As Governor Kay Ivey prepares to enter her second full term in office, could permanent tax relief finally be in the cards for Alabamians? The answer is, maybe, but it still seems unlikely that sweeping tax reforms for citizens are on the horizon.
It’s only college football. It’s not real life. It’s just college-age kids on a field, wearing shoulder pads, trying seriously to give each other concussions. It’s just a game.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Stephanie Holden Smith on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss the midterm elections and the apparent post-COVID 20-point swing toward conservatism by suburban women.
We moderns have many levers, many ingenious devices and systems able to master space and time, body and mind.
It’s Election Day, and it’s your civic duty to go cast your vote. There is a multitude of state constitutional amendments and down-ballot races that will impact all of our lives, depending on the outcome.
There is much at stake, but there are heroes still among us — ordinary folks who vote, and indeed every vote counts.
If I was granted one wish, I’d want a time machine to go back before technology sucked all the fun and quality out of life.
I have struggled with the thought of actually telling my story, but I strongly believe that there is someone out there that will be better off knowing that they aren’t alone.
The frustration level is understandable as it has been two years since Ty Coffey, Allison Sinclair of Local Alabama and election whistleblowers gathered necessary proof of election violations on November 3, 2020.
I don’t engage in controversy. But sometimes I have to. And this is one of those have-to moments.
If you didn’t know, one of the amendments on Tuesday’s ballot is to adopt a new constitution for the state
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Stephanie Holden Smith on Midday Mobile with Sean Sullivan as they discuss the left's desire to hypersexualize young children.
Alabama ranks 41st overall nationwide for its business tax climate, dropping two spots since last year and finishing with the lowest score in the Southeast.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss medical tyranny in the form of a medical bureaucracy insisting that doctors ignore potential effective treatments for patients and instead demand "shots in every arm" robots who must obey or lose their medical licenses.
If we can overcome election fraud and the silencing of our communications, Americans of every race and origin can begin making our country serve its intended purpose again, of securing our God-given freedom and equal rights.
The talk of the legislature pursuing meaningful tax cuts during the 2023 regular session continues to pick up momentum.
Courage is the great need of the hour, and thankfully we have folks in Alabama leading the way.
Are we willing to use our freedom of speech, to tell the truth, even if that truth is costly?
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Stephanie Holden Smith on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss protecting the innocence of children and the left's call for amnesty for their COVID overreach.
We are asking our children to carry loads that are entirely too heavy for them.
It’s easy to love one’s friends, sure, but to love one’s enemies? Such is a radical break from history’s violent cycle of eye for an eye.
If we don’t take the steps necessary to ensure that our nation's greatness and the sacrifices of our founders are accurately remembered, then we will one day be like the burning forgotten cemetery lost in the middle of the woods, and “nobody knew it was there."
Back in the day, people thought I had a glamour job as a television reporter, and on occasion, it felt that way.
In a world full of confusion and uncertainty, taking the time to show a little extra kindness and compassion is never a bad idea.
America’s labor force participation rate has fallen for two decades, with large drops during the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama’s rate trails the national average, potentially hamstringing our economy.
I was only 7 years old when the “lunch counter sit-ins” began to happen all over the South, and I remember it well.
Earlier this morning, I was on a radio show. The host drilled me with loaded questions. It was a disaster. I was supposed to be plugging my new book, instead the host was asking slanted questions about hot-button, divisive topics.