Merrill responds to lawsuit seeking to prohibit use of electronic voting machines
The lawsuit was filed by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard and State Rep. Tommy Have, R-Scottsboro.
Tommy Hanes
Tommy Hanes to run for re-election
Tommy Hanes is ranked as among the most conservative members of the Alabama Legislature.
Senate approves bill to nullify federal gun control laws
Officials who enforce a federal gun control law could face jail time or fines.
House passes bill to reform Birmingham Pension System
The would increase the pension contribution of Birmingham city employees from 7 percent of their gross pay to 7 and a half percent.
Tommy Hanes supports Mo Brooks’s effort to overturn election
To this point, there is no evidence that there was sufficient voter fraud to have affected the outcome of the election.
Brooks wants Confucius Institutes closed on Alabama campuses
Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, joined State Rep. Tommy Hanes’s effort urging and formally requesting — in a letter that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh — that the state of Alabama ceases supporting and close all Chinese Confucius Institutes on … Continued
Hanes wants to “make China “pay” for COVID-19 crisis
State Rep. Tommy Hanes, R-Bryant, joined a growing movement of Americans angry with China as the death toll continues to mount from the coronavirus global pandemic both in this country and abroad. Rep. Hanes has written a letter to Alabama’s Congressional Delegation urging them to support of the “Holding the Chinese Communist Party Accountable for … Continued
House passes landfill bill allowing alternative materials as temporary cover
The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to change the statutory definition so that temporary “cover” in landfills can be a material other than “earth.” House Bill 140 is sponsored by State Rep. Alan Baker, R-Brewton. The bill allows landfills to use alternative daily covers in place of earth to cover landfills until … Continued
Moore defends recent comments telling Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to go back to Somalia
The Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee has drawn national headlines for a recent resolution calling on Congress to expel Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota. Omar responded to the ALGOP resolution with a denunciation of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore as a “child molester.” Moore responded back, saying that he supports the resolution and told Omar … Continued
Moore says that Omar should go back to Somalia
Wednesday, the war of words between former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, heated up even further. Moore responded to Omar calling him a pedophile; by announcing that he fully supports the Alabama Republican Party resolution calling on the Congress to expel her and slamming her for own reported “numerous sexual … Continued