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The Alabama Attorney General's Office is the primary consumer protection agency in the state of Alabama. In that role, on Friday Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced the Circuit Court of Shelby County has granted a preliminary injunction against Legend Windows, LLC and individuals affiliated with the business, Jody Ray Whitworth, Bobby Ray Whitworth, and Robin Simmons Willard. The company has taken $181,000 from consumers in an alleged scam. Friday's action comes after the court...
The Washington Post's Ishaan Tharoor is reporting that fighting between two rival warlords in Sudan has escalated to an all-out civil war that has threatened the food security of close to a million people. In April 2023 fighting began in the capital city of Khartoum between forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-BURHAN, the top commander of the Sudanese armed forces, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, "Hemedti", who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a militia with a long history of...
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) spoke with members of the Alabama press corps on Wednesday about the attempt on former President Donald J. Trump's (R) life. Tuberville urged that the Secret Service provide full transparency into the investigation of went wrong that day. "On July 13 our nation watched in horror as a 20-year-old man tried to take the life of President Donald Trump at a political rally in Pennsylvania," Sen. Tuberville said. "We were centimeters away from one of the...
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29, 2024 – last week, Senator Katie Britt wrote Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin highlighting the funding shortfall facing the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) Phase 2 construction project. MSIC is a Department of Defense (DOD) service intelligence center focusing on the analysis and assessment of foreign air and missile defense systems, ballistic missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, anti-satellite missile s...
On Monday, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) released a statement warning Alabama citizens about a misleading public service announcement currently airing in Alabama. Allen is accusing the League of Women Voters with data mining Alabama citizens personal data. Allen says that the PSA, distributed by Vote411, an operation of the League of Women Voters, instructs Alabamians to register to vote using the Vote411 website. The website captures the website visitor's personal data including thei...
State Republican leaders are cracking down on rural members of their own party who oppose universal school vouchers, which allow families to take a portion of their state's education funding away from public schools to pay for their child's private education. Rural state legislators have been more likely to oppose school voucher laws because they worry the programs will weaken local public schools without ensuring educational investments for rural students. Opposition to vouchers has been a...
The Southeastern U.S. was responsible for nearly 90% of the population growth that occurred in rural America last year, a Daily Yonder analysis of 2023 Census Bureau data shows. From 2022 to 2023, nonmetropolitan (rural) counties in the South grew by 0.54%, adding an estimated 95,800 residents. Nationally, rural America gained 108,000 residents, meaning rural counties outside the South added only 12,200 people. Rural America overall grew by about 0.24% last year, as we previously reported. The...
A refinery outage in Illinois is still causing higher gasoline prices in the Midwest while the rest of the country enjoys prices that have more or less plateaued for the last month. Prices have risen the most in the last week in states including Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. But prices remain lower, overall, compared to a year ago by nearly 20 cents. "Oil prices have fallen quite a bit lately," AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said in a statement Thursday. "In April, a barrel of oil...
The combination of inflation and increased work-from-home opportunities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted migration patterns across the United States, the effects of which are still being felt in 2024, according to the latest Census Bureau data. In the first year of the pandemic, migration out of densely populated, expensive cities like New York and San Francisco was especially notable. Many moved to Sun Belt states where the weather is warmer and the cost of living significantly...
MOBILE, Ala., July 29, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) attended and delivered remarks at an event celebrating the U.S. Department of Transportation's $550 million grant for the controversial I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. USDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) hosted the event to celebrate Alabama as a recipient of this competitive grant. Britt was joined by Governor Kay Ivey (R), Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, Fairhope City Councilman Jack Burrell, Congressm...
Alabama begins screening newborns for two additional genetic disorders The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is excited to announce that on July 29, 2024, the Bureau of Clinical Laboratories began testing for two treatable genetic disorders. Newborn screening can alert healthcare providers to the potential for a condition that is typically not apparent at birth. With a simple blood screen and treatment, most affected babies have the opportunity to avoid death and disability and grow up...
July 30, 2024 - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) on Tuesday voted for the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act to better protect kids using social media, empower parents, and hold platforms accountable. This legislation effectively combines major elements of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). Britt was a cosponsor of both of these bills. "Social media presents a very real danger for all Americans, especially children and...
Successful brands have long recognized the importance of giving ad campaigns a face. Though seemingly new, the trend to use influential figures in marketing stems from a storied past of using fictional characters (think Ronald McDonald or "Mikey" for Life Cereal) and celebrities in high-profile campaigns. But with the rise of social media, brands have turned to influencers—often everyday people who benefit from being more relatable, authentic, and trustworthy than untouchable celebrities—to pro...
On July 30, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) introduced Lulu's Law-named in honor of 15-year-old Lulu Gribbin from Mountain Brook, Alabama. Lulu's Law would codify shark attacks as events for which wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) may be transmitted. This would encourage authorized local, state, tribal, and federal government authorities to quickly deploy warnings via mobile phone alert messages to the public if a shark has attacked someone or if the conditions enhancing the p...
On Monday, President Joseph R. Biden (D) introduced broad proposal he claims are necessary "to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law." President Biden wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post that his proposals are necessary to restore public trust in the judicial system. "We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power and restore the public's faith in our judicial system." Biden is upset that the current Supreme Court has made a number of rulings that...
The situation in the Middle East was shaken on Tuesday when Israel announced that it had killed Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah's most senior military commander, with an attack on a headquarters building in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. In a separate incident, Iran announced that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political wing, was killed in Iran. Iran describes Haniyeh's killed as "an assassination." Hamas and Iran are both blaming Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces declined to comment on Haniyeh's...
(Ashland, Ala) -Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announces the arrest of Terry Andrew Heflin, the Democratic candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission, on 7 felony counts of voter fraud. Heflin, 45, a resident of Clay County, was charged with 7 counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Heflin falsified applications to vote absentee for multiple people and then used those people's names to vote for himself by absentee ballot. Each...
On Wednesday, July 31. 2025, the Alabama Department of Public Health cautioned the public about preventing mosquito bites in order to protect themselves from mosquito-borne diseases. In Alabama, mosquito-borne diseases include Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are a clear and present danger – especially in the summer months. WNV is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States. Both WNV and EEEV can cause severe illness and death. N...
Jasper, Alabama, July 31st, 2024 – State Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper), President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate, announced the installment of a new Safe Haven Baby Box in Jasper, Alabama. "Alabama is a place that firmly believes in the sanctity and preciousness of life," said Senator Greg Reed. "We have fostered a culture of life with the foundational ideal that all children are gifts from God that deserve love and protection, and I am so thankful this new baby box will provide a safe and c...
On Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces attacked a building in a suburb in Beirut, Lebanon. Among the dead was top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr. Shukr is believed to have been a planner in the senseless killing of 241 Marines in Lebanon in 1983. On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) speaking in a phone interview with the Alabama Press Corps, applauded the killing of Shukr – who is believed to have been involved in the senseless rocket attack that killed 14 teens and c...
The legal watchdog Judicial Watch announced that it has filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against NBC for airing obscene and indecent content from the Olympics Opening Ceremony. The Judicial Watch FCC complaint was filed by Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "NBC and its various stations/outlets on TV, cable and Internet carried (and continues to make available) the Olympics Opening Ceremony on July 26, which included an adult male purposefully exposing...
July 31, 2024, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) delivered a floor speech urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) to bring the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was recently passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) to the floor for a vote. Sen. Tuberville fought for key amendments to ensure the U.S. military remains the most lethal fighting force in the world. Tuberville highlighted the continued need to support Israel and the woke...
On Wednesday, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said that the arrest and indictment of Terry Andrew Heflin of Clay County, Alabama for felony absentee ballot fraud sends the message that we are serious about election integrity. "I have been traveling this state and talking about absentee ballot application fraud and absentee ballot election fraud for years," said Allen. "I have been clear from day one that I take election fraud seriously, and I was not kidding. When my office was made aware o...
July 31, 2024 – U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), respectively Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, on Wednesday wrote Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald L. Rowe Jr. seeking information regarding the U.S. Secret Service's Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budgetary needs. This comes after the near assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump (R). Sens. Britt and Murphy said that this is a...
August 1, 2024, former State Rep. John Rogers (R-Birmingham) was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud underprivileged children. Rogers admitted in his plea agreement to having awarded $400,000 in Jefferson County Community Service dollars to the Piper Davis recreational league run by "Coach" Fred Plump. Instead of the money going to the underprivileged children Plump (who was elected to the Alabama Legislature himself in 2022 with Rogers' endorsement)...
