U.S. Army veteran and former FBI special agent Kerry Straub earlier this week announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, District 10. Straub holds a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University, where he served in the ROTC program. He went on to earn a master’s degree from Auburn University […]

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians on Thursday announced that it had scored a regulatory victory in its plans to open a casino resort in Chicago, Illinois. The tribe’s gaming business, Wind Creek Hospitality, has officially received approval from the Illinois Gaming Board to build a hotel and casino in Chicago’s south suburban area. According […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) on Thursday announced its seventh round of endorsements for incumbents seeking reelection to the state legislature. The state’s preeminent agricultural advocacy organization grants endorsements through FarmPAC, its political action committee. The following candidates now hold an official endorsement from FarmPAC: State Sen. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva) State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) […]

Birmingham-based work services company Boulo Solutions on Wednesday announced a partnership which will serve the work-life balance needs of mothers. Boulo is partnering with Nashville-based mental health services provider Veer to support working mothers in need of child development support, assisting them in their transition back into the workforce. Boulo actively connects women to caregivers […]

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) on Wednesday announced that the organization had tapped Mitt Walker to serve as head of its Governmental and Agricultural Programs Department. Walker, a 16-year veteran of the federation, formerly served as the department’s assistant director. Walker expressed gratitude for ALFA naming him department head and outlined his goals in serving […]

The utilization of private funds in the elections administration process has emerged as a topic of contention in the debate over election integrity. State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), candidate for Alabama secretary of state, announced on Thursday that he had filed a bill with the state legislature to ban such practices. Allen’s legislation, House Bill […]

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday night voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The “Congressional Review Act” (CRA), sponsored by U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), passed the upper chamber by a vote of 52-48. Senate Republicans were joined by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Tester (D-MT) in voting for […]

Gubernatorial candidate Lindy Blanchard on Wednesday released her campaign’s first video promoting her candidacy to serve as the state’s chief executive. Blanchard earlier this week officially ended her candidacy for the U.S. Senate and entered the 2022 Alabama governor’s race, issuing a primary challenge to Gov. Kay Ivey. The candidate is running as a “conservative […]

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Wednesday announced that the University of Alabama had been awarded $4 million from the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) agency for the establishment of a National Center on Forensics. UA will establish and operate the center in partnership with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Tuesday successfully launched an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in support of U.S. national security objectives. The rocket carried the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission, which contained federally-developed technology experiments. The seven-hour-and-10-minute launch marked ULA’s longest duration mission to date. ULA, a leading […]

The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a bipartisan vote of 363-70. All seven members of Alabama’s congressional delegation voted to pass the annual defense appropriations bill. Excluded from the House’s final version of the legislation was an array of controversial progressive provisions, which assisted in the […]

The reelection campaign of State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) on Tuesday released its first advertisement for the 2022 primary election cycle. Whatley is seeking reelection to the Alabama State Senate, District 27, which encompasses Lee, Tallapoosa and Russell Counties. He currently serves on the Senate Finance and Taxation Education, Confirmations, Judiciary, Banking and Insurance, and […]

Katie Britt’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate continues to receive support from Alabama’s agricultural community. Her campaign on Wednesday announced the formation of the “Farmers for Katie Britt” grassroots coalition. The coalition consists of a variety of farmers who work in multiple areas of agriculture including crop, dairy, cattle and poultry. Its founding members are […]

Members of Alabama’s congressional delegation have sponsored resolutions in both chambers of Congress congratulating the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) on its centennial. ALFA, founded in 1921, has become the leading agricultural advocacy organization in the Yellowhammer State with affiliate groups representing all 67 counties. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) hailed the role ALFA plays in […]

U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Durant on Wednesday released a new television spot in which the candidate takes exception to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The new television ad is Durant’s third spot of the 2022 primary election cycle. His campaign’s initial ad, which was first reported by Yellowhammer News, featured Durant touting his military […]

Of the many luxuries the majority party in Congress holds, perhaps one of the most consequential is the power of investigative authority. This was on full display after Democrats, at the behest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), formed the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. The committee was formed to investigate […]

Gov. Kay Ivey’s reelection campaign on Tuesday issued a response to the candidacies of those attempting to derail her bid for an additional term as Alabama’s chief executive. In a fiery statement, the Ivey campaign touted the governor’s record on a number of issues including job creation, federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, abortion and election integrity. […]

WETUMPKA — Businesswoman and former U.S. ambassador to Slovenia Lynda “Lindy” Blanchard on Tuesday officially kicked off her campaign for governor at the Jeanette Barrett Civic Room in Wetumpka. The announcement comes on the heels of much speculation in Alabama political circles over the past few weeks that Blanchard would end her U.S. Senate campaign […]

Leaders across Alabama’s River Region met in Montgomery on Monday to formulate a plan of action to increase the number of children reading proficiently by the end of the third grade. The meeting, led by the River Region United Way’s (RRWU) Bold Goal Coalition, saw more than 70 community leaders across the region partake in […]

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles & Defense Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) teams have won approval from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) following successful testing of the companies’ common software factory solution. According to Northrop Grumman, the program is now set for integration which will serve to accelerate the NGI software design and development. The […]

The National School Board Association (NSAB) continues to receive immense criticism for a letter it sent to the Biden administration in September which suggested that some parents who took to protest over their children’s school curriculum had partaken in domestic terrorism. Parents across the nation attended school board meetings to raise objection over controversial academic […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Monday announced that it had endorsed Judge Kelli Wise and Greg Cook in their candidacies for Alabama Supreme Court associate justice. Wise in 2000 became the youngest woman to ever hold an Alabama Appellate Court judgeship when she was elected to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. In 2010, […]

C Spire Fiber on Monday announced that construction is underway to deploy ultra-fast, fiber-based gigabit internet and related services to the city of Homewood. According to the telecommunications and technology services company, it began construction on what it referred to as the “next-generation technology” this week. The construction is the first three of 24 fiberhoods […]

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology on Monday reported that the organization had generated $3.2 billion in economic impact for the state of Alabama. The announcement comes on the heels of an analysis study conducted by the Center for Management and Economic Research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The report measured the Huntsville-based institute’s […]