The media watchdog group named Alabama Citizens for Media Accountability (ACMA) that launched last month has ties with Yellowhammer News. The group’s goal is ”exposing leftwing bias in the Alabama and national media,” according to the group’s Facebook page. ACMA’s executive director, Elizabeth Thames BeShears, is a 2012 graduate of the University of Alabama. A former… Continue Reading
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced today that it will bring suit against the State of Alabama challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s prohibition against recognition of out-of-state marriages of gay and lesbian Alabamians. SPLC’s lawsuit, on behalf of Alabamian Paul Hard, will be filed in federal court. Hard married his partner, Charles David Fancher, in Massachusetts, which… Continue Reading
Last Thursday night, Republican State Executive Committee Member and small business owner Jonathan Barbee gathered with family and friends at the Alabama Republican Party headquarters where he formally qualified to run for Place 2 on the Public Service Commission. Barbee’s qualifying hardly came as any surprise. He announced his candidacy last August and has traveled… Continue Reading
Dothan resident and small business owner, Bobby Lewis, qualified with the Alabama Republican Party last Friday as a candidate for State House District 85. Known locally as “The Mater Man,” Lewis runs a family farm and owns Bobby Lewis Auction and Real Estate. “My goal is to make our district pro-growth, focusing on bringing in… Continue Reading
Q: Why did O.J. Simpson want to move to Alabama? A: They all have the same DNA. Q: What do you call a genius in Alabama? A: A visitor. Q: What’s the best thing to ever come out of Alabama? A: I-20 We’ve heard them all before, right? The other 49 states in the union love to… Continue Reading
Yesterday, Gov. Robert Bentley recognized eight Alabama companies for their excellence in exporting to foreign nations. These companies contributed to the more than $19.3 billion Alabamian exports that left our ports, runways, and railroads in 2013. Last year’s exports figure, released by the Alabama Department of Commerce, marks a fifty-seven percent increase in export revenue… Continue Reading
A sign arose above Birmingham last week to the chagrin of any citizen with functional eyes. Not a sign in the biblical sense, like a plague of locusts; but a sign in the literal sense — still a plague, though. Buffalo Rock hoisted up a behemoth of a sign advertising Pepsi above one of Birmingham’s… Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) is urging the U.S. House to pass H.R. 3826, a bill that would roll back regulation of carbon dioxide pollution, the primary greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted in burning coal. The so-called “Electricity Security and Affordability Act” is an effort by congressional Republicans to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from… Continue Reading
Its Ash Wednesday folks! With the exception of Eastern Orthodox Christians (whose Lent began Monday) this day is observed throughout Christendom by Roman Catholics and many Protestant denominations alike, signifying the beginning of Lent 46 days before Easter. With this comes the tradition of giving something up. Many people give up chocolate or sodas, or… Continue Reading
It was a little after the evening news when Alabama first became a part of my life. Boredom and due diligence combined to alter my life’s path when I was a senior in high school living outside of Philadelphia. My SAT scores, my GPA, my extracurriculars — every thing I needed to go to college… Continue Reading
We are now more than two-thirds of the way through this year’s legislative session in Montgomery and, once again, our state leaders have denied the voters of Alabama the chance to vote on a statewide lottery. This goes beyond just arguing over the merits of a state lottery. This is about democracy! How can we… Continue Reading
Too many American families are still struggling in this tough economy, and rising energy bills are squeezing family budgets even more. One of the coldest winters in years has made matters worse, driving up heating costs nationwide. That’s why the House acted this week to lower energy costs through commonsense reforms that will boost domestic… Continue Reading
Former Congressman Parker Griffith could be ramping up for a gubernatorial campaign, WHNT News 19 reported earlier today. Griffith was elected to the US House as a Democrat in 2008 before running for reelection unsuccessfully as a Republican in 2010 and again in 2012. “The Alabama Democratic Party recently voted to reinstate Griffith” indicating that the candidate’s… Continue Reading
Will Republican Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle decide to take on incumbent Gov. Robert Bentley in the Republican primary? As reported by AL.com, Mayor Battle will make his announcement tomorrow. Battle’s former mayoral campaign website, www.tommybattle.com, has been made-over into a splash page that screams, as if it is for a statewide campaign, “Moving Alabama Forward.” Note, it says… Continue Reading
