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February 12, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama Senate heavily amended and then carried over a controversial bill that is designed to strengthen Governor Kay Ivey's (R) control over the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. Senate Bill 67 (SB67) is being carried by Senator Andrew Jones (R-Centre). "There are at least a dozen board across state government that have a similar structure," Jones said on the floor of the Senate. "What we are doing is in line with other entities in state gov...
February 12, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama House of Representatives Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee will meet today to consider making it a crime to mislead or lie to a law enforcement officer about one's age during a traffic stop. House Bill 34 (HB34) is sponsored by State Representative Ron Bolton (R-Northport). According to the synopsis, "Under existing law, it is a crime to give a false name or address to a law enforcement officer in the course of the officer's official d...
February 12, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) participated in a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs where she spoke with Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell at his "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." Senator Britt began by remarking on President Trump's recent efforts, consistent with his campaign promises, to slash wasteful spending: "There's been a lot of conversation both in and out of this hearing room today . ....
February 12, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate voted in favor of Tulsi Gabbard to serve as President Trump's Director of National Intelligence. Both Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) voted in favor of Gabbards' confirmation. Senator Britt released a statement expressing her confidence in Gabbards following Wednesday's vote to confirm the former Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii. "Today, I voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National I...
February 12, 2025 - The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee voted to give a favorable report advancing two bills targeting the illegal use of Glock switches. Glock switches convert semi-automatic Glock pistols into fully automatic weapons. Supporters of the bills claim that Glock switches have become increasingly prevalent and a matter of public concern. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) came out in support of the Glock switch ban in her state of the state address and the Governor held a rally on Wed...
February 13, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Genesis reads "He created them, male and female; and he blessed them. And he called their name Adam, in the day when they were created,"(Genesis 5:2 Catholic Public Domain Version). The state of Alabama agrees. Governor Kay Ivey (R) on Thursday signed Senate Bill 79, the "What is a Woman?" bill. This legislation's sponsors - Senator April Weaver (R-Briarfield) and Representative Susan Dubose (R-Greystone) joined Governor Ivey in her office as she made it off...
February 13, 2025 – President Donald J. Trump (R) cuts funding for the CFPB saving taxpayers over $700 million dollars a year moving forward. In 2010 President Barack H Obama (D) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) created the controversial Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) as part of the Democrats Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation following the 2010 Great Rection. Fearful that the Republicans would regain control of Congress, Warren and Obama crafted their f...
February 15, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – New legislation has been introduced before the Alabama Legislature that would ensure that judges in Alabama domestic relations cases consider that having a relationship with both of their biological parents (in most circumstances) is in the best interests of the child in custodial cases. House Bill 229 - The Best Interest of the Child Protection Act 2025 - is sponsored by State Representative Kenneth Paschal (R-Pelham). Sponsors say that the Best Int...
February 15, 2025 – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke with the Alabama Gazette about the situation in the Middle East during a press call with Alabama reporters and journalists. "I think it is very, very important that we all understand that this is an absolute mess in the Middle East," said Senator Tuberville. "Joe Biden and his cronies they just made it worse every day by playing both sides. They allowed Iran to continue to pump gas and oil and sell it all over the world m...
On February 15, 2025, the historic rivalry between the number 2 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide and the number one ranked Auburn Tigers takes center stage on the basketball court. Each team has just one loss in conference and arguably each team faces their strongest opponent yet today. Fans from both sides are eagerly anticipating this highly charged matchup, which promises to be a thrilling display of athleticism, strategy, and fierce competition. The Build-Up to the Game In the days leading up to...
February 15, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) spoke on the floor of the Senate regarding the impact of social media on our nation's youth mental health crisis and her bipartisan legislation, the Kids Off Social Media Act, to address this epidemic. "The Kids of Social Media Act would also prevent platforms from feeding targeted content picked by an algorithm to users under the age of 17," said Senator Britt. "For anyone who's curious about why that's in the bill, all y...
My cousin laughingly told me about attending a product demonstration event years ago in Nashville. Reba Rambo, daughter of well-known Christian artist, Dottie Rambo, sang some of the new music along with the recordings the company offered. One of the numbers was quite lively, and Ms. Rambo began to clap to the music and asked the assembled ministers to clap with her. Someone in the front row refused and sat stone faced. Ms. Rambo stopped the tape and peered down at him from atop the stage....
February 17, 2025 – New legislation seeks to move medical marijuana out of the courts and into the real world. In May 2021 the Alabama Legislature passed and Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed the Compassion Act which allowed patients with a demonstrable medical need and a doctor's recommendation to get legal, Alabama grown medical marijuana in a non-smokable form. Nearly four years later, the state and would be medical marijuana producers have spent $millions of dollars in the courts in litigation a...
February 17, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama legislature has introduced new legislation that which, if passed and signed into law, would ban a number of psychoactive products commonly sold in convenience stores and CBD stores across the state. Senate Bill 132 is sponsored by Senator Tim Melson (R-Florence). According to the synopsis: "Existing law lists tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as a Schedule I controlled substance, but explicitly exempts THC found in hemp." "Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC, and...
February 15, 2025 - TUCALOOSA, AL – The Auburn men's basketball team went into Tuscaloosa and came back with a 94 to 85 win – in a game that was watched across the state and indeed across the entire nation. This was the first time in history that the SEC had the number one and number two teams in the AP/Coaches poll meet. Auburn is coached by Bruce Pearl – the winningest coach in the program. "All eyes of college basketball were on the state of Alabama and the SEC," said Coach Pearl. "I'm a big...
February 15, 2025 – Alabama Eagle Forum comes out against Governor Kay Ivey's bill on the state veteran's board Becky Gerritson is the Executive Director of Eagle Forum of Alabama. "I'm an Air Force wife (Ret.) and have grave concerns that AL veterans will lose their voice if the Governor's bill to restructure the State Board of Veterans Affairs (SBVA) is passed," Gerritson said in an email blast to Eagle Forum. Senate Bill 67 is being carried for the Gov. Ivey be state Senator Andrew Jones (...
February 18, 2029 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama House of Representatives when it meets today is poised to consider using more electronic monitoring of youths who have shown that they have a tendency to be troublemakers. House Bill 199 is part of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's (R) package of bills to fight crime in the state. HB199 is being carried in the Hose of Representatives by state Representative Travis Hendrix (D-Birmingham). Hendrix is a law enforcement officer. According to the syn...
February 18, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama House of Representatives passed a joint House resolution (HJR30) declaring their support for crime suppression units. HJR30 is sponsored by state Representative Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road). Rep. Reed explained that metro crime suppression units are joint task forces between state, city, and sheriff's law enforcement agencies. Reed said that this is something that is taking place combining Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officers, Montgomery Cou...
February 19, 2025 – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) is requesting $9,909,416,539 in her proposed 2026 education trust fund budget (ETF). This is an increase of $560,910,370 from the 2025 budget of $9,348,506,169. The current 2025 education budget is the largest in the entire history of the state of Alabama and the Governor's 2026 education budget is half a billion higher than the 2025 budget. In the Governor's proposed budget 68.05% of the budget will be spent on K-12 education – virtually the...
February 19, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Howard Lutnick as U.S. Secretary of Commerce in a surprisingly close vote of 51 to 45. U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) both voted in support of President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce. Senator Britt released a statement supportive of Lutnick and Trump's vision for moving the American economy forward. "Hardworking Americans deserves a U.S. Secretary o...
February 20, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate on voted to confirm Kash Patel as the FBI's ninth director. 51 Republicans Senators voted to confirm Patel as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Kurkowski (R-Alaska) voted with all Senate Democrats against Patel's confirmation. Patel is a close ally of President Donald J Trump (R). He has long criticized the FBI and its failed investigations into President Trump. U.S. Senators Katie Britt (...
February 21, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) released a statement after voting yes on the Senate budget in the early morning hours after a marathon overnight Senate session. This budget includes $175 billion to fund President Trump's ongoing efforts to regain control of the U.S. Southern border and increase deportations of people who are illegally here in the country. "77 million Americans delivered a mandate when they voted for President Trump on Nov...
February 21, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday reportedly is reassigning 1,500 FBI agents, staff, and managers from the Bureau's headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington D.C. According to original reporting by the Washington Post, 1000 agents and staff are being reassigned to FBI field offices across the country, with that being heavily weighted toward high crime locations. 500 (including some of the Bureau's senior leadership and man...
Operation Junction City was the largest American offensive in the Vietnam War. On February 22, 1967 thousands of American forces and their South Vietnamese allies attempted to encircle and trap the bulk of North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces operating in a large sector of what was then South Vietnam. U.S. General William Westmoreland was the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam at the time. His adversary was North Vietnamese Senior General Nguyen Chi Thanh. Thanh favored large unit engagements...
The pastor search committee invited me to consider moving to their town and hosted a get-acquainted meeting with leadership. A man introduced himself, abruptly announcing that a staff minister needed to be terminated. He predicted this would be among my first challenges. I didn’t think more about this in the swirl of decisions we faced with the move. But a few weeks later the man came and renewed his commitment to fire the minister. From his position of leadership he persuaded other committee m...
