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On Tuesday, Birmingham Southern College (BSC) announced that it will cease operations on May 31. The Board of Trustees made the decision after months of negotiations with the state of Alabama on a bailout proved fruitless. Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) released a statement regarding the decision by the Birmingham-Southern College Board of Trustees to cease operations. "This is a great loss not only for the Birmingham community but for the entire state of Alabama," Sewell said. "For...
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) issued a statement on Tuesday to remind Alabama citizens that the deadline to register to vote before the April 16, 2024 primary runoff election is next Monday, April 1, 2024. "As Secretary of State, I want to encourage all eligible Alabama citizens to register to vote and to exercise this constitutional right," said Secretary Allen. "I am proud to know that the Primary Election was administered with election integrity and security as the top priority,...
House Democrats took a seat from Republicans on Tuesday when Democrat Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell in the special election for House District 10 in Madison County. Only 5,965 voters cast ballots in the special election to fill the seat that was previously held by Republican Rep. David Cole (R-Madison). Cole pled guilty to voter fraud for voting in a precinct in which he did not actually reside and resigned last year creating the vacancy. Marilyn Lands received 3,715 votes...
On Tuesday, independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he has chosen Nicole Shanahan to be his vice-presidential pick. The 38-year-old California attorney is a wealthy philanthropist who has supported Democratic candidates in the past. Kennedy had tried to challenge incumbent President Joseph R. Biden (D) in the Democratic primary but was barred by party bosses who sought to avoid a serious primary challenge for the 81-year-old incumbent. Shanahan has never held an...
On Monday, Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) announced that he has hired Marshall Macheledt as his Legislative Director and Christian Gentile as his National Security Advisor. "It's a blessing to add two experienced policy staffers to my team," said Moore. "My staff and I have made it a priority to keep the people we serve well-informed, and I am confident these new hires will help us take that standard to the next level." Macheledt will now lead Moore's legislative team. He was formerly a...
On Wednesday, Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl said that Democrats "got lucky" in their blowout win in Alabama House District 10 special election. Wahl blamed the candidate and his team for their lackluster performance in which only 14% of voters bothered to even show up. "National Democrats are trying to insinuate that House District 10 is a bellwether decision, not just for Alabama but also for the entire country," Chairman Wahl said in a statement. "What they forget to say is that...
Former President Donald J. Trump (R) has partners with County music performer and songwriter Lee Greenwood on a new project – selling Bible. Greenwood dominated the country music charts in the 1980s and 1990s, but no song hit it bigger than his 'God Bless the USA' which has become almost another national anthem along with the 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'God Bless America.' Greenwood – now age 81 – has printed a new King James Version Bible that includes the Declaration of Independence, the C...
Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) released a statement after a young girl in his hometown of Enterprise, Alabama, was allegedly a victim of first-degree rape. Authorities say that the girl's assailant was reportedly a migrant who is in the country illegally. "My prayers are with this young girl and her family," said Rep. Moore. "Thanks to Biden's reprehensible open border policies, every town is a border town, including mine," said Moore. "Biden undid every single one of President Trump's...
The Birmingham Southern College (BSC) board of trustees voted unanimously to shut down the troubled liberal arts college at their meeting earlier this week when it became apparent that a bailout from the state of Alabama was not coming. Now the last remaining BSC students are struggling to figure out where they are going to complete their studies. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has stepped up to help. UAB is offering incentives for students looking to stay in the Birmingham area....
Beginning May 7, 2025, every air traveler will need a REAL ID compliant license / ID (STAR ID) or another form of identification for domestic air travel. STAR ID's are issued to qualified individuals only at Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Driver License exam offices. Individuals who do not have an unexpired U.S. passport will need an Alabama STAR ID to board commercial aircraft for domestic flights or to enter certain regulated federal facilities no later than May 7, 2025. Visit HERE (https://ww...
With the 2024 presidential election well underway, voters are again choosing between two familiar candidates as President Joe Biden squares off former President Donald J. Trump. Both camps are fighting for every available vote—and every campaign dollar. So far this year, Biden has raised $16.9 million from individual donors—more than 40 times what Trump has raised. However, that's mostly due to the large number of Republican primary candidates, as well as the fact that Trump donors tend to giv...
More than 39 million adults with a substance use disorder did not receive treatment in 2022, according to the latest data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Nearly 95% of those not receiving treatment didn't believe they needed help—but for 1.8 million adults who thought they did, barriers to treatment left them unwilling or unable to get support. Counseling Schools analyzed findings from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (the most recent data avail...
On Wednesday Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL07) announced that she secured $13.1 million for thirteen community projects in Alabama's Seventh Congressional District in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding package that she voted for and helped pass. Sewell said that the projects respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Alabama's Seventh District. "Since day one, it has been my mission to bring more resources and better opportunities to the people of Alabama's 7th Congressional D...
There are two days in the year reserved by Christians as their holiest days of the year. One is Christmas Day and the other is Easter Sunday. Easter is celebrated as the day that Jesus of Nazareth, Christians believe, was resurrected from the dead. Demonstrating once and for all that He is God. Whether you believe the Gospel accounts or not, most people of conscience recognize the religious importance of Easter for millions of Christians around the world and would not say or do anything to...
On Monday, Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl issued a statement denouncing President Joseph R. Biden's proclamation prioritizing Transgender Visibility Day over Easter Sunday. "Ronald Reagan once said, '...without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure," said Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl. "'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.' This weekend it became clear that the values of the Biden Administration are not in...
Congressmen Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Adam Smith (D-Washington), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a joint statement after returning from a congressional delegation to Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. Joining them on the delegation were Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-California) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas). Both Carbajal and Escobar are members of the committee. "This delegation comes at a critical time," the Chairman and Ranking member sa...
Last week, Maggie's List, a prominent federal political action committee (PAC) dedicated to electing fiscally conservative women to office, announced that they have endorsed Caroleene Dobson for Alabama's 2 nd Congressional District in the primary runoff election to be held on April 16, 2024. Claire Austin is the Alabama Chairman of Maggie's List. "We are proud to endorse Caroleene Dobson for Congress in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District," said Chairman Austin. "Caroleene understands the...
Republican voters go to the polls in Alabama House of Representatives District 27 today to select their next state representative. HD27 became vacant earlier this year when Rep. Wes Kitchens (R-Arab) was elected to the Alabama Senate. There are six candidates running for this seat. They are: Stacy George, Bill Hancock, Alan Miller, Jeana Ross, Bill Stricklend, and Billy Todd. Stacy George is a former Morgan County Commissioner and two-time Republican candidate for Governor of Alabama. George...
The 2024 presidential election is underway, and voters are getting ready to choose between two familiar candidates. President Joe Biden is once again set to face former president Donald J. Trump, and both teams are fighting for every available vote—and every campaign dollar. So far this year, Trump has raised $403,415 from individual donors. The amount is a far cry from the more than $75 million he received before the 2016 general election; however, that's mostly due to the large number of R...
The Alabama Democratic Party announced last week that candidate qualifying for House district 52 would begin on Monday, April 1. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that a special election would be set for Alabama House District 52. This seat was previously held by Rep, John Rogers, (D-Birmingham) whose resignation was effective March 13, 2024. Rogers resigned after pleading guilty to a fraud scheme in which he and his accomplice took $200,000 in kickbacks of taxpayer dollars that were...
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined his colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden demanding answers on how his administration intends to proceed with constructing a temporary pier in Gaza. The letter was also cosigned by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina),...
Republican primary voters went to the polls in Alabama House of Representatives District 27. Just 3,579 Republicans voted in this special election – even though there were six very different candidates on the special election ballot. According to preliminary results, Jeana Ross will be in a runoff on April 30 with Alan Miller. Miller beat out Bill Stricklend by 205 votes according to the numbers at the Secretary of State's website at press time. Ross had 1,404 votes (39.23%), while Miller had 7...
Both Houses of the Alabama Legislature have passed versions of the gambling bill. The two versions are dramatically different. On Thursday the House of Representatives voted not to concur with the Senate version of the bill. This means that they have sent the issue to a conference committee. That six-member conference committee will then be tasked with preparing a version of the gambling bill that can pass both Houses of the Legislature – a difficult task. "From the very beginning, we had t...
On Thursday, Alabama Secretary of State Allen (R) commented in response to a lawsuit filed by the NAACP and other groups challenging Alabama's legislation recently passed to ban ballot harvesting. Allen said that he stands by his previous statements supporting the legislation, SB1. "I am dedicated to ensuring fair, secure, and transparent elections. SB1 provides Alabama voters with strong protection against activists who profit from the absentee elections process," said Allen. "I stand firm in...
On Wednesday, a federal court unsealed two indictments against and arrested, Benjamin Douglas Calvert – age 26 of Irondale – in connection with a bomb detonated outside of the Alabama Attorney General's building in Montgomery on February 24. A second explosive device was later recovered undetonated in Montgomery. The case was unsealed Wednesday by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Calvert will appear in federal court in Montgomery Wednesday. "Thanks to the work of the F...
