MONTGOMERY — As a former teacher, Gov. Kay Ivey recognizes the importance of education and students’ gaining on-the-job practice. To this end, Ivey announced summer internships are available for her […]

  ‘A Gut Punch’ Local leaders were shocked at the news of Huntsville City Councilman Devyn Keith’s shoplifting arrest. Keith has drawn praise for his work for north Huntsville from […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dale Strong has been appointed to three House Armed Services Committee subcommittees: Strategic Forces; Readiness; and Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems. “I am humbled to […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) remains well-positioned to continue advocating for Alabamians’ best interests after announcing he will continue to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Katie Britt has been named to serve on three committees: Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and Rules and Administration. Her office made the announcement Wednesday. […]

HUNTSVILLE — U.S. Tommy Tuberville will headline the annual Washington Update Luncheon next month hosted by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber. The event is noon Feb. 22 in the Von Braun […]

WASHINGTON– Being the second youngest member ever to serve in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Katie Britt faces several challenges, such as being a mother and a wife 1,000 miles away […]

MADISON — One of the topics that has been bandied about Montgomery recently is rebates for taxpayers. Gov. Kay Ivey also threw her support behind the idea, as long as […]

WASHINGTON — As a Colorado senator threatens to block Department of Defense nominations, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is steadfast in urging the Pentagon to approve moving the U.S. Space […]

HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Legislative Update started more like a pep rally Monday when House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter took the microphone. “Man, I gotta tell you, you folks have it […]

  Chairman coming soon? The race to see who gets appointed to fill out Congressman Dale Strong’s term as chairman of the Madison County Commission may be coming to a […]

WASHINGTON — For the second time in two days, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong has been nominated for a seat on a key House committee. The freshman congressman was nominated Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt has been named chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services & Education Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger made […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) has been nominated to serve on the House Armed Services Committee for the 118th Congress, the House Steering Committee announced. His nomination is […]

MONTGOMERY — Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R – Rainsville) announced member assignments for the 25 House standing committees today. Many of them are representatives from North Alabama. “Our […]

  A different taste Republican Congressman Tim Burchett of Knoxville, Tenn., reportedly had harsh words for Alabama’s Mike Rogers who famously confronted Florida Republican Matt Goetz on the House floor. […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate leadership announced committee assignments for the next legislative session beginning in March. Several senators from North Alabama have made their way onto those committees and […]

MADISON — Madison Forward is moving forward on efforts to hold a vote on city manager in Alabama’s ninth largest city. At Monday night’s city council meeting, the citizens group’s […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dale Strong joined his Republican House colleagues Monday night to pass a bill slashing nearly $71 billion that Congress had provided the IRS. The “Family and […]

WASHINGTON — After a historic Speaker of the House vote went to the 15th ballot Friday night, U.S. Rep. Dale W. Strong (R-Monrovia) was sworn into office to serve in the […]

  The party must go on By all accounts, the reception at our nation’s capital honoring the swearing-in of Congressman-elect Dale Strong was top notch. It’s too bad the newly […]

WASHINGTON — The family and friends of Dale Strong were going to throw a party for the new congressman Tuesday. Except, he wasn’t a congressman, yet, thanks to Congress’s failure […]

WASHINGTON — Rep.-elect Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) took part in today’s historic balloting but he still has to wait to be sworn in to office. The congressman-elect voted three times today […]

WASHINGTON – For the “Mama on a mission,” it will be “Mission Accomplished” today when Sen.-elect Katie Britt becomes Sen. Katie Britt. The soon-to-be junior senator from Birmingham will take […]