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  • Derek Chen joins the Brandon and Christopher podcast

    Staff Writer|May 1, 2025

    May 3, 2025 - Attorney Derek Chen joined the Brandon and Christopher Show podcast to discuss his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state auditor. Auditor is an open seat in 2026 because current Auditor Andrew Sorrell is running for Secretary of State. Chen came to Alabama in 2018 after being born and raised in California. He did his undergraduate in Michigan and then came to Alabama to study law at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. He also has a master's in business...

  • Clint Hollingsworth is running for House District 12

    Staff Writer|May 1, 2025

    May 5, 2025 - CULLMAN, AL – Republican Clint Hollingsworth announced that he is running for Alabama House of Representatives District 12. Hollingsworth says that he has a deep commitment to serving Cullman County, and a proven record in local government. Hollingsworth says that he is ready to bring new leadership and fresh ideas to Montgomery. "I am running for the Alabama House of Representatives because I believe our community deserves an experienced leader who will fight to get us a seat at t...

  • Alabama Big 10 Mayors praise Governor Ivey's signing of two public safety bills into law

    Staff Writer|May 1, 2025

    May 6, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Big 10 Mayors released a statement applauding the Alabama Legislature for passing and Governor Kay Ivey (R) for signing into law two bills that they claim will improve public safety across Alabama. Senate Bills 118 and 119, both sponsored by Senator Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road) and carried by Representative Cynthia Almond (R-Tuscaloosa) in the House, received broad bipartisan support. Sponsors claim that the bills mark a critical advancement in our...

  • State computers experiencing cyberattack

    Staff Writer|May 1, 2025

    May 12, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - The Office of Information Technology is currently responding to a cybersecurity event that is affecting certain state systems. In alignment with best practices, immediate steps have been taken to contain the situation while working with a leading third-party cybersecurity firm to investigate, secure and restore impacted services. The governor's officer reports that he security and reliability of state systems is a top priority. Temporary disruptions such as...

  • Lease Hunting land from the state of Alabama

    Staff Writer|May 1, 2025

    May 13, 2025 - The Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, State Lands Division, assists various state agencies in auctioning five-year hunting leases on land tracts across the state. A live public auction for the current bid cycle will be held on May 31, 2025. The 2025 bid notice, sample hunting lease, hunting tract listing, and hunting tract maps, all of which are downloadable at the state's website. To download a sample hunting lease and more information visit their website:...

  • Monica Carroll Appointed as State Executive Director, Alabama Farm Service Agency

    Staff Writer|May 1, 2025

    May 5, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that Monica Carroll has been appointed by President Donald J. Trump (R) as the Executive Director of Alabama Farm Services Agency. Monica Carroll and her family operate a diversified farm raising poultry and cattle, along with growing row crops. She previously served as Chairperson of the FSA State Committee during President Trump's first term. She is a board Member for the Alabama Resource...

  • U.S. Senator Katie Britt "thrilled" with University of Alabama Commencement Speaker Announcement of President Trump

    Staff Writer|Apr 24, 2025

    April 22, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) issued a statement following the announcement that President Donald J. Trump will deliver keynote remarks at the University of Alabama's 2025 commencement ceremonies. Britt said that she was "thrilled" by the news. "I'm thrilled President Trump will deliver the keynote address at the University of Alabama's commencement ceremonies this year. It is a tremendous honor for the university and for this year's graduating class t...

  • Alabama Executes James Osgood

    Staff Writer|Apr 24, 2025

    April 24, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - On Thursday evening, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey told Corrections Commissioner John Hamm that she would not exercise her clemency powers and directed him to execute James Osgood' for the 2010 capital murder of Tracy Lynn Wilemon (Brown). "The murder of Tracy Wilemon was premeditated, gruesome and disturbing, and tonight, the state carried out the death sentence of James Osgood," said Gov. Ivey after the execution. "Both Mr. Osgood and his accomplice – who will nev...

  • GOP Chairman John Wahl says that libraries will remain funded even if the state loses federal funds

    Staff Writer|Apr 24, 2025

    April 21, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Chairman John Wahl announced that at his urging the state of Alabama is setting up a mechanism to protect local libraries. The provision is part of the education trust fund (ETF) budget that has already passes the State Senate. This provision would ensure that Alabama's library grants will remain funded even if the federal government withdraws its support. The federal government is hopelessly in debt and hemorrhaging f...

  • State Senator Greg Albritton speaks on the current legislative session and the failure of gambling legislation

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    On April 5, 2025 State Senator Greg Albritton spoke with the Alabama Gazette's Brandon Moseley and the Alabama Political Contributor's Christopher Peeks about gambling, prisons, the state general fund, NIL, the breakdown of the family, the 2025 Alabama regular legislative session and other topics....

  • State Rep. Danny Garrett discusses education, budgets, and other topics

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    March 29, 2025 - State Representative Danny Garrett spoke with the Alabama Gazette's Brandon Moseley and Baldwin County Attorney Harry Still III about the 2025 Alabama regular legislative session. Garrett is the Chairman of the House Ways & Means Education Committee that prepares the $9.9 billion education budget. Garrett discussed the education budget, a proposed new funding model for education, Trump's proposed dismantling of the Department of Education, the 2025 legislative session and other...

  • Alabama Republican Party salutes legislature for conservative bills passed

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    April 8, 2025 – HOOVER, AL - After a week-long recess, members of the Alabama Legislature returned to work last week, with the $3.7 billion General Fund Budget passing the Alabama House. The Alabama Republican Party on Thursday congratulated the members of the legislature who were honored as ALGOP Defenders of Freedom at the Trump Victory Dinner in Birmingham featuring Donald Trump Jr.. The 2025 Defender of Freedom Award recipients are: Representative Donna Givens & Senator Lance Bell - Sound o...

  • Rogers says that we must "Reestablish Deterrence Against China and North Korea"

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    April 9, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Rogers spoke at the beginning of a hearing on the U.S. military posture and national security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region about the China and North Korean threat. 'Last week, China carried out large-scale military exercises off Taiwan's coast," said Chairman Rogers. "China practiced assaulting maritime and ground targets, and cutting Taiwan off from t...

  • Congressman Mo Brooks speaks on the state of the Ukraine war and what he thinks the U.S. position should be

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    Former Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) recently spoke on the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast about the meeting between President Donald J. Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the oval office and the state of the war between Ukraine and Russia and Ukraine's prospects of winning the war. Brooks is speaking with the Alabama Gazette's lead reporter and content manager Brandon Moseley as well as the Alabama Political Contributor's publisher Christopher Pee...

  • Dean Odle discusses what he perceives as corruption and other topics

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    Pastor Dean Odle spoke recently at length with the Alabama Gazette's Brandon Moseley and the Alabama Political Contributor's Christopher Peeks. Odle is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama on the Brandon and Christopher Show (BCS) podcast. Odle is facing a crowded field for Lt. Gov in the May 26, 2026 Republican Primary. Odle is a vaccine skeptic, who believes in Creationism, young Earth theory, the flat Earth theory, that voting tabulators can be rigged...

  • Draic Coakley discusses his campaign for congress

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    Draic Coakley is running for the United States House of Representatives. He recently joined the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast to discuss why he is running for Congress, his views on the Ukraine War, term limits, electric vehicle mandates, the budget deficit, the DOGE, and much more. Coakley is one of at least two Republicans who are challenging incumbent Mike Rogers in the 2026 Republican primary. Alabama Gazette Lead Reporter and Content Manager Brandon Moseley and Alabama Political...

  • Tuberville gives speech defending the Trump Administration's controversial effort to make the VA more efficient

    Staff Writer|Apr 1, 2025

    April 10, 2025 - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) delivered a speech on the Senate floor objecting to Democrats' efforts to halt the Trump administration's actions to make the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) more efficient. "On November the 5th, President Trump was given a mandate: get this country straightened out. This included waste, fraud, and abuse in our federal government, over all agencies," said Senator Tuberville. "The VA is a perfect example. Under President Biden, the V...

  • Tuberville reintroduces legislation to give veterans the option of hyperbaric oxygen therapy

    Staff Writer|Mar 2, 2025

    March 5, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senators John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) in reintroducing the HBOT Access Act. The bill would allow veterans to receive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The HBOT Access Act would require the VA to provide HBOT as a treatment option to any veteran suffering from TBI or PTSD. The...

  • Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville vote to confirm President Trump's Secretary of Education

    Staff Writer|Mar 2, 2025

    March 3, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) voted in favor of Linda McMahon to serve as President Trump's Secretary of Education. The nomination was confirmed by a vote of 51 to 45. "Linda McMahon will be a fierce advocate for putting parents back in the driver's seat and returning to the fundamentals of classroom learning" Senator Britt said in a statement. "She has a proven background to get government out of the way so e...

  • UAB recognized as 'Center of Excellence' for their work on obstetrics

    Staff Writer|Mar 2, 2025

    BIRMINGHAM, AL - The University of Alabama at Birmingham received the Center of Excellence designation from the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. Dr. Yasser Sakawi, M.D. is a professor of anesthesiology as well as the interim vice chair for the Division of Obstetric Anesthesia "In 2024, we began the re-designation application process with results announced in 2025," said Dr. Sakawi. "A collaborative effort between anesthesia, obstetrics, nursing, informatics and pediatrics was in...

  • Senators Tuberville, Britt, and Crapo introduce bill to repeal Biden emissions rule

    Staff Writer|Mar 2, 2025

    March 14, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in reintroducing the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act. The CARS Act would preserve Alabamians' access to affordable, reliable vehicles of their choice; by repealing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tailpipe emissions rule finalized under the Biden-Harris Administration. The Biden rule (part of his war on fossil fuels) is the mos...

  • Alabama Department of Commerce highlights Alabama's role in transportation manufacturing

    Staff Writer|Feb 7, 2025

    If you are going to go somewhere more than 2 or 3 miles away, you need some sort of a vehicle to get you there. Whether you fly on an airplane, drive an automobile, travel on a ship, or get there on a motorbike, all-terrain vehicle, or side by side offroad car your friends and neighbors in Alabama are building it for you. The Alabama Department of Commerce highlighted the role that Alabama industries play in getting us where we want to go. Economic developer Dr. Nicole J. Wadsworth told the Alab...

  • Event Notice: A History of Music in Alabama and Huntsville

    Staff Writer

    Event Notice: A History of Music in Alabama and Huntsville What: The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will host "A History of Music in Alabama and Huntsville" in partnership with the City of Huntsville's Music Office and Downtown Huntsville, Inc. This event will feature local historian William Hampton and Huntsville Music Board member Codie Gopher, who will delve into the rich music history of the area and highlight the contributions of the black community. Performances by the UAH...

  • White House endorses Tuberville's Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

    Staff Writer|Feb 7, 2025

    March 3, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House issued a statement in support of U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Alabama) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to make President Trump's recent "Keeping Men out of Women's Sports" Executive Order permanent. "The Administration strongly supports passage of S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025," the White House wrote. "Through an amendment to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, this bill would exp...

  • Tuscaloosa City elections are today

    Staff Writer|Feb 7, 2025

    March 4, 2025 – TUSCALOOSA, AL - Voters go to the polls on Tuesday for their municipal elections. In the Mayor's race Denson Ferrell II is challenging long time incumbent Walt Maddox. Maddox was the 2018 Democratic Party nominee for Governor. These are also four contested city council races: In City Council District 1: Que Chandler, Joe Eatmon and Matthew Wilson are all running for the office. In City Council District 2: Dennis "Quick" Collins, Raevan Howard and Ashley R. Wheat are in a three w...

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