BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama officials are asking the state’s U.S. senators to help secure a two-year delay in new federal SNAP cost-sharing requirements that could force the state to pay $200 million or more to keep food assistance benefits flowing to hundreds of thousands of residents. The new requirements are part of the One Big […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday to help prevent federal agencies from sending out taxpayer dollars as improper payments, which U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Birmingham, sponsored. The Zeroing Out Monetary Benefits Improperly Expended (ZOMBIE) Act would replace agencies’ practice of completing annual improper payment estimates with ongoing risk assessments. The House passed the […]

WASHINGTON — As Congressman Shomari Figures prepares for a tough fight to win Alabama’s new 2nd Congressional District, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is putting its full weight behind his reelection bid. The committee added Figures to its 2026 Frontline Incumbents list after Alabama Republicans approved a previously-struck down congressional map for this year’s elections. […]