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Those interested in applying to one of the five military service academies are encouraged to attend an informational session at the Homewood library's auditorium Monday hosted by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover.
The meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 21, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The library is located at 1721 Oxmoor Rd. in Homewood.
All six Republican members of Alabama's House delegation voted in favor Friday of two anti-abortion bills, including a one-year moratorium on funding to Planned Parenthood. The other bill, called the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, would make it a crime to not take a "born alive" fetus to a hospital and would make an individual who commits an "overt act" to kill a born alive child subject to murder charges.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Virginia Congressman Dave Brat made international headlines in 2014 when he defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary. On Friday, Brat came to the Yellowhammer State to highlight his teamwork with some of Alabama's most conservative members of Congress.
Brat and Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) sat down for an in-studio interview with Yellowhammer Radio host Cliff Sims to discuss the current climate in DC, some of the hottest political topics of the day, and the 2016 Presidential race.