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May 14, 2025 - CULLMAN, AL - Republican voters in portions of Cullman and Blount Counties went to the polls today for the Special Primary Election in Alabama House District 11. They elected Heath Albright as the GOP nominee in HD11. "Thank you, District 11!" Albright said on his Facebook account. "I am deeply honored by the trust voters in District 11 have placed in me. I'm ready to fight for our families, schools, and businesses, ensuring our community thrives while preserving the values that...
May 15, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama Legislature has passed legislation to exempt nursing moms from having to perform jury duty service. Senate Bill 76 (SB76) was sponsored by State Senator April Weaver (R-Briarfield). State Representative Susan Dubose (R-Grandview) carried the bill in the House. On Wednesday, Weaver said that the bill had been amended in the House of Representatives to require the mother/prospective juror to produce documentation of the birth and that she is a nur...
April 22, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation to provide food pantries on Alabama college campuses. House Bill 273 (HB273) is sponsored by State Representatives Terri Collins (R-Decatur). The Hunger-Free Campus Act would require the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to require colleges and universities in the state to form a hunger-free task force. The bill would establish a framework for colleges to be designated as "hunger-free campuses." Instit...
Former Secretary of State John Merrill (R) recently spoke on the Brandon and Christopher Show podcast hosted by Alabama Gazette lead reporter and content manger Brandon Moseley and Alabama Political Contributor Publisher Christopher Peeks. Merrill touted his record as Secretary of State and his work making Alabama elections more secure. "When I left office, we were recognized by conservative women for good government, by the Heritage Foundation, and by the University of Southern California in Lo...
April 29, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - An Alabama Senate committee failed to give a favorable report to legislation that would have changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. That bill had 55 cosponsors in the House but failed when Senate Republicans on the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government sided with Senate Democrats in committee to kill the bill. House Bill 247 (HB247) was sponsored by State Representative David Standridge (R-Hayden). President Donald J. T...
April 29, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today that the State has filed a lawsuit against social media company TikTok Inc., and its parent company, ByteDance Inc., for exploiting children, addicting them to harmful content, and lying about the safety of its platform. The lawsuit, filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court, seeks to hold TikTok accountable for fueling a mental health crisis among Alabama's youth. "Today we join concerned parents across o...
Former Alabama Lieutenant Governor George D. H. McMillan Jr. (D), a prominent figure in Alabama's political and social scene, passed away, leaving a legacy that will be remembered for generations. His death marks the end of an era characterized by significant contributions to the state and its people. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) shared the following comment upon learning of the passing of former Alabama Lieutenant Governor George McMillan: "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our...
Monday, April 28, 2025, This is Confederate Memorial Day. State offices are closed in remembrance of the soldiers and sailors who served defending the State of Alabama and the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865. Federal government offices, as well as most banks, businesses, and schools, will be open. Former Governor Lewis E. Parsons estimated that 122,000 Alabamians served in the Confederate military and that 35,000 of those died in the war. The next year...
April 23, 2025 - Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL03) and Adam Smith (D-Washington), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued a joint statement in response to a horrific attack in Kashmir that killed more than two dozen people and left at least 17 others wounded. "We stand in solidarity with our Indian partners in condemning the appalling terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that targeted innocent civilians, including tourists, r...
April 26, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama medical cannabis supporters are working on compromise legislation that they hope will end the legal deadlock between cannabis applicants that has effectively shut down the state's medical cannabis program for almost three years now. Senate Bill 72 (SB72) is sponsored by State Senator Tim Melson (R-Florence) who also sponsored the original Alabama medical cannabis bill that passed back in 2021. To date not a single person has been able to legally obt...
April 22, 2025 – Birmingham area attorney Derek Chen told the Alabama Gazette that he is running for the Republican nomination for State Auditor. Incumbent State Auditor Andrew Sorrell (R) is running for Secretary of State meaning that this will be an open seat in 2026. While Derek Chen is a first-time candidate he is well known within Republican political circles. Chen has a bachelor's degree from Hope College, a small Christian college in Michigan. He earned his master's degree in business a...
April 17, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL. – The Alabama House of Representatives banned drag show performances in Alabama public schools. The legislation would protect minor children from being exposed to cross gender activity while at a public school without the consent of the parents. House Bill 67 (HB 67) is sponsored by House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle). HB67 defines drag performances as "a performance in which a performer exhibits a sex identity that is different from the sex assi...
April 24, 2025 - The Alabama Senate is poised to pass landmark legislation that would either strictly regulate or effectively ban psychoactive cannabinoids derived from hemp. In 2021 the Alabama Legislature passed the most restrictive medical marijuana bill in the country. Sponsors said then that cannabis in Alabama would be reserved for those with a demonstrable medical need only and that there was no plan now, or in the future, to legalize recreational marijuana. Four years later not one...
April 22, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) was in Montgomery to meet with legislators. While in the state capital she held a press conference where she addressed capital reporters about her concerns over the policies being implemented by the new Trump administration. "We are facing troubling times in Washington," said Sewell. Republicans are, "More concerned with cutting taxes for millionaires and billionaires" than for serving the needs of the American people. "This a...
April 5, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – State Senator Greg Albritton (R-Range) spoke with the Alabama Gazette's Brandon Moseley and the Alabama Political Contributor's Chris Peeks about his recent gambling legislation. Albritton's bill would have created a state lottery, legal sports wagering, allowed six existing casinos to upgrade their games to full casino gambling, and created an enforcement mechanism to close dozens of outlaw casinos operating illegally across the state. That bill was not tak...
On April 6, 1199, King of England Richard the Lionheart died from an infection after a crossbow bolt was removed from his shoulder. Old kings die and new kings take their place; but few successions had such a dramatic impact on history and the map of Europe as the death of Richard and his replacement by his brother John. When the 41-year-old Richard I died he was not just the King of England he was also the Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Poitiers, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou, and Lord of Irelan...
Jesus Christ died on the cross in 32 A.D. According to the Bible, he rose on the third day and spent weeks with his Apostles before ascending into Heaven. His Apostles took over where he left off and started the early Church. Marty Matulia spoke to the Adult lecture series at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Shelby County about the early Church fathers who spread the Gospel in the decades after Jesus and the generations that came after the Apostles passed on. Matulia is with Guadalupe...
March 30, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – Guadalupe Radio Director Marty Matulia completed his lecture series at St. Mark the Evangelist Con the Early Church Fathers who collectively defined Christianity and helped establish our current understanding of the nature of Jesus Christ and our faith. The Guadalupe Radio Network operates several EWTN affiliated radio station in Texas, Alabama, and Florida. https://www.grnonline.com/home?station=GRN Matulia explained that the first age of Christian Fathers was...
Aprill 5, 2025 – San Antonio, Texas - The 2024/2025 Auburn men's basketball team made it to the school's second Final Fours; but on Saturday, Auburn lost to the Florida Gators 73 to 79 in the semifinal game of the NCAA tournament. Auburn dominated the first half 46 to 38. Auburn was thoroughly dominated in the second half 27 to 41. Bruce Peal is the winningest coach in Auburn basketball history; but he had no answers for what Florida was able to do defensively in the second half that so s...
April 2, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama Senate Tourism Committee gave a favorable report to legislation that would strictly regulate the sale of psychoactive cannabinoids in the state of Alabama. Senate Bill 256 is sponsored by Senator Rodger Smitherman (R-Birmingham). "This bill would prohibit any business that serves or sells alcoholic beverages from obtaining a novel cannabis license," explained Smitherman. Smitherman explained that it would also establish a 6% tax on the sell of all...
April 3, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - You can never really be certain what the Alabama Legislature will do from one session to another. One thing that is always certain is that a dubious gambling bill creating a lottery and expanding the business of certain casinos will come up in the session and that eventually that piece of legislation will die at some point in the session. On Thursday it all happened within hours of each other. Alabama State Senator Greg Albritton (R-Range) released a public...
April 3, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, AL - Donald Trump Jr. spoke to the Alabama Republican Party Thursday night in Birmingham; but all eyes were on U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) who introduced Don Jr. from a videotaped message played before Trump spoke to the 500 excited Alabama Republicans at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center. "Yesterday was Liberation Day and the liberals and rhino Republicans are in panic mode," said Senator Tuberville after President Trump hit 180 countries across t...
March 28, 2025 – FAYETTE, AL - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that the City of Fayette has received a $733,700 grant through the SEEDS program to allow local officials to purchase property for a prime industrial site. The hope is that this effort will accelerate economic growth in this rural West Alabama region. The Industrial Development Board of the City of Fayette (Fayette IDB) plans to purchase land to establish the North Fayette Industrial Site. The 76-acre site, with frontage o...
April 2, 2025 – JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL – Jefferson County Republican Party Chairman Phillip Brown accused the Alabama Democratic Party of lying about the Republican agenda. “The Alabama Democrat Party is once again lying to the public — using fear tactics to push their big-government agenda and line the pockets of liberal special interests,” Brown said in an email to supporters. “We want to set the record straight. Republicans aren’t cutting healthcare for seniors, working families, or children....
April 2, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama House Health Committee held a public hearing on controversial legislation that would strictly regulate psychoactive cannabinoid products synthesized from lawfully grown hemp. House Bill 445 (HB445) is sponsored by state Representative Andy Whitt (R-Harvest). Whitt said that psychoactive cannabinoids, like Delta 8 or Delta 10, "Has plagued our state" since the federal government created "a loophole" in the Farm Bill. His legislation "Places gua...
