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There are two days in the year reserved by Christians as their holiest days of the year. One is Christmas Day and the other is Easter Sunday. Easter is celebrated as the day that Jesus of Nazareth, Christians believe, was resurrected from the dead. Demonstrating once and for all that He is God. Whether you believe the Gospel accounts or not, most people of conscience recognize the religious importance of Easter for millions of Christians around the world and would not say or do anything to...
On Monday, Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl issued a statement denouncing President Joseph R. Biden's proclamation prioritizing Transgender Visibility Day over Easter Sunday. "Ronald Reagan once said, '...without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure," said Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl. "'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.' This weekend it became clear that the values of the Biden Administration are not in...
Congressmen Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Adam Smith (D-Washington), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a joint statement after returning from a congressional delegation to Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. Joining them on the delegation were Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-California) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas). Both Carbajal and Escobar are members of the committee. "This delegation comes at a critical time," the Chairman and Ranking member sa...
Last week, Maggie's List, a prominent federal political action committee (PAC) dedicated to electing fiscally conservative women to office, announced that they have endorsed Caroleene Dobson for Alabama's 2 nd Congressional District in the primary runoff election to be held on April 16, 2024. Claire Austin is the Alabama Chairman of Maggie's List. "We are proud to endorse Caroleene Dobson for Congress in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District," said Chairman Austin. "Caroleene understands the...
Republican voters go to the polls in Alabama House of Representatives District 27 today to select their next state representative. HD27 became vacant earlier this year when Rep. Wes Kitchens (R-Arab) was elected to the Alabama Senate. There are six candidates running for this seat. They are: Stacy George, Bill Hancock, Alan Miller, Jeana Ross, Bill Stricklend, and Billy Todd. Stacy George is a former Morgan County Commissioner and two-time Republican candidate for Governor of Alabama. George...
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined his colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden demanding answers on how his administration intends to proceed with constructing a temporary pier in Gaza. The letter was also cosigned by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina),...
Republican primary voters went to the polls in Alabama House of Representatives District 27. Just 3,579 Republicans voted in this special election – even though there were six very different candidates on the special election ballot. According to preliminary results, Jeana Ross will be in a runoff on April 30 with Alan Miller. Miller beat out Bill Stricklend by 205 votes according to the numbers at the Secretary of State's website at press time. Ross had 1,404 votes (39.23%), while Miller had 7...
The Auburn Tigers 2024 football team will be at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday for the annual A-Day game. The game is at 1:00 P.M. and pits Auburn v. Auburn in a battle for playing time next fall and positions on Auburn's 2024 depth chart. Coach Hugh Freeze is back for his second season on the Plains. After a somewhat disappointing 6 and 7 finish in 2023, Freeze has made a lot of changes to his coaching staff. Derrick Nix will be the Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs coach. DJ Durkin...
Both Houses of the Alabama Legislature have passed versions of the gambling bill. The two versions are dramatically different. On Thursday the House of Representatives voted not to concur with the Senate version of the bill. This means that they have sent the issue to a conference committee. That six-member conference committee will then be tasked with preparing a version of the gambling bill that can pass both Houses of the Legislature – a difficult task. "From the very beginning, we had t...
On Thursday, Alabama Secretary of State Allen (R) commented in response to a lawsuit filed by the NAACP and other groups challenging Alabama's legislation recently passed to ban ballot harvesting. Allen said that he stands by his previous statements supporting the legislation, SB1. "I am dedicated to ensuring fair, secure, and transparent elections. SB1 provides Alabama voters with strong protection against activists who profit from the absentee elections process," said Allen. "I stand firm in...
The minor league baseball season is underway. The Birmingham Barons kicked off their 2024 season with a win over the Chattanooga Lookouts. Birmingham scored one run in the first inning and then exploded for five runs in the fourth inning. The blowout victory was sealed in the sixth inning with another six runs. Wilfred Veras had a monster first game for the Barons. He had three hits in his four at bats including one home run and two RBIs. Veras is only 21 years old and appears to have enormous...
It was the first time that the Alabama men's basketball team has ever played in basketball's Final Four; but this is almost as common for UConn as going to the football playoffs is for Alabama. That experience advantage proved to be just a little too much for the Tide to overcome. Bama fell 86 to 72 Saturday night. Alabama pulled close a few times; but every time they did the University of Connecticut Huskies went on a run and UConn's defense was just too much for Alabama. Nate Oats' crew...
On Wednesday, a federal court unsealed two indictments against and arrested, Benjamin Douglas Calvert – age 26 of Irondale – in connection with a bomb detonated outside of the Alabama Attorney General's building in Montgomery on February 24. A second explosive device was later recovered undetonated in Montgomery. The case was unsealed Wednesday by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Calvert will appear in federal court in Montgomery Wednesday. "Thanks to the work of the F...
The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) state executive committee met for its Winter Meeting in Birmingham on Saturday. The ALGOP is optimistic that they can prevail in the November 5 general election and that former President Donald J. Trump (R) will defeat current President Joseph R. Biden (D). John Wahl is the Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party. This is not a battle between Democrats and Republicans; but a battle between darknesssss and light," Wahl said. "It is an honor to fight by your s...
The heated battle for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court race is drawing attention from across the state. On Monday another round of key law enforcement leaders announced their endorsements of Associate Justice Sarah Stewart in her bid to be chief justice. 30 Republican Sheriffs and police chiefs came out to support her effort to be the next Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Stewart is running against former State Senator Bryan Taylor (R-Prattville). "These endorsements...
Early morning on Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to provide emergency military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and other foreign allies. The Democratic legislation passed with the support of more than a dozen Republicans on board. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) was staunchly opposed to the legislation. Following passage Tuberville released a statement in which he said that: "Our Priority Should Be Securing Our Border, Not A War In Eastern Europe." Tuberville has been highly...
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. Congressmen Robert Aderholt (R-AL04) and Gary Palmer (R-AL06) both released statements to explain their decisions to vote for the action. "I cast my vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas because he has failed to stop the invasion of our nation by illegal immigrants, human traffickers, drug smugglers and terrorists," said Congressman Aderholt in a statement. "His f...
On Monday the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 1 (SB1) which makes it illegal for anyone to get paid to go out and assist voters to collect absentee ballots. Republicans have made banning "ballot harvesting" a key legislative goal for the 2024 session. Republican leaders expressed their gratitude to the legislature for voting to pass SB1 – despite Democratic opposition in the Senate. Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth released a statement applauding passage of SB1. "As a freshman member of t...
State Senator Wes Kitchens (R-Arab) spoke to Capital Journal’s Todd Stacy recently to discuss the 2024 Alabama Regular Legislation Session that began last week. Kitchens is the newest member of the Alabama Senate, having been elected and sworn in just last month. Kitchens previously served two terms in the Alabama House of Representatives representing Marshall County. “I was elected in 2018 to the House of Representatives and prior to that I had been a basketball coach,” Senator Kitchens said....
On Thursday, the House Armed Services committee held a hearing on Department of Defense (DoD) programs and initiatives to accelerate innovative technologies, solutions, and capabilities from the research and development enterprise to the warfighter. Rep. Rogers urged the DoD to do a better job of delivering new tools and weapons systems to America’s armed forces in order to get ahead of China. Rogers is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. “Today we continue our review of DoD eff...
On Friday, Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) announced that the Legislature will soon introduce legislation to continue to allow fertility clinics to operate in the state. The decision was in response to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling on in vitro fertilization (IVF)in which the court found against a clinic and ruled that frozen embryos are people under Alabama law. Associate Justice Greg Cook (R) wrote the lone dissenting opinion in the 8 to 1 ruling. At least...
Members of the House Gaming Study Group held a press conference recently to present their controversial gambling bill to the public. The group has been meeting in secret for months without public input as they crafted a controversial gambling bill that would lead to as many as ten casinos across Alabama, The members of the secret committee that spoke to the public for the first time on Wednesday included: State Representatives Chris Blackshear (R-Phenix City), Andy Whitt (R-Harvest), Sam Jones...
The Foundation for Moral Law, an Alabama-based nonprofit organization, recently announced that they have filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court urging the Court to take the case of 39 military chaplains who claimed that they suffered discrimination because of their religious objections to the COVID vaccine. The chaplains come from many branches of the armed forces and denominations and ranging in rank from First Lieutenant to Colonel. The chaplains refused to take the vaccine...
On Monday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that the State Industrial Development Authority (SIDA) has approved over $30 million in grants under the new Site Evaluation and Economic Development Strategy Act (SEEDS). The purpose of the grants is to speed the development of much-needed industry-ready sites across the state. The groundbreaking grant program is a key portion of the governor's "Game Plan" package of economic development bills approved by the Legislature last year. The program's...
On Monday, University of Alabama head football Coach Kalen DeBoer announced that he will not have one defensive coordinator; but two in 2024. DeBoer announced the decision that he has hired Maurice Linguist and Colin Hitschler to serve as co-defensive coordinators and secondary coaches. "We are excited to have Maurice and Colin join our staff at Alabama," DeBoer said in a statement. "Maurice brings both head coaching experience and an established record of success coaching defensive backs....
