I have always struggled with being a people-pleaser. This mentality grew increasingly stressful for me and my family. I was constantly drained, anxious, and unable to cope with everything I had added to my plate.
Lying liars don't just live in D.C. They live in Montgomery, AL, too. And they're already lined up, hands out, to work for lobbyists, not you.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss how tax rebates are just a one-time refund of taxpayer money while tax cuts are an ongoing and continuous refund of taxpayer money, and the only positive long-term outcome of tax rebates is the government won't be able to spend that money.
Judging from Gov. Kay Ivey’s speech last Tuesday, as well as several bills filed by Alabama lawmakers, it looks like some tax relief is in the cards for 2023.
In a nation governed by the rule of law, there must be a hierarchy of laws. The law that trumps all other laws is the Constitution itself. Therefore, the most important question is how the Constitution should be interpreted.
Listen to 1819 News Executive Editor Jeff Poor on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the Alabama legislature's special session to spend $1 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Listen to 1819 News Reporter Craig Monger on "The Jeff Poor Show" as they discuss possible school choice legislation and the potential alternatives for Alabamians who live in rural areas.
The only real unforgivable sin with which we ought to concern ourselves, the only one that ultimately damns us, is the one of rejecting the Gospel itself. To think that we, and the pasts we carry, are just too BIG, and that God is too small.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the structural tax reform the Alabama Democrats are proposing in pushing for grocery tax relief.
“I am a little old woman who lives in an assisted living facility…” her email began. “I had a baby when I was fourteen…” she wrote.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the Alabama Department of Public Health's determination to include controversial COVID shots in childhood immunizations.
Listen to 1819 News Sports Editor Steve Irvine on Tide 100.9 "Big Noon Sports" with Matt Coulter, Lars Anderson and Christian Miller as they discuss UAB spring football and UAB's prospects in the NCAA tournament.
As lawmakers turn towards a special session allocating remaining ARPA funds, they are claiming that there are no so-called “revenue replacement” funds available for tax cuts. What were almost all the state’s available revenue replacement funds spent on? Prisons.
Being the son of a politically-connected father means Chris McCutcheon does have at least one thing in common with Hunter Biden.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the Alabama GOP's resolution to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion from public institutions.
Governance is not rocket science and need not take an Ivy League doctorate in public administration. Governance can be good ol’ common sense, which unfortunately is all too uncommon.
Continue to smile, and you might just get one back. Maybe then, the table of misery wouldn’t have so many guests seated at it, for the table of joy would be the new place to be.
As Alabamians, we must advocate for better education in government schools and promote parental rights through school choice and private initiatives to educate our children.
Why do they insist that children get vaxxed and boosted, and their pregnant moms, too, when a flood of information suggests it's dangerous and ill-advised?
Three cases were on the docket this week that would have a major impact on the country. Being involved in two of those cases, I wanted to devote today’s op-ed to discussing their significance.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss State Superintendent Eric Mackey's request for an additional $1 billion in addition to the 40% increase education has received over the past 4-5 years with no test score improvement over the past 25 years.
Occupational taxes are levied on workers living outside of a city’s tax jurisdiction who come inside city limits to work. Removing them would incentivize citizens to work and give the state a competitive advantage in attracting new businesses.
“Owning the libs” and winning arguments online is a poor substitute for a life well lived, and winning on social media cannot replace winning in real life.
“Hello?” said a girl’s voice. “Someone told me your husband worked on old cars?”
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the upcoming legislative session and the hope that legislators will courageously fight for Alabamians and not lobbyists.
More funding isn’t producing better results, so why do state leaders continue following the same broken model?
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the Alabama Republican Party's platform of lower taxes, less spending and smaller government, while the state has an uncompetitive corporate tax rate and high sales taxes.