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November 12, 2024 - WASHINGTON D.C. - Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) voted against the bipartisan Senate spending bill that funded the government allowing millions of federal employees, contractors, SNAP beneficiaries and grant recipients to receive the funds the are due. Sewell cited concerns that it fails to extend Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits. "From the very beginning, I have made it clear that I will not support a spending bill that fails to address the Republican...
November 14, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new federal ban on psychoactive hemp-derived cannabinoids-like delta-8 and high-dose delta-9 THC-will dramatically reshape the U.S. hemp farming landscape, threatening thousands of farms and businesses while forcing a pivot toward fiber, seed, and CBD production. The End of the Hemp Cannabinoid Boom? The 2025 federal spending bill that reopened the government included a provision redefining legal hemp. It now bans products containing more than 0.4 m...
November 3, 2026 - MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) will vote later this month on a proposed amendment to the APLS Administrative Code addressing gender ideology in publicly funded libraries. Proponents of the amendment claim that it seeks to protect children from materials that promote or normalize gender ideology in youth sections and to ensure that Alabama's public libraries remain safe, family-centered environments. Opponents claim that the amendment would amount to cen...
November 11, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate voted for a bipartisan appropriations bill to fund the government and end the 40 day government shutdown. Part of that package was a provision heavily supported by the alcohol industry essentially outlawing all psychoactive hemp sales. The sweeping federal budget deal that passed the Senate includes a controversial provision that to ban the sale of most psychoactive hemp-derived products even in states where recreational marijuana is leg...
October 6, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The government shutdown has now stretched for 37 days and lawmakers in D.C. are not optimistic that there will be a resolution anytime soon to the partisan impasse. Senate Democrats are refusing to consent to a routine continuing resolution (CR) that would give the parties more time to work on the 2026 budget – which was supposed to be finished by September 30 but now appears impossibly delayed. The number of Alabamians affected by the shutdown continue to gr...
November 2, 2025 – AUBURN, AL – Auburn Athletics Director John Cohen finally ended Hugh Freeze's troubled tenure as Auburn's head football Coach before the completion of his third season. The decision became unavoidable after a horrid offensive performance Saturday night in Auburn to Kentucky (another bad team). Auburn's defense was great and held Kentucky to just 10 points; but that was more than enough points to trounce Auburn. Auburn's only scoring drive resulted in a field goal and that was...
November 3, 2026 - MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) will vote later this month on a proposed amendment to the APLS Administrative Code addressing gender ideology in publicly funded libraries. Proponents of the amendment claim that it seeks to protect children from materials that promote or normalize gender ideology in youth sections and to ensure that Alabama's public libraries remain safe, family-centered environments. Opponents claim that the amendment would amount to cen...
November 4, 205 – BIRMINGHAM – Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-07) called on President Donald J. Trump (R) to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits while the government shutdown continues. President Donald J, Trump (Rhas announced that beneficiaries will receive partial benefits this month. Sewell was at the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama in Birmingham on Tuesday to help fill food boxes for the underprivileged. The Community Food Bank serves 6,000 fam...
November 6, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – annually millions of Americans trek to Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving Dinner with family members. This year we are 38 days into the longest government shutdown in our nation's history. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke on Thursday with Alabama reporters – including the Alabama Gazette about how that will impact Thanksgiving travel. "I spoke with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy this morning and he confirmed that he is about to cut f...
November 10, 2025 – WASHINGTON, DC – Amid massive flight cancellations affecting millions of travelers and millions of federal workers having not been paid in weeks, seven Democratic senators and one independent Senator joined nearly all of the Senate Republicans in a key vote that would be the first step in reopening the government and ending the disastrous partisan shutdown. This bipartisan move came after weeks of gridlock and mounting public pressure, as the consequences of the shutdown bec...
November 12, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) to end the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL06) voted in favor of reopening the government. Following Palmer's vote he released the following statement: "For over 40 days, the Democrats have held the government hostage in exchange for a radical wish list and campaign support from Marxist billionaires," Re[. Palmer s...
November 15, 2025 – TUSCALOOSA, AL - Number 11 Oklahoma defeated Number 4 Alabama 23–21 preventing Alabama from clinching a spot in the playoffs. For the second year in a row the Brett Venable's bend but don't break defense met the high flying Kalen DeBoer offense and the OU defense won. Alabama had three turnovers and missed a chip shot 36 yard field goal that ultimately proved too much for the Tide to overcome. O.U. linebacker Kip Lewis had seven tackles and two sacks of Quarterback Ty Sim...
October 28, 2025 - CULLMAN COUNTY – Voters in Cullman County went to the polls and spoke loud and clear giving Republican Cindy Myrex a landslide victory over Democrat Matt Glover in the special election for House District 12. With 100% of precincts reporting, the unofficial results are as follows: Cindy Myrex (the Republican) had 1,944 votes, 87.06%. The Democrat - Matt Glover received just 287 votes, 12.85% There were two write-in votes, 0.09% Myrex has won the Special General Election and w...
MONTGOMERY, AL - The Montgomery Academy Cardinal first and second grade flag football team capped off a remarkable playoff run by winning the city league championship, going undefeated through four consecutive games. Led by a talented group of second graders-Dustin Lee, Hugh Lavelle, Emmanuel Wilson, Perry Hooper, and John Philip Bryan-the team showcased skill, teamwork, and determination throughout the postseason. Their efforts culminated in a hard-fought 21-7 victory over Pike Road's Pack...
October 23, 2025 – ATMORE, AL – The state of Alabama executed Anthony Boyd for the murder and kidnapping of Gregory Huguley after thirty years spent on death row. Earlier this evening, Governor Ivey informed Corrections Commissioner John Hamm that she would not exercise her clemency powers in this case and directed him to proceed with the execution of Anthony Todd Boyd for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of Huguley. Boyd and his accomplices burned Huguley alive for a $200 drug debt. "On the eve...
October 22, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL03), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued a statement following an announcement by President Donald J. Trump (R) that he is increasing sanctions on Russia. "Ukraine has long agreed to President Trump's proposal to begin negotiations at the current line of control following an immediate ceasefire," said Rogers a...
October 28, 2025 – ENTERPRISE, AL - Chad "Chig" Martin a Democratic candidate for Governor of Alabama reached a social media milestone by obtaining over 34,000 members on Facebook making him the largest social media on this platform among other active Democratic candidates. https://www.facebook.com/chadchigmartin "This is a very important indicator for the campaign," Martin said in a statement. "As most know, Democratic candidates do not receive the donations that the Republicans do and F...
October 29, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL03), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued a joint the following statement expressing concern with the Pentagon's announcement that it will discontinue the rotational U.S. brigade in Romania, which appears uncoordinated and directly at odds with the President's strategy: "We strongly oppose the decision not to...
October 24, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – A diplomatic delegation from Taiwan led by Director General Jared (Chu-en) Lin visited Montgomery on Thursday and Friday to meet with Governor Kay Ivey (R), Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair, and other state leaders. Lin is the new Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta. Lin and his team also spoke at length with the Alabama Gazette editorial staff while he was in Montgomery on Friday, October 24. Lin told the Gazette that Tai...
October 31, 2025 – Today is October 31. This means far too many people will go to work or school wearing tacky costumes and most of us will consume insanely high levels of sugar and chocolate today. It also means that Children dressed in costumes will go door-to-door asking for free candy and that teens and even many adults will go to costume parties tonight. When you are out on the roads this evening please be aware that children will be out and about (in many cases in dark costumes) walking u...
Auburn has lost it's fourth Southeastern Conference game in a row with Saturday's loss to Missouri. There is widespread speculation about the future of Hugh Freeze as Auburn's head coach as this season, that began with such promise has spiraled out of control. Hugh Freeze believes in Hugh Freeze and the offense that he ran at Ole Miss. The problem is that times have changed and that run pass option stuff is passe in modern SEC football. DCs know how to take away the option in the RPO they want...
October 15, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a solemn and symbolic ceremony held in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14, President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, marking what would have been his 32nd birthday. The event served as both a tribute to Kirk's legacy and a moment of national reflection, following his assassination last month at a Turning Point USA event in Utah. Kirk, the founder of Turning Point U...
October 21, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Public Library Service Board will convene on Tuesday for a public hearing to consider proposed rule changes aimed at protecting minors from the promotion of gender ideology in publicly funded libraries. The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at APLS Headquarters in Montgomery. The APLS Board has already opened a public comment period on this issue in early September. Written comments were accepted through October 14. Today is the o...
October 12, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) has parted ways with head football Coach Trent Dilfer. The university released a statement from UAB Director of Athletics Mark Ingram on Sunday. "We have made a decision to part ways with Head Football Coach Trent Dilfer. We agree that - unfortunately - our on-field performance has not lived up to the standard of winning we have for the program. This decision will allow us to move forward in the best long-term int...
October 3, 2025 – Pastor Will Boyd joined the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast to discuss the status of his campaign and his platform if he is elected governor. Boyd has multiple degrees in a variety of subject areas. He has worked extensively in the private sector. He is also a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Boyd was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022 and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2018. "My whole goal has always been to make sure I...
