By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee reviewed a series of law enforcement and vehicle regulation measures during its first meeting of the 2026 legislative session, advancing several bills […]
By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell and Emilia Sykes are urging the Department of Homeland Security to exempt health care workers from a newly implemented H-1B visa fee that lawmakers say is already […]
By Speakin’ Out News Staff HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — North Alabama communities are set to receive more than $12 million in federal funding following the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval of a wide-ranging appropriations bill that includes […]
SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama residents could soon have the option to carry their driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards digitally if new legislation introduced ahead of the 2026 Legislative Session becomes law. […]
SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Alabama House Speaker and Madison County Commission Chairman Mac McCutcheon announced his retirement from public service, saying serious health challenges have prompted him to step away after decades […]
SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After months of escalating U.S. military activity in the Caribbean and off South America’s coast, President Donald Trump took an unprecedented step this past weekend: launching a large-scale military strike […]
By: SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama State Rep. Phillip Pettus, R-Killen, has prefiled legislation for the 2026 Legislative Session that would require all driver’s license examinations in the state to be administered exclusively in English. House Bill 88 would […]
SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, is celebrating the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, a sweeping defense policy bill signed into law by President Trump last […]
By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS State Rep. Jeana Ross has pre-filed legislation to establish research-aligned screen-time standards for children from birth to age five in publicly funded early learning environments across Alabama. House Bill 78, titled the Healthy Early Development and […]
SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Legislation filed by Rep. Ontario Tillman, D-Birmingham, would create a new process allowing Alabamians with certain “invisible disabilities” to voluntarily mark that status on their driver’s licenses or state-issued identification cards. Tillman, […]
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