly interfered with our vote for Donald Trump. He also made a blatantly false allegation that our state violated the Voting Rights Act and suppressed thousands of votes. No senator agreed with him and Vice President Biden ruled the objections out of order, which kept me from having to argue against McGovern’s silly and frankly slanderous objections. (more…)

For the third time in the last few months, the Air Force Global Strike Command has tested a Boeing-built Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

The Minuteman III, which is managed by Boeing in Huntsville, is as fast as a seismic wave, traveling up to four miles per second and up to 15,000 miles per hour.

Since the program first went on alert in August 1970, Boeing has supported every test flight of the Minuteman III ICBM, which represents the land-based prong of the United States’ nuclear triad.

Equipped with mock warheads, an unarmed Minuteman III was launched at 12:27 a.m. local time on Thursday from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. (more…)

On Tuesday, America will vote in what we have been told is “the most important election of our lifetimes,” so we all better hope for a good outcome!

This, of course, has been repeated for every presidential election I have ever voted in from 2000 on, and a month from now we will be told that 2022 is the most important election ever.

Great.

This election is almost over, and the counting is about to start, so I reached out to various lawmakers and opinion leaders in Alabama to find out what they think we will happen,

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The 2020 general election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, is set to feature highly contested races across the nation, including in Alabama.

The Yellowhammer State’s most anticipated contest is the U.S. Senate matchup between incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Republican nominee Tommy Tuberville.

All publicly released independent polling in the race has shown Tuberville with a double-digit lead, which was also reflected in his most recent publicly released internal numbers. However, like every race, the only poll that matters comes on Election Day, with turnout always being the deciding factor. (more…)

Auburn earned its fourth win of the season by blowing out the LSU Tigers. The game got off to a bit of a slow start as neither offense was able to get much going in the first quarter. However, the Auburn defense set the tone for the rest of the contest in the second quarter by forcing two turnovers and scoring a touchdown.

Once Auburn took the lead 14-0 on a fumble return for a touchdown by Auburn defensive back Christian Tutt, the game was never in doubt again. The Tigers offense marched 99 yards for a touchdown drive to go up 21-0 right before the half, and the rout was on from there. Over the course of the second half, Auburn extended its lead to 45 points at one time, before LSU scored a garbage-time touchdown to make the final score 48-11.
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OWA on Monday announced an upcoming week of comedy shows filled with laughs for the entire family.

Tickets are available now for the show, which will be socially distanced and run November 12, 13 and 14 at the beautiful OWA Theater in Foley, Alabama.

For one night only, attendees can enjoy a night of improv and comedy in the first-ever Improv at OWA Theater show on Thursday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. CT. This event will feature comedians Patricia and Andrea Riley; guests will enjoy 90 minutes of family-friendly, interactive improv comedy, where they get to control the direction of the show. (more…)

In a letter to Governor Kay Ivey on Monday, Judge Charlie Graddick announced his resignation as director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, effective November 30.

A spokesperson for Pardons and Paroles said Graddick’s letter would serve as his public comment on the matter. The Bureau oversees operations for the three-member Board of Pardons and Paroles, as well as a large staff — including probation officers.

Graddick in his letter outlined that since his appointment effective September 1, 2019, Pardons and Paroles has accomplished “dramatic changes and transformations.”

He took over at a time of turmoil for Pardons and Paroles, when the previous “badly broken” board and its leadership had faced widespread public scrutiny, which culminated in systemic reform by the legislature and a subsequent turnover at the board’s helm. (more…)

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill’s office is providing a website where Alabamians who have voted absentee can check the status of their ballot and in-person voters can find the address of their precinct.

The website, which can be accessed here, requires a voter’s first name, last name and date of birth.

Poll workers at voting precincts in Alabama do not have the ability to check the status of an absentee ballot.

If a voter is planning to vote absentee, but has not yet returned their ballot, Merrill is urging them to return the ballot by hand to their absentee election manager. Absentee ballots can be delivered in person until the close of business on Monday, November 2.

A list of each county’s absentee election managers can be found here.
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The Alabama High School Athletic Association’s oldest all-star game has found a new home.

The 62nd annual North-South All-Star Football Classic will be played at the University of South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium Dec. 18 in Mobile, said Jamie Lee, director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA). The 25,000-seat stadium, which opened this season, is the home of the USA Jaguars.

“We are thankful for the city (and county) of Mobile, the Mobile Sports Authority and the University of South Alabama for their interest and support of one of our premier events,” Lee said. “Several cities showed interest in the event, but Mobile rose above them all in order to support our student-athletes and coaches. We look forward to partnering with them the next three years.” (more…)

7. It could take days to count votes

6. If Biden wins, this will be why (more…)

The Supreme Court of Alabama on Friday issued a unanimous per curiam ruling affirming a Madison County Circuit Court decision to dismiss a much-publicized wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of an aborted embryo, known in the case as “Baby Roe.”

Ryan Magers filed the lawsuit in 2018 after his then-girlfriend aborted the six-week embryo against his wishes. The case being introduced in court was made possible by Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger, who found that Magers could represent the estate of Baby Roe. He was seeking damages against the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives located in Huntsville.

The lawsuit was filed after the people of Alabama via a 2018 referendum approved a constitutional amendment declaring the state’s policy to “recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life.”

The Supreme Court’s Friday decision did not go into the merits of Magers’ lawsuit; the court ruled against Magers purely on procedural basis, saying that his initial brief failed “to comply with Rule 28, leaving this Court with nothing to review.” (more…)

The claim:

A video ad being run by U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign asserts that Republican U.S. senatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville “wants to eliminate the Affordable Care Act and end the protections for pre-existing medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes.”

In making that claim, the ad cites Tuberville’s official campaign website.

The facts:

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There have been no big non-conference matchups. Teams (Michigan) have seen dramatic rises and falls in consecutive weeks. Whole teams (Wisconsin) have been put out of commission. A Heisman contender (Trevor Lawrence) tested out for his team’s biggest regular season game. A major conference (Pac-12) has yet to even step on the field.

One thing remains constant, and it seems only one thing, that is the sheer dominance of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The Tide torched another opponent and are putting on the same type of show comparable to the one which earned “greatest team ever” status for LSU last year. LSU’s designation is, no doubt, in danger.

Here’s how are experts filled out their ballots this week.
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Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories, including:

— Which Alabama U.S. Senate candidate has a better closing argument?

— Who will come out on top as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden fight for victory at the ballot box?

— What will happen on Tuesday, and what happens after the election? (more…)

Growing up off Dauphin Island Parkway in Mobile, love and support were in large supply for Jaysum Hunter even if money was not. But at age 6, he received a bicycle as a surprise gift, and it was memorable.

“That bike gave me a sense of freedom and purpose,” Hunter said.

His grandmother played a major role in Hunter’s life, emphasizing a strong work ethic and willingness to help people. After graduating from B.C. Rain High School, he spent one year away before his desire to be closer to home took over and he transferred to South and the Mitchell College Business. (more…)

Sunday, November 1, is the 35th anniversary of the Business Council of Alabama’s (BCA) founding. In a press release marking the milestone, the powerful advocacy organization reflected on its history while stressing BCA’s important role in advancing a more robust 21st century economy in the Yellowhammer State.

BCA formed in 1985 through the consolidation of the Alabama Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Alabama; ever since then, the organization “has worked diligently to foster a ‘Sweet Home for Business’ in our great state,” the release underscored.

“BCA, over time and to this day, has helped spearhead crucial, pro-growth reforms that have led to unprecedented economic wins for Alabama job creators, workers and families. For 35 years, BCA has worked tirelessly to ensure that businesses regardless of size have every opportunity to grow and flourish in our state,” the release continued. “From championing pro-jobs initiatives and regulatory policies to striving to put Alabama on the cutting-edge of innovation and infrastructure, BCA has helped pave the way for enhanced opportunity for the Alabamians of today and tomorrow.” (more…)

In 1987, Fannie Flagg first introduced us to Idgie, Evelyn, Ninny and the other inhabitants of the fictional and oh-so-Southern Whistle Stop, Alabama.

The best-selling book was “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café,” and it spawned a cookbook and a hit movie starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy and Mary Stuart Masterson.

It’s as a writer that Flagg has found her greatest success, with books including “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion,” “A Redbird Christmas,” “Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!” and “Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven.” (more…)