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Last week Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the laundry rooms of middle-class Americans. The administration's new rule attempts to further the environmental left's ambitious energy agenda by imposing costly new standards on washing machines. Marshall and the other AGs warn that Biden's regulations will only make it more expensive to purchase new washing machines continuing to...
On Friday, Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced the arrest of a Montgomery County man on a charge of Human Trafficking in the First Degree for commercial sex acts involving a juvenile. Terrell Bailey, age 27, of Montgomery, was arrested on Thursday by Special Agents of the Attorney General's Office with assistance from the United States Marshals Service and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and taken to the Montgomery County Jail. Bailey was arrested on a complaint and warrant...
On Wednesday Secretary of State Wes Allen (R), along with five other conservative Secretaries of State, signed a joint statement on election integrity and opposing the federalization of state election processes at the Republican National Convention yesterday. "I am always proud to stand alongside other conservative election officials to publicly call for strong, common sense election integrity measures," said Secretary Allen. "This statement emphasizes several areas of concern in election...
On Thursday, the state of Alabama executed twice-convicted murder, Keith Gavin, at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama: "Tonight, Keith Gavin was executed by lethal injection after having been convicted by a jury of his peers for the murder of William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Centre, Alabama," said Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. "There is no doubt about Gavin's guilt for this heinous offense. In 1998, Gavin was identified by four witnesses, including his own...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) announced that she will join a bipartisan Congressional delegation, led by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom. Farnborough is the largest biennial trade show in the world and will showcase aerospace manufacturers and suppliers from Alabama and across the globe. Last year, Alabama exports of aerospace products and parts jumped 23% to $2.1 billion. The industry...
On Frida, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) filed a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida's request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court's order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Like half the states in the country and many European nations, Florida puts age limits on sex-change procedures, prohibiting the...
On Monday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that the Renewal of Alabama Commission has allocated over $15.5 million in Growing Alabama funding to seven economic development organizations across the state in an attempt to speed the development of industrial sites. The Growing Alabama program provides a tax credit to eligible taxpayers who make contributions to economic development organizations for approved qualifying projects. Alabama taxpayers donating to an economic development...
The Florida recreational spiny lobster sport season is on July 24 and 25 and will reopen August 6 and run through March 31, 2025. The harvest regulations are that the lobsters must be a minimum 3-inch carapace length (measured in water) to be harvested. Harvesters may take six lobsters per day in Monroe County and Biscayne National Park, or 12 lobsters per day in all other state waters. Learn more about bag limits, size limits, where to harvest and other regulations at MyFWC.com/Marine by clicki...
On Monday, Congressmen Robert B. Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Missouri) introduced the Deliver for Democracy Act in the House of Representatives. This bipartisan piece of legislation will accomplish three objectives: 1) Require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to either achieve at least a 95% on-time delivery rate for periodicals (as highlighted in their own plan) or an improvement of at least 2 percentage points to use its 2% surcharge authority for that class of mail. 2)...
Birmingham, AL – Tonight, U.S. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (AL-07), Alabama's State Delegation Chair to the Democratic National Convention, announced that Alabama's Delegation has voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to serve as the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States. "Alabama's delegates are all in for Kamala Harris!" said Delegation Chair Terri A. Sewell. "We are immensely grateful to President Biden for his transformative leadership and we look f...
7-23-2024 On Monday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of elven States in a public comment letter opposing the Biden Administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The comment letter was submitted in response to the Department of Justice's Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding the proposed change. Moving marijuana to Schedule III would be a significant step toward fully...
On Wednesday, the border security group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) released a statement charging that new Democratic Party candidate for President, Vice President Kamala Harris, earned the nickname "Biden's Border Czar" from Republicans after deploying to illegal immigration contributor nations to hand out money "aid" as part of what they called 'an obviously failed "root causes strategy."' ALIPAC charged he Biden-Harris administration "has supported, facilitated, and funded...
Attention dog lovers. If you need a new best friend you need to meet Ralph. Ralph is seven-months old male of mixed breed heritage, possibly some Labrador retriever. He weighs about 40 lbs. He and his siblings, were found dumped in the woods and luckily were brought to the Elmore County Animal shelter. He is a fun pup, great with other dogs, tail wags a mile a minute, just looking for a family to call his own. The Elmore County Humane Society adoption fees are just $100 for dogs and $50 for...
On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), Tim Kaine (D-Virginia.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) called on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to end his government's continued campaign to wrongfully seize land owned and operated by Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan is a respected Alabama-based construction aggregates producer. Last week, President Obrador issued a declaration that would designate Vulcan's land and port as a naturally p...
If likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is elected to be the President of the United States, she would be the ninth President to have at least one foreign born parent. The first was Thomas Jefferson (Anti-Federalist). Jefferson's mother was born in England. His father was a Virginia planter. The second was Andrew Jackson (D). Both of Jackson's parents were both born in Ireland. President James Buchanan's (D) father was also born in Ireland. President Chester Arthur's (R)...
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) in introducing the Ensuring Continuity in Veterans' Health Act to require the VA to consider continuity of healthcare when deciding whether seeing a provider in the community is in a veteran's best medical interest. This legislation follows Senator Tuberville's recent letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough urging him to reassess recent actions taken by the...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The bill includes more than $80 million in targeted funding to modernize and upgrade critical transportation infrastructure in communities across Alabama, including $50 million personally secured by the Senator. "Since taking office, I've promised to work...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) introduced the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary Act. This bill would preserve a submerged ancient forest, largely comprised of cypress trees, that was discovered near Gulf Shores, Alabama, after Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Senator Tuberville's effort would designate the underwater forest as a National Marine Sanctuary-effectively safeguarding the environmental ecosystem created in the underwater forest. U.S. Representative...
The Alabama Attorney General's Office is the primary consumer protection agency in the state of Alabama. In that role, on Friday Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced the Circuit Court of Shelby County has granted a preliminary injunction against Legend Windows, LLC and individuals affiliated with the business, Jody Ray Whitworth, Bobby Ray Whitworth, and Robin Simmons Willard. The company has taken $181,000 from consumers in an alleged scam. Friday's action comes after the court...
On Monday, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) released a statement warning Alabama citizens about a misleading public service announcement currently airing in Alabama. Allen is accusing the League of Women Voters with data mining Alabama citizens personal data. Allen says that the PSA, distributed by Vote411, an operation of the League of Women Voters, instructs Alabamians to register to vote using the Vote411 website. The website captures the website visitor's personal data including thei...
July 30, 2024 - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) on Tuesday voted for the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act to better protect kids using social media, empower parents, and hold platforms accountable. This legislation effectively combines major elements of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). Britt was a cosponsor of both of these bills. "Social media presents a very real danger for all Americans, especially children and...
On July 30, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) introduced Lulu's Law-named in honor of 15-year-old Lulu Gribbin from Mountain Brook, Alabama. Lulu's Law would codify shark attacks as events for which wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) may be transmitted. This would encourage authorized local, state, tribal, and federal government authorities to quickly deploy warnings via mobile phone alert messages to the public if a shark has attacked someone or if the conditions enhancing the p...
(Ashland, Ala) -Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announces the arrest of Terry Andrew Heflin, the Democratic candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission, on 7 felony counts of voter fraud. Heflin, 45, a resident of Clay County, was charged with 7 counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Heflin falsified applications to vote absentee for multiple people and then used those people's names to vote for himself by absentee ballot. Each...
On Wednesday, July 31. 2025, the Alabama Department of Public Health cautioned the public about preventing mosquito bites in order to protect themselves from mosquito-borne diseases. In Alabama, mosquito-borne diseases include Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are a clear and present danger – especially in the summer months. WNV is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States. Both WNV and EEEV can cause severe illness and death. N...
Jasper, Alabama, July 31st, 2024 – State Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper), President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate, announced the installment of a new Safe Haven Baby Box in Jasper, Alabama. "Alabama is a place that firmly believes in the sanctity and preciousness of life," said Senator Greg Reed. "We have fostered a culture of life with the foundational ideal that all children are gifts from God that deserve love and protection, and I am so thankful this new baby box will provide a safe and c...
