By: Todd May, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center NASA is making great strides on the journey to send astronauts farther into space than ever before. And in a very real sense, the first leg of the journey to Mars is happening right here in Alabama. That’s because America’s next great ship – NASA’s […]

By Move I-20/59 coalition leaders Gail Andrews; Dell & Dixon Brooke, Jr.; Will Brooke; Ralph Cook; George French; Kathryn & Raymond Harbert; Kate Nielsen; Ruffner Page; & Lucy & Temple Tutwiler, III John Cooper’s recent editorial, “Here’s why we must improve and replace Birmingham’s downtown bridges,” is more of the same “we know best” rhetoric […]

By Marlee Moore Alabama timberland is growing like words dripping off a Southern drawl – slow and steady. In 2014, Alabama timber acreage increased from 22 million acres to an all-time high of 23 million, according to Service Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest. “That million acres of […]

By: Dana Beyerle MONTGOMERY, Ala. — National School Choice Week was observed Tuesday at the Alabama Capitol and drew thousands of students, parents, educators, and business leaders for a lively and informative assembly. The Alabama School Choice Coalition rally included student cheerleaders and dance music to help observe National School Choice Week, which was supported […]

By ALDOT Director John Cooper The Alabama Department of Transportation is working to improve and replace the elevated portions of Interstate 59/20 through downtown Birmingham’s Central Business District (CBD). These bridge structures are more than 40 years old and were originally designed for 80,000 vehicles per day. Today’s traffic count is approximately 160,000 daily vehicles, […]

(Video above: School choice changed the lives of Gloria McMeans and her son Keeynaad) By Dr. Chad Mathis, Chairman of the Alabama Federation for Children I will never forget the first time I heard Gloria McMeans talk about her son, Keenyaad. Keenyaad had always been an excellent student. He was incredibly bright and progressing faster […]

By Johnny Kampis of Watchdog.org AT&T is now testing an Internet service in Walker County that could help fill the broadband gap in Alabama’s rural areas. About 65 households in the Carbon Hill area are being paid to participate in the wireless local loop service, which involves installing a directional antenna on their homes to […]

By: Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy Eight months ago, a Birmingham, Alabama, native was challenged in the face of danger, and had the needed courage; he took swift action to save a Marine’s life. Sgt. Raheem Boyd was in his room aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 2015, when he received a message from a fellow […]

Submitted by: Bill Rice, Jr. Regarding the current debate about who is the greatest coach of all time – Coach Bryant or Coach Saban, I think one important point is perhaps being overlooked. With due respect to Coaches Frank Thomas and Wallace Wade, Coach Bryant built the tradition and the Alabama “brand” that has benefitted […]

John Hanson is keeping his eyes on the prize of helping build the most powerful rocket in history, NASA’s Space Launch System, for the journey to Mars and other destinations in deep space. And for those efforts, he’s getting a prestigious prize of his own from the world’s largest aerospace professional society. Hanson, alternate lead […]

By Andrew C. Billings, Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting, University of Alabama As a sports media scholar who has conducted research on fantasy sports play, I find myself fielding quite a few questions from a variety of constituencies relating to the rapid explosion of daily, weekly and season-long fantasy games. Usually, it’s the core question: […]

By: Jim Porter What AL.com writer John Archibald is really saying in his December 4 column, “To hell with the NRA; this country has to talk about guns,” is to hell with the Constitution, to hell with democracy. The National Rifle Association is the nation’s oldest civil right organization whose strength lies in the grassroots […]

By: Uber Newsroom As the largest metro area in Alabama, Birmingham has a lot to offer residents and visitors. Beyond being the cultural and entertainment capital of the state, downtown Birmingham has great restaurants, shops, and dozens of apartment buildings under construction. It’s also seen job growth over the past five years and is ranked […]

By: Sarah Partain If you send your child to Auburn University, she will have to go on a tour. When she goes on a tour, she will learn to never step on the seal near Samford Hall. Seeing Samford Hall will make her fall in love. After deciding to become a Tiger, she’s going to […]

By Andrew A. Yerbey, API Senior Policy Counsel Ann Marie Corgill is, by all accounts and by almost any definition, a highly qualified teacher. It is regrettable that the modifier “almost” is necessary in that sentence, but its inclusion is instructive. From it, the people of Alabama can learn a lot about what ails their […]

By Michele Gerlach Andalusia Star-News Persistent attention and removing impurities to get to the sweet stuff can describe both the syrup-making and the life-changing taking place with a Covington County program. Even in the cooler temperatures of early fall, it is hot near a syrup kettle. But quality syrup requires constant skimming to remove impurities. […]

By Mary Johnson, Alabama Farmers Federation Cassandra Gifford loves pink, has a big heart and is talented working with her hands. When she tackled the task of tractor restoration, she combined all those traits by painting the tractor pink and using it to help fight breast cancer. “At the beginning, I wanted a pink tractor […]

By William J. Canary and Jimmy Parnell The Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Farmers Federation are teaming up to encourage support for the new Career-Technical Dual Enrollment Program with tax credits for scholarships for eligible high school students who enroll in college-level career-tech courses at Alabama community colleges. The benefits include well-trained employees […]

Thursday on Marie Claire, Alabamian Jessica Garrison shared her story of being harassed and libeled by a notorious liberal blogger. “My saga started in July 2013,” she wrote. “A friend texted me, asking, “Do you know this guy, Roger Shuler?” I didn’t, but quickly learned he was the political blogger behind the website Legal Schnauzer and […]

By State Senator Greg Albritton All too often, the professional bureaucrats in Montgomery ignore the people in rural Alabama. The recent closure of driver’s license offices in our rural counties across the state is just another example of these Montgomery bureaucrats sticking it to rural folks.   On October 1st, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency […]

  By Alabama Senator Gerald Dial Over the years, to bear the weight of lacking and reduced Education Trust Fund dollars, educators and support personnel have had to cover higher healthcare costs out of their own wallets, weather changes in retirement, withstand cuts to their classrooms, transportation, and other foundational program needs, and forego much […]

By Greg Lein, Alabama State Parks Director In the wake of the announcement to close five state parks and cut services and hours at other parks around the state, there have been many questions asked about the future of our state parks and what citizens can do to help. The best way to support the […]

By Dan Sutter Underfunded state employee pension plans loom as a potential economic catastrophe. Illinois’ state pension plan faces a deficit in excess of $100 billion, resulting in the lowest bond rating of any state. Many analysts and investors suspect that the pension system’s liabilities will eventually bankrupt the state government. The debate over public […]

This op-ed was originally published by National Review Online. By Hans A. von Spakovsky Many on the left are in a ferment over Alabama’s closure of some part-time Department of Motor Vehicles offices. It’s being done for budgetary reasons, but liberals are claiming it’s being done to raise a “barrier for poor and minority voters” in […]