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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....
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) voted against the confirmation of Julie Su as the U.S. Secretary of Labor during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) closed-door committee vote. Sen. Tuberville cited Su's efforts to keep illegal aliens from being deported in her previous employment as a high ranking bureaucrat for the State of California. Su's nomination was confirmed on an 11 to 10 vote. The eleven Democrats on the Committee all voted for Su's...
On Saturday, February 24 Second Amendment rights supporters rallied in the city of Prattville for the group's 2024 Freedom Conference. The group has championed permitless carry (or constitutional carry) and other measures to loosen restrictions on gun rights in the state. State Auditor Andrew Sorrell (R) spoke at length about his four-year fight to pass permitless carry during his service in the Alabama House of Representatives. He and Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Satsuma) were able to pass that...
On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation to give Alabama parents more choices on where they send their child to school. HB129 – The CHOOSE Act – passed in the Alabama House of Representatives. Alabama Republican leaders were quick to praise the House for passage of the number one legislative agenda item for Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R). House Bill 129 was sponsored by State Representative Danny Garrett (R-Trussville). "Here in Alabama, we are working hard to ens...
On Saturday, February 17 State Representative Jim Carns (R-Vestavia Hills) and State Senator Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) reflected on the first two weeks of the 2024 Alabama Regular Legislative Session in comments made to the Mid-Alabama Republican Club (MARC). The Alabama House of Representatives had passed a controversial gambling legalization bill on Thursday so that topic dominated much of the conversation. Former State Representative Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) moderated the event. "It...
On Wednesday U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) released a statement thanking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) for his years of service as the leader of the Senate Republicans. This was in response to the announcement that he will step down from his leadership position at the end of the year. "Today, we congratulate and thank one of Alabama's greatest native sons. We're incredibly grateful for Leader McConnell's decades of service and leadership for our country," said Sen....
Unexpectedly, the Alabama Supreme Court decision declaring that an invitro fertilization child is a person and thus protected under Alabama has become the most vexing issue before the Legislature in the 2024 Alabama Regular Legislative Session/ Earlier this week, House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) introduced legislation that would overturn that ruling in order to allow fertility clinics to continue to operate in the state of Alabama. Most closed just days after the February 23...
On Wednesday, the Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Auburn Tigers in Tennessee. The matchup between two top two top twenty Basketball teams had national rankings ramifications as Auburn entered the game at number 11 and Tennessee at number 4 in the nation. The win means that Tennessee is still in the running for a number 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. “It was a really good contest” said Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl. “Two really good teams who wanted to win it really badly. We did enough thing...
On Thursday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) announced that Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation following President Joseph R. Biden’s (D) State of the Union address next Thursday, March 7: “Americans are struggling amid a border catastrophe, crushing inflation, an increasingly dangerous world, and fears about a President not up to the task,” said Speaker Johnson. “Agai...
Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) spoke at two campaign events in Houston and Baldwin Counties recently to support Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) in the March 5 Republican primary. Jordan was the Founding Chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus. He is also the current Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Barry Moore represents Alabama on the Judiciary Committee. Moore is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus, and he was a vocal supporter of Jordan's bid to be the S...
Independent Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. visited Tuscaloosa last month. Kennedy, the son of former Attorney General Robert Kennedy Sr. and the nephew of former President John F. Kenney (D) is an environmental lawyer and former Congressman. Kennedy spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 180 college students at the University of Alabama. Kennedy previously lived in Alabama when he ran a presidential campaign for his Uncle Senator Teddy Kennedy (R-Massachusetts). As most of...
