This weekend, country music megastar Kenny Chesney will perform his first and only show of 2014. But it won’t be at an arena, amphitheater or stadium, like most of his concerts. Instead, he’ll be performing at the Flora-Bama Lounge & Package, an iconic roadhouse planted, as its name suggests, right on the Florida-Alabama line. The […]

Ferguson, Mo., has descended into chaos after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed teenager Saturday night. As tempers continued to run hot on Wednesday, police hit the streets in riot gear, spraying rubber bullets and releasing tear gas. The gentleman on the left has more personal body armor and weaponry than I did […]

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, U.S. citizens work almost 1,800 hours each year, which is over 35 hours per week. That’s a lot compared to citizens of European nations like France, where the average person works under 1,500 hour per year, less around 29 hours per week. That kind of work […]

Nine Alabama restaurants made Southern Living’s ever-evolving list of the “100 Best Restaurants in the South,” which was updated this week. “Southern Living intrepid restaurant scout Jennifer V. Cole hit the road to determine the top 100 places to eat in the South now,” the magazine explains on its website. “The list leads with the […]

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday morning used a loophole in Alabama’s open meetings law to go into a “closed door executive session” and approve spending $275,000 on Democrat lobbyists to help the city land the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Perhaps most notably, the Council approved spending $150,000 of taxpayer resources on The Podesta Group, […]

In a meeting with the Alabama Media Group editorial board Tuesday, Jesse Jackson slammed Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s decision to not expand Medicaid under ObamaCare, and compared it to George Wallace trying to stop black students from enrolling at the University of Alabama. “Wallace blocked the school door based on race,” Jackson said. “[Bentley is] […]

(Above: Rick & Bubba discuss Robin Williams’ death) Birmingham-based, nationally-syndicated talk radio hosts Rick Burgess and Bill “Bubba” Bussey reacted to the apparent suicide of actor and comedian Robin Williams Tuesday, urging their listeners who struggle with depression to find peace in eternal things, rather than what the world has to offer. “He went into […]

Over the last nine months, over 60,000 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children have been detained by border security after crossing into the United States from Mexico. The children are then placed with “sponsors,” typically relatives, while they await asylum hearings. The U.S. Office of the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) explains: When a child who […]

Relax, Alabama politicians, University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban does not want your job. But he and the Crimson Tide will indeed be on the campaign trail over the next several months, stumping for a spot in the newly formed 4-team College Football Playoff. It’s an election year, so in an effort to […]

According to AL.com, the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday morning used a loophole in Alabama’s open meetings law to go into a “closed door executive session” to discuss doling out $275,000 to Democrat lobbyists to help the city land the 2016 Democratic National Convention. City leaders said a public discussion of the contracts could hurt […]

With the 2014 primary elections behind us, all attention is focused on the United States Senate, where the Democrats are clinging to a slim majority and facing a challenging electoral map. Here’s a quick look at the 2014 U.S. Senate races by the numbers: 35: Number of seats up for re-election 21: Number of contested […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The State of Alabama will host the PGA Tour for the first time in a quarter century when the The Barbasol Championship comes to the Grand National golf course in Opelika in July of 2015. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard, Retirement Systems of Alabama CEO David Bronner, Alabama Tourism […]

Broadview Networks has just released the above map comparing Internet speeds in states around the country, and Alabama appears to be lagging well behind most other states, especially those in the Northeast. “Using Akamai’s ‘State of the Internet’ Report, we were able to find the average internet speed in each state,” explained Broadview’s Russ Fordyce. “The […]

According the The Washington Times, “angry Republican leaders (are) ready to shut (the) door on open primaries.” “Republican National Committee members and activists are still seething about reports that longtime Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi Republican, enlisted Democrats to help him win his tough primary contest this summer against state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who was backed […]

In his new book, “My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football,” sports talk radio host and SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum writes in great detail about Alabama head football coach Nick Saban. In a lengthy excerpt from the book posted on The Wall St. Journal’s website over the weekend, […]

During an appearance on Matt Murphy’s Birmingham-area conservative talk radio program Friday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that he believes Obama’s refusal to enforce U.S. immigration laws should be part of the lawsuit being brought against him by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The House Speaker in mid-July filed suit against the president for […]

President Obama announced on Thursday that he had authorized “targeted airstrikes” and humanitarian airdrops in Iraq to both protect U.S. military personnel and to assist religious minorities trapped on a mountain and under siege by Islamic militants. Obama said the United States “cannot turn a blind eye” while Iraqis face the possibility of “genocide.” Rep. […]

…Well, not exactly — at least not yet. But maybe. The Ebola virus is currently ravaging West Africa, even stoking fears in the United States as two American missionaries were infected in Africa and brought back to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for treatment. This is the first time in history that victims of the […]

The Movoto Real Estate blog is out this week with a complete ranking of the “most exciting” cities in Alabama with a population of 10,000 or more. Topping the list is the state’s largest city, Birmingham, largely thanks to its abundance of nightlife options. But before we get to the rest of the list, let’s […]

Bills to secure our border, improve the economy, rein in overreach, and much more are #StuckInTheSenate: http://t.co/kCyUCxUzZz — Rep. Bradley Byrne (@RepByrne) August 6, 2014 President Obama has dubbed the current Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives the “do-nothing Congress.” That narrative has been trumpeted by Democrats across the country and amplified by […]

The Collegiate Licensing Company this week released its annual rankings of the schools who sold the most merchandise over the last year, and the University of Alabama is once again near the top of the list. The Crimson Tide came in second, just behind the University of Texas, who has topped the list for an […]

According to the Beer Institute (yes, that’s a real thing), there are over 21,000 Alabamians employed in alcohol industry-related jobs. The industry as a whole produces an estimated $2 billion economic impact on the state, including $465 million in annual tax revenue. But as massive as it sounds like the alcohol industry is in the […]

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) has found himself the unexpected center of national attention this week after an appearance on Laura Ingraham’s radio program, during which he asserted that Democrats are engaging in a “war on whites.” Brooks’ comments were made in response to National Journal columnist Ron Fournier, who said that the Republican Party has […]

On June 28, Michael Staley and Wes Bates started peddling in Astoria, Oregon. 37 days and 3,000 miles later, they’ll be in Birmingham, Ala. on Thursday. “Ride4Gabe,” as their cross-country trek has become known, is the result of an impromptu meeting in Washington, D.C. last year between Staley, Chief of Staff for Alabama Congressman Spencer […]