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Like President Trump, J. D. Vance arrived in politics as an outsider. J.D. gained national recognition when he captured hearts and minds with his bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” and the Academy Award-winning movie adaptation. With searing eloquence, he describes the challenges facing working-class America, especially heartland communities decimated by economic decline and cultural decay brought on by global elitist policies. Vance shares his rare perspective as someone who rose from a tro...
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...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (JUL 19, 2024) – The University of Alabama in Huntsville Regional Autism Network (UAH RAN) will offer a two-part workshop to provide important information to primary care providers and caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on Aug. 2 at the Jackson Center. The program is one of five scheduled across the state this summer through The University of Alabama Office for Academic Affairs Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning. UAH is a part of The University o...
Monday, the Republican National Convention kicked off with a bang. Even before the convention formally opened that morning, there were already celebrations being held over U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s tossing of unlawfully-appointed special counsel Jack Straw’s classified document case against President Trump. Even though everyone expects Straw to appeal—the DoJ has already given him permission to do so—this was a major win for Trump, and it set the tone for the day. From the announc...
The state of Alabama has made tremendous strides in getting broadband deeper into the interior of the state. Alabama's politicians liked to talk about rural broadband; but it was progressing at a snail's pace until the state got involved in an effort led by Governor Kay Ivey, former State Senator Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville), and Rep. Randall Shedd (R-Fairview). That effort – bolstered by hundreds of millions of federal dollars – is really starting to make progress as Alabama has gone fro...
In an old biography of William McKinley, the author noted the president’s assassination was on Friday, Sept. 14, 1901, “as were the two previous assassinations on Friday.” It was Good Friday, April 14, 1865, when Lincoln was shot in Washington, and Friday, July 2, 1880, when President Garfield was shot in D.C. Then it struck me that the terrible event that traumatized my generation--the assassination of President Kennedy--was on an awful Friday in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963. This is one of the inexp...
On Sunday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) finally acknowledged what most Americans already knew and that he was increasingly a drag on the Democratic ticket and that they would have a better chance of winning the White House in November if someone else ran as the Democratic nominee. Republican Executive Committee member former State. Rep. Perry O. Hooper Jr. told the Alabama Gazette that everyone already knew that Biden was experiencing a sharp mental decline. "Joe Biden's decision not to run...
Democratic nominee Kelvin Datcher appears to be the winner in the House District 52 election after his Republican opponent – Carlos Crus – dropped out of the race. Datcher recently won the Democratic primary runoff over Frank Woodson. The Alabama GOP had an extremely short qualifying period in HD52 (ostensibly to avoid Crum having to face a primary opponent); so Crum won the Republican nomination without having to talk to voters as there was no need for a primary. Datcher, on the other han...
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Fifty-five years ago those words were first entered into the annals of history by Neil Armstrong as he became the first man to step on the moon. And while Hollywood didn't commemorate the occasion with a dramatic biopic of the moon landing, Hollywood has provided us with a delightful romantic comedy centered around the Apollo 11 mission with "Fly Me To The Moon". A surprise treat of the summer movie season, "Fly Me To The Moon"...
On Sunday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) released a written statement announcing that he is suspending his campaign to be reelected immediately. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Selma), a longtime Biden supporter, released the following statement expressing her admiration for Biden and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the successor to Biden. "President Joe Biden will go down in history as one of the most consequential and transformational leaders America has ever seen," Sewell wrote....
“I love it when a plan comes together.“ – Col. John “Hannibal” Smith. Someone’s plan came together on Sunday in a big way. In a one page letter, Joe Biden said he would “stand down,” removing himself from consideration for the Democratic nomination for President. He thanked his Vice President for being an “extraordinary partner” but did not endorse Kamala Harris as his successor in the letter. He did endorse her a hour later in a post on X, and claimed to have donated to her through the Biden/Ha...
On Friday, Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced that Alabama's chronically low labor force participation rate for June was just 57.5%. Washington did point out that did amount to an increase of four-tenths of a percentage point from where we were a year ago in June 2023. The percentage of prime-age workers however did increased by 1.4 percentage points to 79.2% over the year. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years. "The number of prime age workers increased...
Since the mid-1970s, one thing has remained constant at the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR): Fred Harders is hard at work in the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division. Harders was recently celebrated for 50 years of service to the State of Alabama, 48 of those with WFF in one capacity or another, the last 24 years as WFF's Assistant Director. And the Chicago native has no plans to stop anytime soon. After getting his undergraduate degree in Minnesota,...
Spirit Airlines will offer the only nonstop flight from Birmingham (BHM) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) beginning this October. Spirit Airlines will provide low-fare travel from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) starting on October 10, 2024. Spirit will have the only nonstop flight from BHM to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). This will also be the first time the airline serves the state of Alabama and will provide low-fare flight options to the Sunshine State and one-stop connections to...
Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that her Washington D.C. and district offices are now accepting applications for fall 2024 interns. College students and recent graduates interested in government and public service are invited to apply for a chance to spend the semester learning about the inner workings of a congressional office. Interns will work closely with Rep. Sewell's staff on a variety of important legislative, communications, and administrative tasks. A...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (JUL 22, 2024) – With the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States projected to skyrocket to 26.4 million by 2030, the need is great for not only producing, but improving, the safety and efficiency of the batteries that power them, as well as cell phones, autonomous unmanned vehicles and smart electronics. Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, are doing their part to ensure Alabama is leading t...
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 Friday, July 26th, 2024, The American Village which is located in Montevallo, Alabama will close out its summer film series with the 1992 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's, "The Last of the Mohicans". For those who are feeling their wallets thin out due to the ever-increasing costs of groceries and gasoline prices, there is some relief for their pocketbook as the admission to the film is free. With the movie being set to begin at seven in the evening in the air conditioned West Wing...
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)...
By now everyone has heard the news that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. An unprecedented event in American history. One cannot even draw a comparison between this and Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal in 1968. Ironically the convention is also in Chicago this year. How does this play out? Which party now has the advantage going into the fall? We will see soon enough. First, one can't help but feel a little sympathy for Joe Biden. He fulfilled his dream of becoming the...
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...
