Posts by Craig Monger

A district judge on Friday dismissed the last of three in-vitro fertilization (IVF) wrongful death lawsuits in the state that spawned the massively controversial Alabama Supreme Court decision earlier this year.

After talks of a restructured FBI in the upcoming Trump administration, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently hinted at the possibility of the agency’s permanent home being at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Attorney General Steve Marshall recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden amidst rumors that the president was attempting to ratify an equal rights amendment to the U.S. Constitution despite a decades-lapsed deadline.

Shelinder Aggarwal, a former Huntsville pill mill doctor sentenced to 15 years in prison as the "highest prescriber in the U.S. of Schedule II controlled substances" at one point, is among the nearly 1,500 in a massive wave of pardons and commutations issued by President Joe Biden last week.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) gave a tentatively supportive outlook on efforts to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which has already received backing from some Alabama congressmen.

House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) has filed legislation for the 2025 legislative session that would expand the prohibitions on the types of Alabama land and property that foreign governments and entities can own.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) announced a number of Alabama wins in the final version of the Water Resources Development Act, which includes continued dredging of the Mobile Port.

Mayoral elections don’t begin until August 2025, but Sylacauga’s own Santa Claus is pulling double duty after announcing his bid for the mayor’s seat just ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Montgomery Police arrested two separate individuals on Thursday in connection with two separate murders earlier this year, with one suspect including a 19-year-old male.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovua) was appointed on Friday by House Republican leadership to sit on the House Appropriations Committee.

After meeting with U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the next FBI director, Kash Patel, received a full-throated endorsement to take the position in the new administration.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) stands behind Tulsi Gabbard as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for National Intelligence director despite renewed criticism of her anti-interventionism following the recent Syrian regime change.

Alabama’s entire federal delegation on Wednesday voted to pass the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), despite pushback over a provision banning funding for so-called gender-affirming care for minors.

House Armed Services Committee Chair U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) was reportedly unhappy that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did not consult him before adding a provision from the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act banning so-called gender-affirming care for minors.

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed legislation from U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) creating a working group within the Department of Homeland Security dedicated to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to the nation by the Chinese Communist Party.

A federal court recently blocked the Biden administration’s plans to provide taxpayer-subsidized health plans to illegal aliens after Alabama and other states sued for an injunction.

State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) is seeking to pass a bill in the 2025 legislative session mandating increased penalties for all felony crimes if the offender is in the country illegally.

The Montgomery Police Department (MPD) announced on Monday that it had begun disciplinary proceedings against 32-year-old police officer D’Anthony Green after he was charged with Domestic Violence - third-degree assault on Saturday.

State Auditor Andrew Sorell is calling on Alabama to lead the nation by establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve, which he believes will drive business and investment to Alabama as a “crypto-friendly state.”

During a Senate Committee meeting this week, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) questioned U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials over potentially harmful chemicals in America’s food supply.

The Prattville Pride float participated in the city’s Friday Christmas parade without the before-announced drag queen performer after a federal judge compelled the city to allow the float and provide it with additional police protection.

U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker, Jr. ruled on Friday that the City of Prattville must allow a pride float featuring a drag queen to participate in the City’s planned Christmas parade on Friday, also mandating extra police escorts LGBTQ group responsible.  

State House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) has filed a bill for the 2025 legislative session banning public K-12 schools and public libraries from presenting or sponsoring drag performances and state entities from allowing minors to share facilities with members of the opposite sex in certain circumstances during overnight programs.

Prattville Pride, the group at the center of the much-debated drag queen Christmas parade float, has filed an injunction against the city after Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie pulled the float, citing safety concerns.

Multiple Alabama Department of Corrections employees and contractors have been arrested in recent days in connection with drug trafficking and possession.

The controversial Prattville Pride Christmas Parade float has been pulled from the event, Mayor Bill Gillespie said in a statement, citing safety concerns for Prattville Pride, participants and attendees.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is standing behind President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, despite growing dissent among Senate Republicans over a series of sexual misconduct allegations that have resurfaced.