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Tea Party group endorses Mo Brooks in Senate race

By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A Tea Party Political Action Committee announced yesterday their endorsement of Alabama US Representative Mo Brooks in his campaign for the Senate seat left vacant by Jeff Sessions’ appointment to Attorney General. The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund endorsed Brooks yesterday calling him a “fearless leader and a fighter” … Continued

July 28, 2017

Merrill says Alabama still won’t send voter info to Feds as Commission postpones data request

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter WASHINGTON — The Federal Commission created by President Donald Trump to audit the nation’s election system has postponed a controversial request to states seeking voter roles and personal voter data. But it doesn’t look like it will change Alabama’s response. The Commission vice chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, … Continued

July 11, 2017

Combatting illegal immigration

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Kate Steinle became a household name in 2015 after the 32-year old was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco. It was a horrific event that shined light on some serious flaws in our Nation’s immigration system. The man who killed her, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, was in our … Continued

July 11, 2017

Shelby supports Trump’s picks for Alabama’s US Attorneys

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, June 15, 2017, President Trump nominated Jay E. Towns, Louis V. Franklin, Sr., and Richard W. Moore to be the three US Attorneys for Alabama. Friday, June 16, 2017, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) released a statement supporting Trump’s picks for US Attorneys in Alabama. Senator Shelby said … Continued

June 19, 2017

NPR audience boos Jim Zeigler

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, June 10, 2017, NPR broadcast its “Weekend Edition Saturday” from Birmingham’s Lyric Theater. State Auditor Jim Zeigler was the only Republican invited on the show. Zeigler said afterwards that he was also the only guest interrupted and booed by the largely Democratic live audience. Show host Scott Simon … Continued

June 13, 2017

Alabama roads face grim future

Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Alabama drivers spent $4.2 billion in unnecessary costs due to poor road quality according to a new report. The report was compiled by TRIP, a non-profit research organization, in February 2017. They classify these costs as vehicle operating costs, congestion-related costs and traffic accidents. TRIP attributed these costs to the … Continued

March 29, 2017

Donald Trump and his bitter Twitter

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter President Donald Trump knows how to make news, and he very often does that through Twitter. It appears, though, he knows more about making “fake news” than the real stuff, even though his Twitter handle is @realDonaldTrump. Better than “@real” would be “@shrill.” The President loves the “ALL CAPS!” … Continued

March 22, 2017

Republican Trump supporters upset over alleged Democrat appointees (even though one is not an appointee)

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Republican reaction to a story reprinted by The Montgomery Independent from an original story in Inside Alabama Politics (IAP), has resulted in a petition letter to President Donald Trump asking him not to appoint Democrats to Federal positions in the Middle Judicial District of Alabama. The petition arose from an … Continued

March 14, 2017

Official State Republican women’s group denies support for small lending legislation

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Recently the word has gone out that the “Republican women” are supporting legislation to further regulate small lenders and place a 36 percent cap on all loans. In the political arena, there are often strange alliances created to accomplish a given task. Shay Farley, representing the Southern Poverty Law … Continued

March 1, 2017

As Trump gives one trillion to states for aging infrastructure, please someone other than Bentley serve as the Alabama conduit

By State Auditor Jim Zeigler President Donald Trump is rapidly moving to release one trillion dollars to the states to refurbish aging infrastructure. There will be some competition. The states must submit proposals. The plans for how to spend the money are up to each state to devise, subject to light approval by the Trump … Continued

January 26, 2017