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Congressman Mike Rogers: Biden's Socialist Policies Are Hurting Americans

The harm to our economy caused by Joe Biden's socialist wish list is growing worse every day. Self-inflicted crises have dominated...

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Stephanie Holden Smith: A funny thing happened at the Governors' forum

1819 News, Eagle Forum, LOCAL Alabama, and Thatcher Coalition hosted a gubernatorial forum in Birmingham last week. It’s political...

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Garrett explains returning $10k AEA donation

No doubt $10,000 can go a long way in Alabama politics. That is why it was noteworthy when State Rep. Danny Garrett returned a donation...

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Sean of the South: Flyin' a flag ain't cheap

I hung an American flag on our house today. We just moved in. We have only been living in Birmingham for three days, but I thought...

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Congressman Palmer Announces 2022 U.S. Service Academy Nominations

The office of Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) announced that 20 students from Alabama's Sixth Congressional District received nominations...

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Guest Editorial: Bama's plunging academic reputation

University of Alabama alumni, indeed most Alabamians, delight in the high caliber of Crimson Tide athletics. Coach Nick Saban consistently...

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Alabama Gubernatorial candidates gather for forum in Hoover

Gubernatorial candidates from both major parties gathered at the Hoover Library Thursday night for a candidate forum sponsored by LOCAL...

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Perry Hooper: State Republicans need to stay out of smoke-filled back rooms

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” No truer words have ever been spoken. I am worried that the Alabama...

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Lew Burdette emphasizes change in Shelby County campaign appearance

Gubernatorial candidate Lew Burdette made a campaign stop at the March meeting of the Republican Women of North Shelby County on Tuesday,...

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API: Dead and Dying, 2 great bills and a Legislature bent on killing them

The last few years in the Alabama legislature, well, they haven’t been great.  As soon as the new members were voted into office in...

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Mike Durant: Delusional Biden disappoints

I‘ve been clear on the record: Joe Biden disappoints me every day when he wakes up in the morning. Last week during his first State...

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Justin Bogie: Spending your money should not be this easy for the state legislature

On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed an $8.17 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget for fiscal year 2023. The...

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Stephanie Holden Smith: Parents are not the enemy

Administrators, teachers and elected officials, I’d like to let you in on a little something that you should already know: parents...

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Scott Stantis: Casino Gambling

Scott Stantis lives in Birmingham and is currently the editorial cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune. He previously was the staff cartoonist...

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Joey Clark: We in the West cannot afford to forget the story of our own struggle for liberty

Where the old rhyme “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me” draws a true and useful distinction, it misses...

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Phil Williams: Montgomery's priorities are clearly out of order

Priorities of work. That’s a military term used in the Infantry to denote those things that have to take place in a certain order because,...

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Justin Bogie: Bigger doesn’t mean better for state fiscal policy

Last week the Alabama Senate passed a $2.7 billion State General Fund budget, the largest in Alabama history. The budget passed by...

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Will Sellers: God Save the Queen (Happy Birthday, Aretha)

Had she lived, the Queen of Soul would have been 80-years-old this month. For at least 60 of her 76 years, Aretha Franklin shared her...

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Sean of the South: Aisle Five

The young woman in the supermarket was pushing the buggy lazily through Aisle Five. She was wearing extremely short shorts, flip flops,...

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Southern Baptist Convention President will not seek second term

Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton announced on March 1 that he will not seek a second year in office and will instead...

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Scott Stantis: Gambling Bill

Scott Stantis lives in Birmingham and is currently the editorial cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune and USA Today. He previously was...

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Analysis: Montgomery goes to pot; follow the money

This is Part 2 of an analysis of the “Compassion Act” which legalized medical marijuana in Alabama. It is a two-part series based on...

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As CBD business grows, so do concerns over access by children

The signs for CBD are everywhere. Literally. Road signs, billboards, gas stations, dedicated stores – CBD has become, by recent estimates,...

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Rep. Barry Moore: Biden’s alternate reality won’t fool leadership-starved Americans

The backdrop for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union lecture may have been the House chamber, but it occurred in an alternate...

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Justin Bogie: More money won't fix Alabama's failing schools

Wednesday, the Alabama House Ways and Means Education committee approved a bill to provide an additional $1.3 billion in funding for...

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Dr. Michael Brown; Mary Jane without her make-up; my personal encounter

Despite the best efforts to exercise appropriate vigilance and provide guidance, my firstborn son yielded to the enticement of marijuana...

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Analyisis: There is no 'compassion' in the Compassion Act

In case you missed it, the Alabama Legislature passed and Governor Ivey signed into law the Compassion Act in May 2021.  Compassion...

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