spending

Congress

Rep. Sewell votes against “partisan” Republican spending bill

Sewell opposed the Republican spending bill, criticizing its impact on healthcare, veterans' benefits and education.

September 22, 2025

Opinion

The debt is real — and so is the hypocrisy

Alabama’s congressman rails against waste yet backs multitrillion-dollar bills, delaying real spending cuts and passing the burden onto future generations.

Case Dixon

May 23, 2025

Opinion

Jerry Carl: The lame duck Congress returns

My priority will be making sure your tax dollars are spent wisely.

Jerry Carl

November 29, 2022

Sen. Richard Shelby passes FY22 appropriation bills

The package will now be sent to the president’s desk for his signature.

March 14, 2022

2021 holiday spending hits record $17 billion, 15.4 percent growth

As Alabama Retail predicted, holiday sales grew by double digits for the second year in a row.

February 10, 2022

Growing majority of Alabamians want more spent on education, survey says

Respondents were divided on how to pay for it, but most think that internet sales taxes should be distributed differently.

Micah Danney

May 28, 2021

Sessions, Tuberville build campaign war chests headed toward runoff

Former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) is running in the July 14 Republican Party primary runoff against former Auburn head football Coach Tommy Tuberville. Both turned in Federal Elections Commission reports showing campaign activity through the end of April when Alabamians were still under shelter in place orders to fight the spread of the coronavirus. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

May 26, 2020

Polls, talk radio push attacks on Ivey, but is she worried?

Since Gov. Kay Ivey made known the existence of the “wish list” of spending items the Legislature proposed for the approximate $1.8 billion in federal relief money, some lawmakers have been up in arms. But the “wish list” wasn’t a hastily drawn-up inventory of hypothetical projects as some have suggested. The Legislative Services Agency formatted … Continued

Bill Britt

May 14, 2020

Opinion

Notes on a theme: Nonsense

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Mammoth prison spending contract headed to contract review The State of Alabama is entering into a contract to pay Wexford Health Sources Inc., nearly $400 million over the next two years to provide, “comprehensive healthcare including medical and mental health care and management services to state inmates,” according to … Continued

Bill Britt

February 28, 2018

Brooks takes another jab at “smoke and mirrors” budget deal

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, is making it well known that he is not happy with the recent bipartisan budget deal — a wide-ranging agreement that upped federal spending levels to the disdain of fiscal conservatives in the House. Congress passed the two-year spending bill last week, ending months … Continued

Chip Brownlee

February 15, 2018