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  • Secretary of State Leading Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud for Upcoming Elections in Alabama

    Paul DeMarco|Oct 1, 2024

    With just some four weeks to the big election day, we are going to hear more about the integrity of the election results on November 5th. Following the 2020 elections, there were a lot of questions around the Nation about potential voter fraud, including right here in Alabama . Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen is doing his part to stop any efforts to commit fraud at the ballot box. Allen has also aggressively worked to make sure only Alabama citizens can vote by working to remove names off...

  • Alabama Leaders Should Make Permanent Removal of Grocery Tax Reduction A Priority

    Paul DeMarco|Sep 1, 2024

    One of the major issues in this year’s presidential election has been the increase in grocery prices. Actually, over the past three and a half years, the price of food has gone up by some 22 percent. Thus, everyone is paying attention to how much they spend to put dinner on the table for their families. Alabama leaders made an effort two years ago to help consumers' wallets and pocketbooks by reducing the grocery tax by 1 percent on September 1, 2023. A second 1 percent was to be reduced this S...

  • Alabama Construction Industry Important Pillar of State's Economy

    Paul DeMarco|Sep 1, 2024

    Since the pandemic, the Alabama economy has had its ups and downs. However, the good news is that the business climate in Alabama has outperformed other states. One sector of the Alabama business community that has really increased is the construction industry. A recent study by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama showed that between 2015 to 2021 there was a 97 percent increase in commercial construction output to the tune of $9.4 billion. When you look at the direct impacts on al...

  • Alabama Lawmakers Need to Address Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform

    Paul DeMarco|Aug 1, 2024

    The crime in Alabama has everyone reeling from violence across the state, particularly in places like Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. However, we have seen criminal acts in rural parts of the state increase as well. There are a number of reasons for how dangerous the streets have become. One of the factors is the progressive’s slanderous attacks on law enforcement that have hurt the morale and recruitment of more officers. The defund the police movement has actually led to fewer officers p...

  • Labor Day Traditional Kick Off to Campaign Season in Alabama for November Elections

    Paul DeMarco|Aug 1, 2024

    With summer unofficially over this week and Labor Day soon, election season will really begin in earnest. The November election is just around the corner, which means the candidates are about to spend all of their campaign funds to get out the vote. And with over 3.8 million voters in the Alabama, there is a lot of work to do in the coming weeks. With the election on November 5th, there is a little more than eight weeks for these candidates to persuade voters that they are the right person for t...

  • Alabama Legislature Must Reject Efforts to Release Violent Felons from State Prisons

    Paul DeMarco|Apr 1, 2024

    Unfortunately, a recent tragic murder in Chicago should raise red flags right here in Alabama. One day after being released on parole from an Illinois prison, a violent felon has been accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and murdering her 11-year old son. Soon thereafter two members of the Illinois Parole Board, one of whom was the Chair, resigned after what the Illinois Governor described as a lack of careful consideration of the evidence related to the domestic violence threats of the felon....

  • Alabama Legislature Must Reject Efforts to Release Violent Felons from State Prisons

    Paul DeMarco|Apr 1, 2024

    Unfortunately, a recent tragic murder in Chicago should raise red flags right here in Alabama. One day after being released on parole from an Illinois prison, a violent felon has been accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and murdering her 11-year old son. Soon thereafter two members of the Illinois Parole Board, one of whom was the Chair, resigned after what the Illinois Governor described as a lack of careful consideration of the evidence related to the domestic violence threats of the felon....