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Alabama bill would make it illegal to smoke with children in vehicle

April 11, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason A bill to make it illegal to smoke or vape in a vehicle with children 14 or younger is halfway to becoming law in Alabama. The House of Representatives passed the bill […]

Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth: Perfect opportunity to repeal grocery tax

April 5, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth This is a guest opinion column For all of my adult life, politicians in Montgomery have talked about the need to remove the state sales tax from groceries, but […]

Bill to ban holding cell phone while driving advances in Alabama Legislature

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason A bill to make it illegal to hold a cell phone while driving won approval this morning in the Public Safety Committee in the Alabama House of Representatives. It’s already illegal to […]

Alabama bill would let residents claim ‘unborn child’ as a dependent on taxes

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Swetlik A group of Alabama lawmakers are working to expand the definition of “dependents” for state residents filing taxes to include fetuses, or “unborn children.” HB182, which was referred to the House Ways and […]

Mexico seizes Vulcan Materials port facility: Britt calls move ‘unlawful and unacceptable’

March 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Jeremy Gray U.S. Senator Katie Britt denounced what her office is describing as Mexico’s militarized seizure of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials port facility at Punta Venado in Quintana Roo. “President Biden must raise this directly with […]

Steve Marshall is Alabama’s most dangerous politician

March 15, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. Toforest Johnson is still on Alabama’s death row. He’s still on death row despite it being all but impossible he committed the crime. He’s still on death row despite jurors […]

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell backs bailout for Birmingham-Southern College

March 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell visited the Birmingham-Southern College campus on Wednesday afternoon to deliver a federal check for student interns and she also threw her support behind a public bailout for the college. […]

Trump hints at third-party run but Alabama sore loser law could complicate that

March 8, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Ryan Teague Beckwith Bloomberg News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Donald Trump hates losing so much that he has suggested he will mount a third-party campaign if he doesn’t win the Republican presidential nomination. But […]

Sen. Tuberville: Alabama Monthly News Column for February 2023

February 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (AL) This winter, prices for the main energy sources used to heat homes have continued to skyrocketed Families are forced to pay 45% more for heating oil, 25% more for […]

Roy S. Johnson: Republican ‘parents’ rights’ bill smells like ‘states’ rights’; I’m holding my nose

February 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. Have y’all forgotten? Already? Have you forgotten how hard it was to teach your own children during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when their bedroom was […]