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A statewide political consulting firm is being launched in North Alabama. Smith Strategies & Solutions, LLC is officially announcing it is beginning operations offering public relations and governmental affairs services to the business community and non-profit organizations. The main operation of the firm will be performing campaign consulting services to candidates seeking public office. The … Continued

If someone was poisoning your neighbors, would you tell them?  Would you speak up? Would you try to stop them? Would you use whatever authority you had to make them stop? Would you hold them accountable? Would you make them clean up their mess? Would you help the people who had been poisoned?  If you … Continued

Drink at your own risk. That is essentially the message that the Trump EPA is planning for citizens who might consume drinking water contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals. Politico reported Thursday that the EPA doesn’t plan to set limits on the amount of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) found in drinking water. That would … Continued

Friday U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense, announced that the full committee has passed the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Chairman Shelby said that the $675 billion funding measure allows for essential investments in our military and supports programs to protect national … Continued

By Staff Alabama Political Reporter A Muslim advocacy group is calling on McDonald’s to fire the employee or employees responsible for what they said was a act of intentional malice toward a Muslim family dining at a franchise of the fast food restaurant in North Alabama. According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations Alabama, a … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 2, a public hearing was held by the Senate Finance and Taxation Education committee on allowing the University of North Alabama to give new hires the option of opting out of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) pension plan, and instead putting their pension contributions and … Continued

By Sen. Arthur Orr With the growing threat of ISIS and other terrorist groups around the world who want to do us harm, it is important now more than ever that our leaders prioritize keeping us safe.  Alabama plays a key role in that goal by being the home to where our nation’s most secure, … Continued