State News

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWSPublished September 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) announced that applications are now open for the 64th Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) Washington Week, which offers high school students a […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he would send Alabama’s National Guard into Birmingham and Montgomery to combat crime if elected governor. Tuberville made the comments Friday on the “Longshore and McKnight” radio program. Asked […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — September 1, 2025. Starting today, Alabama residents will see relief at the checkout counter as a new state law eliminates sales tax on menstrual products, maternity supplies, and essential baby items. […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama is home to more than 377,000 veterans, and 43,220 of them are women. That means more than one in every ten Alabama veterans is female. Yet only 18,492 […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to temporarily block Alabama’s controversial new law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public schools and restricts how issues of […]

Huntsville’s McDonnell Elementary among schools with high percentages below benchmark SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s Literacy Act is making its mark on classrooms, with nearly 4,727 third graders statewide repeating the grade this […]

Selma plant upgrade expected to impact 1,100 workers as company shifts operations By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS SELMA, Ala. — A major packaging manufacturer announced this week a $250 million investment to modernize its Riverdale mill in Selma, transforming the […]

Eagle Forum, Alabama Policy Institute, and Tuberville’s office linked to conservative initiative By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWSPublished July 28, 2025 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A leaked applicant database from Project 2025 is shedding light on Alabama’s role in the controversial […]