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Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen testified before the U.S. Senate on Tuesday regarding election administration and integrity. Since entering office a little over a year ago, Allen has placed high priority on ensuring fair elections and growing voter confidence within the state.
Senator Katie Britt is following in the footsteps of her mentor and predecessor Senator Richard Shelby in bringing massive amounts of investment to the Yellowhammer State. Britt recently announced that as a result of the passing of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget,
Congressman Robert Adertholt has announced that he has secured over $42 million in funding for local projects within the 4th District.“ Members of Congress know the needs of their districts far more than a Washington bureaucrat,"
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that the state's General Fund will be receiving an additional $220 million after pending opioid related litigation was finally resolved in court last week. The new funding will reportedly go to local governments and public hospitals.
Alabama is already known agriculturally nationwide for its pecan production. Now, that profile is set to grow even further after New Mexico-based Southern Roots Nut Co. announced recently that it will be opening a pecan processing facility in Dothan.
Congressman Dale Strong secured a major legislative win after his standalone bioterrorism bill unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The Department of Homeland Security Biodetection Improvement Act, will strengthen America's ability to defend itself against an ever-evolving landscape of bioterror related threats that largely began to grow post 9-11.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Dentistry has announced that it has officially opened a new Dothan based satellite dental clinic to recruit, educate, train, and retain dentists to help improve overall dental health within the state's Wiregrass region.
The Mobile Police Department has released the city's 2023 annual crime statistics report, and for a city recognized by Forbes last year as the second most dangerous in the country, Mobile showed real improvement in two major categories.
Senator Katie Britt delivered the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech Thursday evening. Britt, the only Alabamian ever to deliver a response to a SOTU address, focused in particular on Biden's response to the crisis at the southern border, his economic policies, the rising national crime rate, and also the perceived weaking of the U.S. on the world stage by hostile countries.
Huntsville's Toyota Manufacturing Alabama engine plant has set a new facility record for most engines assembled in a single year. The company announced that the plant produced a stunning 770,000 engines in 2023 alone.
Jacksonville State began hosting its first ever Southeastern Leadership Command College for law enforcement officers this week. The goal, organizers say, is to provide professional development for senior officers, while also training officers at a sergeant or lieutenant level to later become leaders in their respective departments and agencies.
North Alabama entrepreneurs will soon have the opportunity to compete in a Shark Tank-style event that could earn them as much as $25,000 in non-dilutive funding.
Three of Alabama's incumbent Congressman will be representing the Republican Party in the upcoming general election after handily winning their respective primaries.
This morning, Governor Kay Ivey’s signature on school choice legislation has placed Alabama at the forefront of states in expanding educational freedom in 2024. With the creation of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), Alabama joins fourteen other states in offering comprehensive choice programs as state legislatures across the U.S. consider similar expansions in 2024. “Today is […]
As Governor Kay Ivey continues her fight against the United Auto Workers union, many in Alabama are offering praise for the state's highest elected official. Mark Mattox, Chairman of the Board for Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama, has joined that group.
At approximately 3:42 a.m., on February 24, an explosive device was detonated outside of the Alabama Attorney General’s Office in downtown Montgomery. Since that time, law enforcement, including the ALEA and FBI, have been trying to apprehend the suspect or suspects responsible.
As prescription prices continue to rise nationally and throughout the state, legislative leaders in Alabama have begun to look for solutions to solve the growing problem.
The Atmore Chamber of Commerce recently awarded former Poarch Band of Creek Indians' Tribal Chair Eddie Tullis with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Tullis, according to the tribe, was selected to receive the award because of his career long, active engagement in the community as well as his significant, positive impact locally.
Representative Corey Harbison is one of the many state legislators working overtime to address the fallout from the Alabama Supreme Court's recent embryo related ruling that has caused the vast majority of IVF treatments in the state to be put on hold.
Governor Kay Ivey has announced that three grants worth a total of $239,000 have been awarded to three state entities in order to better help train local first responders.
Uniti Fiber, a leading provider of infrastructure solutions, has announced that it has completed a major broadband project that will now provide high-speed internet service along the U.S. 31 Corridor in rural Jemison, Alabama.
Congressman Dale Strong is continuing his push to secure America's agricultural interests. Since entering the House in 2023, Strong has been a consistent voice against the increasing influence of China, particularly on American agriculture.
In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court's recent decision to classify an embryo as a living child, fertility clinics across the state have paused IVF treatments for fear that continuing them could lead to legal consequences.

