Lawmakers wasted no time taking action on an aggressive job-growth agenda in the 2012 Regular Session, as key economic development bills received favorable votes in committee Wednesday and will be up for votes of the full House Thursday. The bills are: o    The  “Heroes...

This morning I took the time to sit-in on the House Economic Development & Tourism Committee meeting. ADO Director Greg Canfield was in attendance along with several members of his staff because some important economic development bills were coming up for discussio...

While Democrat Minority Leader Craig Ford has been predicting a GOP to Democrat party switcher in the legislature, the exact opposite happened Tuesday as State Rep. Alan Harper of Aliceville announced his decision to switch his affiliation to the Alabama Republican Part...

With their close ties to the GOP legislative leadership, The Business Council of Alabama is now unquestionably the most powerful lobbying group in Montgomery. Today, they released their legislative agenda along with the below press release. To view a printable version o...

Today is Ronald Reagan’s 101st birthday. In celebration, The Heritage Foundation released a list of 10 of his most inspiring quotes: Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. Don’t be afraid to see what you see. Freedom is n...

Since Republicans were swept into power in 2010, we’ve seen countless Democrats jump ship. During the 2011 legislative session, I watched the mounting frustration of Democrats in the House & Senate as they lost on vote, after vote, after vote. I couldn’t help but t...

February 6 – February 10 This is the first installment of what we’re going to call “Goat Hill Weekly.” This feature will run each Monday of the legislative session and will offer a detailed preview of the week ahead in the Alabama legislature. We...

Republican Presidential Primary: Interesting note: since FL was punished for moving their primary up, AL & FL actually have the same amount of delegates – 50. #alpolitics — Cliff Sims (@Cliff_Sims) February 1, 2012 GOP Primary: Predicting Alabama Based ...

As I fired up my twitter account this morning, I saw the following tweet: LOLZ RT @georgetalbot: Today’s column: Alabama candidates vow to impeach Obama: bit.ly/y37Pyc — Nathan Lindsay (@NathanLindsay) February 1, 2012 This is the beauty of Twitter that the ...

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 25 conservative House freshmen, led by Representative Martha Roby of Alabama, joined forces today to put an end to the budget gimmicks and procedural trickery that Washington too often uses to hide federal spending and run up the debt. ...