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June 7, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced she is tapping Cynthia Lee Almond to serve as president of the Public Service Commission. This fills the seat previously held by Twinkle Cavanaugh, who has taken a role with the Trump Administration. "Cynthia has proven to be an extremely effective public servant and leader, and I am confident the people of Alabama will be even better served when she takes the helm at the Public Service Commission," said Governor Ivey. "...
MOBILE, AL - Kyle Sweetser has officially launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate, challenging the current political landscape in Alabama. The Mobile businessman is running as a Democrat, positioning himself as a candidate who claims to understand the struggles of everyday Americans and is committed to restoring the American Dream. "America was founded on freedom from oppression," said Sweetser on his website. "But today, too many Americans work 40 hours a week and barely make the rent....
The most volatile major currencies in 2025 2025 has proven to be an unusually volatile year for foreign exchange movements. The Trump administration and ongoing conflicts have led to frequent exchanges between world leaders and policymakers, while record-high tariffs are affecting global trade more significantly than we have seen since the 2000s. Since 2020, the world has seen many disturbances compared to a much more geopolitically stable first part of the millennium. Between COVID-19, new...
A father holding his newborn baby at the hospital a day after birth. Lopolo // Shutterstock Brain study identifies a cost of caregiving for new fathers Parenting makes the heart grow fonder, and the brain grow … smaller? Several studies have revealed that the brain loses volume across the transition to parenthood, Darby Saxbe, a psychology professor at the University of Southern California, writes for The Conversation. But researchers are still figuring out what these changes mean for parents. I...
CULLMAN, AL – Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry (R) has announced that he's stepping up to run for the Alabama Public Service Commission, answering what he calls a God-given calling to serve the good people of Alabama in a new way. Born and raised in Cullman County, Sheriff Gentry has spent his life standing up for his community and doing what's right. From enlisting in the United States Marine Corps out of high school, and soon after, starting his career as a deputy sheriff in Cullman C...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken McFeeters recently joined the Brandon and Christopher Show (BCS) Podcast to discuss his campaign and his vision for Alabama. McFeeters is running for Governor against popular U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) in the Republican primary. McFeeters accused Tuberville of being the "establishment" choice for Governor. "We cannot continue to elect establishment candidates and expect anything to change," said McFeeters. "If we keep getting establishment...
June 5, 2025 - LANETT, AL – Kristin Nelson has announced her candidacy for State House District 38, as she launches a campaign centered on strengthening public safety to protect our neighborhoods and schools, supporting local communities through economic opportunity, protecting Alabamians' educational freedoms, and adding meaningful tax relief for working families. "As someone who grew up on the Chambers Lee County line, I know firsthand our district is full of hard-working families who are doin...
Student absences have surged since COVID-19. Some lawmakers say parents should be jailed As educators nationwide grapple with stubbornly high levels of student absences since the pandemic drove schools into disarray five years ago, Oklahoma prosecutor Erik Johnson says he has the solution. Throw parents in jail. Chronic absenteeism nearly doubled—to about 30%—the year after the pandemic shuttered classrooms, plunged families into poverty and led to the deaths of more than 1 million Ame...
How the ‘billionaire lifestyle’ at a Park City, Utah, mansion fueled a new movie by the creator of ‘Succession’ The old saying in real estate — that the three most important things are “location, location, location” — also applies to making movies, as evident in the new film, “Mountainhead,” shot this spring near Park City, Utah. The dark comedy — which debuts Saturday evening on HBO (at 6 or 9 p.m. Mountain time, depending on your provider) and starts streaming Saturday at 1:01 a.m. Mountain...
May 7, 2025: - Former Lt. Governor and State Leader George McMillan passed away Easter weekend in Birmingham. George was 81. McMillan had a meteoric career in Alabama politics. He grew up in Greenville where he had extensive family connections. He was a young, superstar politico coming out of high school. He went to Auburn University, where he was a sensational student leader. He was President of the SGA. He met and became good friends with another student leader at Auburn, our current Governor...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice James Letcher "Jay" Mitchell has officially launched his campaign for Alabama Attorney General, marking a significant shift from his judicial career to a more active political role2. Mitchell, a Republican, served on the Alabama Supreme Court from 2019 until his resignation in May 2025. His campaign announcement emphasized his commitment to conservative values, law and order, and advancing the Trump agenda3. A Tough-on-Crime Approach In...
The motto for many turkey hunters this year is, “So close, and yet so far away.” It really is amazing sometimes how close we can be to a good gobbler and yet be unable to take a shot. More than one person has bemoaned this truth to me. I empathize with them. Just today, I got as close to a roosted tom as I possibly could without being seen. He flew down and paced the side of the hill just over the crest from where I was set up. He probably got as close as 40 yards, but I could never see him...
May 28, 2025: When Republicans finally took control of the Alabama Legislature in 2010, they put a conservative stamp on Alabama’s legislative process and lawmaking. They have made sure that Alabamians, and for that matter the rest of the country, know that Alabama is a ruby red Republican state, both socially and fiscally. A good bit of the social posturing has been for show, rather than governing. However, the real impact and resonance has been with the conservative approach to budgeting a...
May 14, 2025: Folks, 2026 is shaping up as one of the best political years in memory in Alabama. The Governor’s, Lt. Governor’s, and Attorney General’s offices and maybe one of our U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs with no incumbent. The jockeying has begun in earnest for all these posts. The Attorney General’s position is a powerful job in Alabama government, and it appears to be attracting several competent competitors. Current Attorney General Steve Marshall has served eight years and is...
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles Director Cam Ward recently joined the Heart of Dixie Podcast to discuss the Bureau, the 2025 legislative session, justice reform, and more. Ward is a former state Senator. In the Alabama Senate, Ward chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Heart of Dixie Podcast is hosted by Alabama Gazette Lead Reporter and Content Manager Brandon Moseley and Baldwin County Attorney Harry Still III....
Tim introduced Jonathon and I to sight fishing last year, during a crappie fishing trip. Then, we only used that method for a few hours. This year’s trip was two days of this technique. And after those two days, we had nearly 100 fish in our cooler. While sight fishing has a few nuances, our method was to use the fishing-finding equipment on the boat to locate underwater structures and to identify the crappies on those structures. Once we identified them, we would cast our bait and watch for t...
This year’s turkey season was full of all kinds of different experiences. I shot and killed. I shot and missed. I witnessed lots of gobblers strutting just out of range and others close enough, but just behind me. There were four jakes that constantly came to my decoy party and would stay until I ran them off. I hunted in the cold, the heat, and the rain. Some days I walked miles and other days I set up only a few feet from my truck. At times there were so many turkeys roaming around my farm, I...
