Alex Jobin

3 days ago | alreporter.com | Alex Jobin

Barry Adams is an Alabama native, a lifelong Republican voter, and a former program manager at the NATO liaison office in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 2005 to 2012. APR recently spoke with Adams to better understand how the Trump administration’s approach to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — an approach which has shifted away from Ukrainian support and toward Russian appeasement — might be affecting the opinions of some Republican voters.

6 days ago | alreporter.com | Alex Jobin

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, recently joined U.S. Sen.

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Alex Jobin

On Tuesday, the Alabama Senate passed HB386, introduced by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, which would reduce the state grocery tax in Alabama from 3 percent to 2 percent. The House quickly approved the Senate’s amendments to the bill, sending the legislation to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk. The bill, which received overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers, builds on the Alabama Legislature’s unanimous decision to reduce the state grocery tax from 4 percent to 3 percent in 2023.

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Alex Jobin

On Tuesday, the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 324, sponsored by Sen. Clyde Chambliss, R-Prattville, which would restructure Alabama’s controversial Board of Pardons and Paroles. The bill previously passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in April. Chambliss’ legislation aims to expand the parole board from three members to five, and remove the power to appoint the board’s chair from the governor, instead having the board itself appoint the chair from among its own members.

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Alex Jobin

Last week, the Alabama House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 119, a bill sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-District 25, which further prohibits certain individuals from possessing firearms under Alabama law. The bill now heads to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk where it may be signed into law.