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Sen. Garlan Gudger (R- \Cullman) was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday after sustaining injuries in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake. While at UAB, he underwent a brief surgical procedure to address internal bleeding and incurred other injuries that doctors are monitoring. The two-term senator is currently in the Intensive Care Unit following his surgery, but his physicians indicate that the prognosis for his recovery is good. Gudger's wife, Heather, released the following stat...
On Tuesday, a partnership of conservation groups, state agencies and private partners will hold a ribbon cutting on a new boat launch, transient docks, and a tournament pavilion in Selma. This project was accomplished through a partnership that includes the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), Innovate Alabama, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF), B.A.S.S.,...
Sen. Garlan Gudger (R - Cullman) issued a public statement on Sunday from UAB Hospital, where he remains under treatment following a serious Fourth of July jet ski accident that resulted in three fractured vertebrae, six fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and internal bleeding. He was airlifted to UAB Hospital on Thursday following the accident on Smith Lake in which his personal watercraft was struck from behind by another, and he underwent a brief surgical procedure upon arrival to address the...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) led a coalition of 26 states that filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. Marshall and the coalition are urging the Court to review the policy because it infringed on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to advertise on public transportation in Tampa, Florida. "By unlawfully denying a Jewish synagogue's proposed...
On Monday, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) in leading more than 150 of their colleagues in a bicameral letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the Biden Administration to overturn its de facto electric mandate on trucks, tractors, buses, and semis. The final rule, entitled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3," was published on A...
On Sunday night, longtime Baldwin County Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack Jr. (R) announced that he was retiring. On Monday County Commissioner Matt McKenzie announced that he is going to ask Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) to appoint him to the position when it becomes vacant. "I have served my country as a United States Marine, I have served the citizens of Baldwin as both a law enforcement officer and as your county commissioner," McKenzie said. "I will bring years of experience to the position of...
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) announced $16,941,377 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to upgrade the City of Montgomery's bus system. The funding comes from U.S. Department of Transportation's Bus and Bus Facilities Grant Program and was made possible by President Biden's trillion dollar bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grant will help the City of Montgomery buy new battery electric buses, charging equipment, and initiate a workforce training program. "This...
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reports that Argentine black and white tegus – an invasive species of large lizard native to Argentina – are breeding in the wilds of Georgia. Argentine black and white tegus can growing up to 4 feet long and weigh 10 pounds or more. They eat everything from bird eggs to small animals and plants. The big tegus remain an issue in Tattnall and Toombs counties. Four Argentine black and white tegus were recently reported, on both sides of the county lin...
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Alabama) bipartisan Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024 unanimously. Sen. Tuberville's legislation reauthorizes the Poison Control Centers (PCC) Network program through 2029, providing lifesaving care to millions of families. Identical legislation cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously in March. "Poison Centers across the country play a critical role in keeping our families and kids safe," said...
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Selma) celebrated the announcement by the U.S. Department of the Interior of its plans to nominate five Alabama Civil Rights sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Alabama sites designated for potential nomination include: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama Greyhound Bus Terminal, Anniston,...
Last week Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the laundry rooms of middle-class Americans. The administration's new rule attempts to further the environmental left's ambitious energy agenda by imposing costly new standards on washing machines. Marshall and the other AGs warn that Biden's regulations will only make it more expensive to purchase new washing machines continuing to...
On Friday, Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced the arrest of a Montgomery County man on a charge of Human Trafficking in the First Degree for commercial sex acts involving a juvenile. Terrell Bailey, age 27, of Montgomery, was arrested on Thursday by Special Agents of the Attorney General's Office with assistance from the United States Marshals Service and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and taken to the Montgomery County Jail. Bailey was arrested on a complaint and warrant...
On Wednesday Secretary of State Wes Allen (R), along with five other conservative Secretaries of State, signed a joint statement on election integrity and opposing the federalization of state election processes at the Republican National Convention yesterday. "I am always proud to stand alongside other conservative election officials to publicly call for strong, common sense election integrity measures," said Secretary Allen. "This statement emphasizes several areas of concern in election...
On Thursday, the state of Alabama executed twice-convicted murder, Keith Gavin, at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama: "Tonight, Keith Gavin was executed by lethal injection after having been convicted by a jury of his peers for the murder of William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Centre, Alabama," said Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. "There is no doubt about Gavin's guilt for this heinous offense. In 1998, Gavin was identified by four witnesses, including his own...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) announced that she will join a bipartisan Congressional delegation, led by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom. Farnborough is the largest biennial trade show in the world and will showcase aerospace manufacturers and suppliers from Alabama and across the globe. Last year, Alabama exports of aerospace products and parts jumped 23% to $2.1 billion. The industry...
On Frida, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) filed a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida's request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court's order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Like half the states in the country and many European nations, Florida puts age limits on sex-change procedures, prohibiting the...
On Monday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that the Renewal of Alabama Commission has allocated over $15.5 million in Growing Alabama funding to seven economic development organizations across the state in an attempt to speed the development of industrial sites. The Growing Alabama program provides a tax credit to eligible taxpayers who make contributions to economic development organizations for approved qualifying projects. Alabama taxpayers donating to an economic development...
The Florida recreational spiny lobster sport season is on July 24 and 25 and will reopen August 6 and run through March 31, 2025. The harvest regulations are that the lobsters must be a minimum 3-inch carapace length (measured in water) to be harvested. Harvesters may take six lobsters per day in Monroe County and Biscayne National Park, or 12 lobsters per day in all other state waters. Learn more about bag limits, size limits, where to harvest and other regulations at MyFWC.com/Marine by clicki...
On Monday, Congressmen Robert B. Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Missouri) introduced the Deliver for Democracy Act in the House of Representatives. This bipartisan piece of legislation will accomplish three objectives: 1) Require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to either achieve at least a 95% on-time delivery rate for periodicals (as highlighted in their own plan) or an improvement of at least 2 percentage points to use its 2% surcharge authority for that class of mail. 2)...
Birmingham, AL – Tonight, U.S. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (AL-07), Alabama's State Delegation Chair to the Democratic National Convention, announced that Alabama's Delegation has voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to serve as the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States. "Alabama's delegates are all in for Kamala Harris!" said Delegation Chair Terri A. Sewell. "We are immensely grateful to President Biden for his transformative leadership and we look f...
7-23-2024 On Monday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of elven States in a public comment letter opposing the Biden Administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The comment letter was submitted in response to the Department of Justice's Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding the proposed change. Moving marijuana to Schedule III would be a significant step toward fully...
On Wednesday, the border security group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) released a statement charging that new Democratic Party candidate for President, Vice President Kamala Harris, earned the nickname "Biden's Border Czar" from Republicans after deploying to illegal immigration contributor nations to hand out money "aid" as part of what they called 'an obviously failed "root causes strategy."' ALIPAC charged he Biden-Harris administration "has supported, facilitated, and funded...
Attention dog lovers. If you need a new best friend you need to meet Ralph. Ralph is seven-months old male of mixed breed heritage, possibly some Labrador retriever. He weighs about 40 lbs. He and his siblings, were found dumped in the woods and luckily were brought to the Elmore County Animal shelter. He is a fun pup, great with other dogs, tail wags a mile a minute, just looking for a family to call his own. The Elmore County Humane Society adoption fees are just $100 for dogs and $50 for...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), Tim Kaine (D-Virginia.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) called on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to end his government's continued campaign to wrongfully seize land owned and operated by Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan is a respected Alabama-based construction aggregates producer. Last week, President Obrador issued a declaration that would designate Vulcan's land and port as a naturally p...
If likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is elected to be the President of the United States, she would be the ninth President to have at least one foreign born parent. The first was Thomas Jefferson (Anti-Federalist). Jefferson's mother was born in England. His father was a Virginia planter. The second was Andrew Jackson (D). Both of Jackson's parents were both born in Ireland. President James Buchanan's (D) father was also born in Ireland. President Chester Arthur's (R)...
