Opinion & Policy

Op-ed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville   Earlier this month, we “sprang forward” and lost an hour of sleep. I hope it’s the last time we do. Changing the clocks means we effectively give the entire country jet lag twice a year. Disruptive time change can have serious consequences. Studies have suggested that the disruption of sleep patterns associated with the…

Thank you, committee members, for service   Dear Editor, I would like to give my appreciation to the men and women who serve on three county committees throughout our state. These are the Soil and Water Board, the RC & D Board and the Farm Services Agency. These people serve once a month on these…

  While Alabama lawmakers have only been in session since the first of February, they have already worked through almost half the legislative session. Legislators are now back to work this week after the first of two spring breaks this session. There are only 13 days left before state representatives and senators adjourn for the…

Recently, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each clinched their nomination status for each of their parties to run for president in this upcoming November 2024 election. This will be an unprecedented race between the two oldest candidates to ever run for president of the United States. When Joseph Biden was sworn…

  Checking off a bucket list item: Tandem skydiving!   Last week I said I would be talking about some of the issues going on in our country. Well, it’s been a week, and I can’t remember exactly which issues I was thinking about, but there have been many new ones to pop up or…

    Special to the News Secretary of State Wes Allen testified before and answered the questions of members of the U.S. Senate on the topic of election administration and integrity Tuesday, March 12. Alabama’s own Sen. Katie Britt introduced Secretary Allen to the committee. “I was honored to introduce my friend, Secretary of State…

The Alabama Senate passed a gambling constitutional amendment this past Thursday, March 7. Although the Bible warns against the love of money and get-rich-quick schemes, nowhere in the Bible does it call gambling a sin. Following Thomas Jefferson’s advice on a “wall of separation between the church and the state,” the topics of gambling and…

  Last week we had an election that gave our citizens an opportunity to let their voices be heard on the leadership and direction of our county, our state and our nation. The primary elections are for each of the political parties to determine their candidates to go into the general election that will be…

Dear Editor, Education Choice. Alabama House Bill 129 passed the state’s lower legislative body last month and now awaits Senate action. The CHOOSE Act will provide parents with more educational choices for their own children. This legislation would provide parents with a tax credit of up to $7,000 per year in an Education Savings Account…

Op-ed by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville   When President Biden first took office, he immediately began dismantling our Southern border. And he hasn’t stopped. The president has taken 94 executive actions to destroy our immigration system, ranging from ending the successful “remain-in-Mexico” program to selling taxpayer-funded border wall materials for pennies on the dollar. The radical left-wing…