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March 17, 2025 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN. – This has been a magical season for the Auburn Tigers Men's Basketball team. The Auburn men were awarded with a number one seed in NCAA basketball tournament. Auburn got the top spot in the South regions over Florida, Duke, and Houston. Auburn ran away with the Southeastern Conference regular season – clinching the regular season with games left. Auburn let off the gas after clinching the regular season title – losing it's last two games of the season includin...
As anybody who has managed a workforce of substantial size already knows, Alabama has a drug and mental health problem; but the state and the University of Alabama are teaming up to help employers deal with this challenging element of the state's workforce. The state is offering businesses free training to help supervisors identify and respond to mental health and substance abuse issues within the workforce. The University of Alabama's VitAL partnership uses education and training to help...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) told reporters recently that proposed budget cuts to Medicaid and healthcare will be targeted toward waste, fraud, and abuse rather than service cuts. The Alabama Gazette asked Senator Tuberville about the House budget bill that had passed that decreased the amount of money for Medicaid and healthcare spending. We asked Tuberville if he was concerned that if they go too far with the Medicaid and healthcare cuts causing more of our r...
March 6, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Shomari C. Figures (D-AL02) and Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL07) sent a joint letter on Thursday calling for the immediate removal of the Freedom Rides Museum from the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) list of properties slated for sale. "The museum serves as an essential historical landmark that not only honors the legacy of the Freedom Riders but also educates the public about our nation's struggle for equality and justice," Figures and Sewell wrote...
March 8, 2025 - AUBURN, AL. – The University of Alabama men's basketball team narrowly edged out Auburn in overtime to split the season series. All-American Johni Broome (Senior forward/center) played lights out in a nip and tuck game where he set a career-high of 34, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists. Broome hit a three-point shot to give Auburn a one-point lead with a little over a minute to play; but the Tide fought back down the stretch. Broome hit another three-point shot with 14 seconds left in O...
February 21, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The state of Alabama suffered a devastating loss in a cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court found that people denied unemployment claims by the state during the COVID pandemic can sue the state. During the COVID-19 pandemic the state shut down in a failed attempt to stop the spread of the virus – which at that time was new to the country. The result was that hundreds of thousands of workers were suddenly jobless. Unemployment claims soared and t...
March 7, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL. – The Alabama House of Representatives Ways and Means Education Committee carried over a controversial bill, opposed by immigrant rights groups, that would have put a fee on international wire transfers. The move was touted as an anti-illegal immigration bill. House Bill 297 (HB297) is sponsored by State Representative Jennifer Fidler (R-Fairhope). Fidler said that the wire transfer fee would affect individuals who are using a service such as Western Union, MoneyG...
March 6, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL. – The Alabama House of Representatives passed Governor Kay Ivey's (R) hostile takeover of the Alabama department of Veterans Affairs legislation with little discussion. Senate Bill 67 (SB67) was sponsored by State Representative Andrew Jones (R-Centre) and carried in the House by State Representative Ed Oliver (R-Dadeville). The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs was created by veterans following World War II and for seventy years has been a nonpartisan age...
March 5, 2025 – The Alabama House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for prosectors to punish persons who make terroristic threats against schools. House Bill 233 (HB233) is sponsored by State Representative Alan Baker (R-Brewton). Baker said that HB233 deals making it easier to prosecute persons who are making terrorist threats against schools. "This would allow a district attorney to bring charges for making a terrorist threat against a school without p...
March 5, 2025 – MOBILE, AL – The Mobile community was rocked by the news that VT Aerospace was closing its operations at Mobile's Brookley Aeroplex costing the city of Mobile 290 jobs. Mobile Mayor Stephen Nodine blamed the lack of leadership for the company moving those jobs elsewhere. Nodine was formerly the Chairman of the Mobile County Commission. At that time Airbus was attempting to obtain a tanker contract from the Air Force – a contract they ultimately lost despite problems with the B...
MARCH 5, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee voted to reject legislation that would have charged $5 a year on every car license plate in the state to fund public transportation. Senate Bill 11 (SB11) is sponsored by state Senator Linda Coleman Madison (D-Birmingham). "Alabama has let billions of dollars go back to the federal government because we do not have a dedicated funding source for public transportation," said Sen. Coleman Madison. Sen. Col...
March 3, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – There are reports circulating that the U.S. may be cutting off military aid to Ukraine. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) recently spoke to members of the Alabama press corps about the Ukraine war with Russia. Tuberville said that President Donald J. Trump "wants to get this (the war) over with." "Over the last three years. unfortunately, we have spent way too much money and got way too many killed people on both sides," said Senator Tuberville. The...
February 28, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Attorney General's office was taken aback by Governor Kay Ivey's (R) decision to commute the death sentence of convicted murderer Robin "Rocky" Myers. Alabama Attorney General Marshall (R) releases a statement on Governor Ivey's decision to commute the death sentence of Rocky Myers for the 1990 slaying of Ludie Mae Tucker. Marshall said that he was "astonished" and "bewildered" by the Governor's decision and said that the surprise move "...
March 1, 2025 – HOOVER, AL - The Alabama Republican Executive Committee met for its annual Winter Meeting at the Hyatt Hotel. The Committee was celebrating its dominance not just of Alabama politics; but also the inau Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) addressed the group about the changes brought by Trump's victorious return to D.C. "It is really a new day in Washington," Rep. Aderholt said. "A lot of people are talking about the executive orders – the Democrats can't stand that – b...
February 27, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Port Authority and CSX Railroad broke ground on the Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF). Governor Kay Ivey (R) and Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) joined business, economic development, and local leaders at the site for the groundbreaking of this state-of-the-art facility that will enhance freight mobility and stimulate economic growth throughout the region. "Whether it's boosting freight t...
February 28, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ukraine is running out of men to place on its frontlines going into the fourth year of its war with Russia and it may also be running out of American arms as well after a shocking exchange at the White House that devolved into a shouting match between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Donald J. Trump (R), and Vice President J.D. Vance (R). U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) called Zelensky's outburst "an absolute disgrace" aft...
February 27, 2025 – JACKSONVILLE, AL – An advance screening of a documentary on the life of Alabama Governor Jim Folsom Jr. (D) was held. The documentary was produced by J Seth Johnson and Jacksonville State University's Longleaf Studios and will air on Alabama Public Television. Longleaf has also done documentaries on the Freedom Riders and the late Congressman Tom Bevil (D-AL04). JSU President Don Killingsworth Jr. said that Folsom, "Championed policies to lifted up all Alabamians." Fol...
March 11, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL04) voted in favor of a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fully fund the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2025, avoiding a crippling government shutdown. "While this is not a perfect bill, it was necessary to keep the government functioning, ensure our military is fully funded, and provide certainty for the American people," said Congressman Aderholt. "Reckless spending and bloated budgets have no place i...
March 11, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) voted against President Donald J Trump's (R) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) continuing resolution to keep the government funded through the end of the current fiscal year. Sewell said that the bill would deprive Alabama's 7th Congressional District of $14.1 million worth of community project funding and inflicts devastating cuts on the programs that Alabama families rely on. "I came back to W...
March 11, 2025, DADEVILLE, AL Businessman Robert L. McCollum announced recently that he is running in the Republican primary for Alabama State Auditor in 2026. The Auditor's race will be open, because incumbent Auditor Andrew Sorrell (R) has already announced that he is running for Secretary of State. McCollum, a lifelong Republican and a small business owner. McCollum has previously made two failed runs for statewide office. In 2022 he forced a runoff election for Public Service Commission...
March 11, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) in introduced the Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide (BITCOIN) Act in the U.S. Senate. The BITCOIN Act establishes a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to serve as an additional store of value to bolster America's balance sheet and ensure the transparent management of Bitcoin holdings of the federal government. This legislation would cod...
Retired teacher and principal Robin Litaker recently announced that she would once again seek the Republican nomination in the Seventh Congressional District. Litaker will be challenging popular Democratic incumbent Terri Sewell. If Litaker wins the GOP nomination, this would be a rematch of the 2024 race where Sewell defeated Litaker. Sewell has represented CD7 since her first election in 2010. Democrats also picked up the recently redistricted Second Congressional District in November, when at...
Marth 16, 2025 – ALABAMA - Severe weather impacted Alabama on Saturday evening. Most of the state experienced periods of heavy rain. Some areas suffered damage from heavy winds and possible tornadoes. As of press time the death toll in the state had reached three. The Governor's office said that damage assessment from this weekend's storms in Alabama is ongoing. "Yesterday's severe weather impacted most of Alabama. Unfortunately, we have learned of the loss of at least two of our fellow Alabamia...
March 16, 2025 – MONTGOMERY – people across the state are working on cleaning up the damage after severe weather struck the state on Saturday night. At least three Alabamians have died. State officials are continuing with damage assessments. On Sunday, Governor Kay Ivey (R) connected with local officials in Dallas and Talladega counties to offer condolences on behalf of the entire state for the lives lost. "Emergency management officials have been working hard to assess the damage brought by...
March 18. 2025 – RAINBOW CITY, AL – Attorney General's counsel Katherine Green Robertson spoke to the Etowah County Republican Party breakfast on Saturday. Robertson is being widely discussed as a candidate for attorney general. State Representative Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) said, "She would make a great Attorney general," Robertson did not say if she is a candidate to be the next Alabama Attorney General. "I am not here to announce anything," said Robertson. 'I am Catherine Robertson," sai...
