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Moore: “Economy is destroyed” by “tyrants who pander fear in the place of faith”

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statewide order that all restaurants close dine-in services. Bars have been closed across the state and nursing homes across the country are not allowing visitors. Infectious disease experts recommend that meetings of more than ten people be abolished to fight the spread of the coronavirus. This means that sports … Continued
March 20, 2020

Zeigler seeks answers about ALDOT’s proposed new bridge to the beach

Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) released a statement on Thursday announcing that he will be attending the only scheduled hearing on the proposed new Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) bridge over the Intercoastal Waterway. The hearing starts at 5 p.m. at the Gulf Shores Activity Center, 260 Club House Drive and is open to … Continued
November 15, 2018

Independence Day, 241 years ago


By Jim Zeigler,Alabama State Auditor, and Pat Boone, Entertainer 
Many of us Alabamians are enjoying a long Independence Day holiday. For State employees and others who are off work Monday, it is a four-day weekend. 
My family, like many of yours, will enjoy barbecue, the lake (or beach), fireworks, and the gathering of family and … Continued
July 4, 2017
Bradley Byrne

Honoring service to our country

By Rep. Bradley Byrne U.S. House of Representatives On July 4th, 1776, the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and officially adopted the Declaration of Independence. Signing this document was no easy task for the 56 signers. By lending their name to it, they were risking their personal safety, as well as that of their families. … Continued
July 3, 2017

Zeigler and Morrow File Suit to Stop Bentley from Spending BP Dollars on Beachfront Hotel and Conference Center

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, July 27, Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler and State Representative Johnny Mack Morrow (D-Red Bay) filed a bi-partisan civil suit seeking to halt the Bentley administration from spending BP funds without legislative approval on Bentley’s controversial plan to build a $120 million luxury hotel and conference center at … Continued
July 27, 2016

Bentley Still Has Not Knocked Down Beach Wall

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama has some issues in the State General Fund (SGF) including: the most overcrowded prison system in the country; owing over $650 million to the Alabama Trust Fund for raids to prop up the State General Fund; not enough State Troopers to enforce traffic laws; having to cut 32 … Continued
May 27, 2016

Byrne Amendment Passes House to Protect Gulf States Funding Under GOMESA

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, July 8, during debate on the Department of Interior Appropriations bill, the House of Representatives adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) to ensure that off-shore oil revenue remains with Alabama and the other Gulf States. US Representative Byrne said on the floor of the … Continued
July 10, 2015

Byrne Concerned BP Money May Not Go to Gulf Coast Communities

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, July 2, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) and Alabama Attorney Genera Luther Strange (R) announced that the State of Alabama would be receiving $2.3 billion over the next 18 years as part of the $18.5 billion global BP settlement deal for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon fire … Continued
July 3, 2015