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December 11, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C.. – Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Sewell previously opposed the House bill over Republicans amendments she disagreed with. Sewell and her Democratic colleagues successfully removed many of these GOP provisions from the final House-passed version. The FY25 NDAA includes a 14.5 percent pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5 percent raise for all...
It is Christmas time and Martha Simmons is collecting Christmas cards from school children for our veterans in the Montgomery area....
December 16, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) said that she loves Alabama and the nation and that is worth fighting for. Sen. Britt made the comments on the 13th & Park podcast with host Adam Goodman. Britt was discussing her priorities in the upcoming Trump Administration, her bipartisan legislation to address our youth mental health crisis, and how she plans to continue to fight for Alabamians in the United States Senate. "I love my state, I believe in my s...
December 17, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL03) and Adam Smith (D-Washington), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in remembrance of former U.S. Congressman and HASC Member John Spratt of South Carolina, who died over the weekend at the age of 82. "John was a true public servant who took his responsibilities as an elected official to heart. His gift for finding common ground-no matter how contested...
November 8, 2024 - WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and 11 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to multiple federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of State, regarding the elimination of Hamas. The Senators request that the agencies: 1. Immediately freeze the assets of Hamas officials living in Qatar. 2. Extradite several senior Hamas officials currently r...
November 6, 2024 - MONTGOMERY, AL. – the Alabama Farmers Federation congratulated Alabama FarmPAC-endorsed candidates for victories in Tuesday's general election. The organization's grassroots political action committee scored wins in 22 of the 23 races where they had an endorsed candidate. "It was a big night for our country and our state," said Federation President Jimmy Parnell. "Across America, families, farmers and business owners are concerned about the economy, secure borders, national d...
November 14, 2024 - WASHINGTON – Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Katie Britt's (R-AL) legislation to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Guntersville, Alabama, in honor of Alabama native and Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Ola Lee Mize. "Colonel Ola Lee Mize was a true patriot who embodied the American ideals of courage, selflessness, and honor," said Senator Tuberville. "He d...
November 20, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Veterans Administration is now retracting previous claim that it was facing a $3 billion shortfall. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 14 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) Chairman Jon Tester (D-Montana), who was recently defeated in his bid for reelection, demanding greater accountability and oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) after...
November 21, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced that the state of Alabama has successfully executed convicted murderer Carey Dale Grayson at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on Thursday night. Alabama has been on the cutting edge of successfully using nitrogen hypoxia to carry out executions. This was the third nitrogen hypoxia execution performed by the state. Grayson was convicted and unanimously sentenced to death for the mur...
November 22, 2024 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) filed a 24-state amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court' ruling that the Constitution prohibits States from restricting girls' sports teams to biological females. The case arises out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held in September that Arizona's 2022 law likely violates the Equal Protection Clause by not allowing biological males, who falsely claim that they are women-to c...
Annabelle is a one-year-old female Shepherd/Border Collie looking mix, about 50 lbs. She loves attention and being close, also loves to talk to you. Knows how to play fetch, likes squeaky toys. She is good with dogs her size or larger, but a big NO to cats. The adoption fees are $100 for dogs & $50 for cats under one-year-old; cats over one-year-old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizatio...
December 3, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general urging the United States Senate to swiftly confirm former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as the 87th United States Attorney General. "President Trump made an incredibly wise decision by appointing Pam Bondi as the next United States Attorney General," said Attorney General Marshall. "I have known Pam for a long time, and she possesses the h...
December 5, 2024 -SAN FRANCISCO, AL ‒ USA Today is reporting that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia in California. Southern Oregon to San Francisco is under a tsunami warning. The quake occurred near California's sparsely populated northern coast. The quake struck on the San Andreas fault, which runs along the coast line. The quake was felt by people across Humbolt County, CA. "Move out of the water, off the beach, and away from harbors, marinas, breakwaters, bays and i...
October 15 -WASHINGTON D.C. – Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Skrmetti. The Biden-Harris administration is using the power of the federal government to challenge two state laws in Tennessee and Kentucky that protect children from being given harmful puberty blockers, hormones, and medically mutilating surgeries. Liberty Counsel said that the High Court's decision could "reverberate beyond this case" affecting how challenges to laws involving t...
October 17, 2024 - Birmingham – Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D- Selma) announced that Birmingham City Schools have been awarded $3.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to expand student access to school-based mental health services. The grant is a part of the Biden-Harris agenda. The unprecedented expansion of federal involvement in the schools is intended to address youth mental health provided under the Biden-Harris Administration through the passage of the Bipartisan Safer C...
October 17, 2024 – Atmore – the state of Alabama executed Derrick Dearman for the senseless murder of a family of five. On Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) told Corrections Commissioner John Hamm that she would not exercise her clemency powers in the case of Derrick Dearman. Ivey directed Hamm to proceed with Mr. Dearman's lawfully imposed death sentence for the 2016 capital murders of Joseph Adam Turner, Robert Lee Brown, Shannon Melissa Randall, Justin Kaleb Reed, Chelsea Marie Ree...
October 21,2024 - MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) is reminding eligible Alabama citizens that today, October 21, 2024, is the deadline to register to vote before the November 5, 2024 General Election. Electronic voter registration may be completed up until 11:59 PM today by visiting https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration/voterRegistrationWelcome.action. A paper voter registration form may be delivered in person to your local Board of Registrars by the end of...
October 30, 2024 - WASHINGTON - On Sunday we will all have an extra hour to sleep before going to Church; but it will be dark before the typical 9 to 5 worker leaves the office. It is time for our annual switch from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. As Alabamians prepare to change their clocks this weekend, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) is continuing to advocate for the passage of the bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent and end the...
November 4, 2024 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – the University of Alabama University Singers are performing in Birmingham for the first time in many years. Their return to Birmingham will be at t the Cathedral of Saint Paul on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 7:00pm CST. The concert will begin in the Cathedral Church; however it will then progress to the Great Hall on the second floor of the Cathedral Life Center CLC). The UA University Singers is the premier vocal ensemble in the University of Alabama Sch...
Septembr 9, 2024 – Montgomery - Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) released a statement to remind Alabama voters that county absentee election managers must receive mail-in absentee ballot applications by Tuesday, October 29, 2024. The deadline to return an absentee ballot application in person is Thursday, October 31, 2024. Absentee ballots being returned in-person must be received by the county absentee election manager by close of business on the day before the election. For this election t...
September 11, 2024 -Montgomery- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) hosted the 55 Correctional Officers set to graduate from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Academy. The governor greeted the officers on the steps of the Alabama Governor's Mansion, offered words of gratitude and congratulations and invited them inside for a reception to honor their achievement. "I am proud of the 55 Correctional Officers graduating from the Academy this week and was honored to host them at the Alabama Gove...
Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl released a statement following Sunday's assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald J. Trump (R) at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. "Today marks an incredibly sad and heartbreaking day in the history of our nation," said Chairman Wahl. "It is tragic beyond words that anyone could believe that taking another person's life could further a political agenda. We must all remember that the individuals we see on...
On October 9-10 a transatlantic tech conference will bring leaders in AI from Belfast, Ireland and Birmingham together. The Irish Roundtable in Birmingham will hear from experts in AI from Europe and the U.S. Participants will discuss how businesses, universities and cities can seize the opportunities offered by the 'AI Revolution'. Among those addressing the conference will the Hon Consul General of Ireland with responsibility for Birmingham, Sarah Kavanagh, the CEO of software company...
September 17, 2024 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Alabama) bipartisan Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024 passed the U.S. House of Representatives without objection. Sen. Tuberville's legislation reauthorizes the Poison Control Centers (PCC) Network program through 2029, providing lifesaving care to millions of families. The legislation is expected to be signed by President Joseph R. Biden (D) next week. "Poison Centers across the country play a critical role i...
September 19, 2024 - WASHINGTON – on Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act. This is U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R) legislation to reissue benefits to defrauded veterans. "We'd like to believe we live in a country where no one would take advantage of our veterans, but sadly it does happen," said Sen. Tuberville. What's worse is if the money that was lost to fraud is never returned. This bill attempts to help right that wrong by e...
