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By U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne Last year, the country was shocked to learn terrible stories of sexual harassment taking place in the halls of Congress. The stories themselves were horrific, but even worse was the fact that some Members of Congress used taxpayer money to pay settlements. Prior to coming to Congress, I worked for … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, who recently took office as the state’s junior senator, received his committee appointments Tuesday, which include positions on the health and homeland security committees, among others. Senate leadership appointed Jones, who was sworn in Jan. 3, to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, … Continued

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Your wife looks cheap. You drive a cheap car. He was wearing a cheap suit. Insults, right? That’s usually the case when you refer to something or someone as “cheap.” You don’t mean it as a compliment. Here’s one more people shouldn’t be taking as a compliment: Cheap Alabama … Continued

By Congressman Bradley Byrne Over the last few weeks, reporters with television cameras have stood watch in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City to see who is coming and going from meetings with President-elect Donald Trump. Most of the visitors are there to talk to the President-elect about opportunities to serve in … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board’s Democratic majority in a 3 to 2 decision redefined what an employee was in a stunning new joint-employer standard that according to the Wall Street Journal, “Radically rewrites US labor law and upends thousands of business relationships. The majority … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Those of us over 40 remember much different economic times, from the world we have witnessed (and in some cases experienced) since 2008. Stores and restaurants were eager to recruit us, to come work for them by the time we were 14. For those of us who were more of the … Continued