In light of Birmingham’s most recent fatal mass shooting, state authorities are now offering the city’s embattled police department additional resources to fight the rapidly growing crime rate. Alabama’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Steve Marshall, said he’s prepared to help utilize a similar effort to the recently-formed Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit in […]

As election season ramps up, Alabamians are seeing campaign advertisements and endorsements from leaders across the political spectrum. From congressional races to the presidential contest, there has been no shortage of publicity. The latest television advertisement in the state is from Caroleene Dobson, Republican candidate for Alabama’s Second District. Titled “All My Best,” the ad […]

A Tuscaloosa businessman has purchased and imported truckloads of uninstalled southern border wall sections that had been placed in storage after the large-scale barrier’s construction was halted in 2021. “President Trump bought the materials, started construction, Vice President (Border Czar) Kamala Harris and her Administration stopped construction and began selling off thousands of truckloads,” said […]

The Alabama Republican Party hosted another record-breaking fundraising event this month in Montgomery. The organization’s annual summer dinner, with headlining speaker and RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump, drew in $1.3 million. The sum breaks the previous record achieved when her father-in-law, Donald Trump, attended last summer’s dinner. Over $1 million of the money raised will directly […]

Years before Casey White and Vicki White captured national headlines for their infamous prison break and attempt to evade law enforcement, Casey was already known by police in North Alabama as a career criminal. One retired member of law enforcement, former Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely, recalled one of his many interactions with White in […]

An influential minority organization within the Alabama Republican Party announced their endorsement of GOP candidate for the state’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District, Caroleene Dobson. Despite the odds being stacked in favor of a Democratic candidate, leaders who have been on the frontlines of Alabama politics for decades, said Dobson is the right person to represent […]

The Rocket City has been called the economic engine of North Alabama. One of the industries that helps power that engine is, coincidentally, the auto industry. And providing a spark to that is Toyota Alabama which reached a major milestone in its 23 years in Huntsville. The local manufacturing plant recently assembled its 10 millionth […]

Alabamians have wondered for almost a decade if the Northern Beltline in Jefferson County would ever be completed. The 52-mile road project was halted in the fall of 2016 due to a lack of funding. Now, construction of the Beltline is taking place once again thanks largely to $489 million in funding secured by Alabama’s […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville didn’t mince words when he took to the Senate floor Wednesday, criticizing the Biden administration for its continued support and funding of the war in Ukraine with American taxpayer dollars. Tuberville expressed frustration over what he described as a lack of clear objectives from U.S. and Western military leaders on how to […]

After State Rep. Juandalynn Givan flippantly suggested the National Guard could be deployed to Birmingham following a fatal mass shooting over the weekend on top of rising crime across the city, Governor Kay Ivey clarified that she has ‘no plans’ to make such a move. However, she is prepared to direct a new task force […]

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong is continuing to push for increased accountability from the Chinese Communist Party as the foreign power seeks to grow its influence further in the United States and across the globe. Today, a bill introduced by Strong (R-Monrovia) that will help track foreign nationals and hold the Chinese government to account advanced […]

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson has announced that he will not be seeking a fourth term in office. Stimpson, who has led Mobile for over ten years, revealed his decision in a video released on Wednesday.  The Mayor said that he is hoping to spend more time with his family, particularly his wife and fourteen grandchildren. […]

Opelika City Council President and native, Eddie Smith, has announced that he is running to become the city’s next mayor. Although the race in 2025 is still several months out Smith wants to give his fellow Opelikans a chance to get to know him better. “Opelika is the place I have called home all my […]

Amid an ongoing youth mental health crisis worsened by the use of widespread and unlimited social media use, U.S. Senator Katie Britt is continuing to take steps to protect America’s children from the growing issue. On Tuesday, in her latest effort, Britt joined fellow Senator John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) in introducing the Stop the Scroll Act. […]

The Alabama League of Municipalities is offering local elected officials across the state a training program to better develop them as community leaders. The Certified Municipal Official program was first created in 1994 by the organization’s former executive director, Perry Roquemore Jr. Currently, it is the second oldest program of its kind in the country. […]

Alabama’s housing market looks to have slowed in August, but has remained steady due in part to a recent decision from the Federal Reserve to cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, according to the August edition of the Alabama Association of Realtors’ monthly report. The move indicates further decreases in mortgage rates […]

Alabamians looking to obtain a general election sample ballot for the November 5 election can now do so on the Alabama Secretary of State’s website. Wes Allen said Monday that sample ballots for all counties across the state are now accessible online. “Sample ballots for all 67 counties have been made publicly available on our […]

After this weekend’s mass shooting in Birmingham left four dead and 17 wounded, elected officials from the Democratic Party are renewing their calls for the Alabama Legislature to pass a ban on Glock switches. The federally-prohibited device allows a semi-automatic Glock pistol to function as a fully automatic firearm when attached. In a social media […]

State Rep. Parker Moore (R-Decatur) was been appointed to the Alabama Joint Transportation Committee. The lawmaker received notice of his appointment in a letter this week from Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter. He will begin his new role as soon as a vacancy on the committee is created. “It is an honor to be […]

Wellstone Emergency Services celebrated the beginning of Alabama’s first pediatric crisis care center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. The facility, located in South Huntsville, will provide essential mental health care to children and adolescents across North Alabama. The new 12,000 square-foot, 24-bed unit is a significant addition to the region, which currently lacks inpatient […]

On Thursday, Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas demanding an end to the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) Parole Program, which allows foreign nationals from these countries to enter the U.S. temporarily. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which Mayorkas leads, is responsible for […]

Member of the U.S. Senate Veteran Affairs Committee, Sen. Tommy Tuberville originally introduced the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act in 2022 without success. In February of 2023, he reintroduced the bill which eventually gained the approval of the Senate. On Thursday, it passed the U.S. House, and will go a long way for veterans […]

Alabamians on social media were met with surprise on Wednesday after the City of Montgomery posted an announcement that U.S. News & World Report had named Montgomery the safest city in Alabama. The publication also ranked it second in the nation on the same list. After the questionable ranking was made public, residents across the […]

Alabamian and Chair of the RNC Youth Advisory Council Brilyn Hollyhand announced a new tour aimed at engaging and registering conservative Gen Z voters across the South in partnership with Turning Point USA. Hollyhand will make his hometown of Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama the first stop on the tour, starting next week. “6 […]