A Montgomery County Circuit judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to challenge the legality of Alabama’s statewide mask mandate. The suit was brought by three Jackson County residents who thought the mask order, first ordered by Governor Kay Ivey in mid-July, was outside the bounds of what the government could put in place. […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded a total of $7 million to aid mental healthcare programs that serve the state. The money will be split across two programs, with $6 million going to community health provider agencies and $1 million for the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s (ADMH) Crisis and Recovery Services program. The […]

Business Facilities magazine has ranked Birmingham and Huntsville as two of the most business-friendly cities in the United States. Birmingham was ranked as the number one most business-friendly mid-sized city, and Huntsville took the number one ranking for small cities. The same magazine ranked Alabama as the fourth-most business-friendly state in the nation, behind Texas, […]

The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship (AOA) announced Monday a new program for those seeking to develop marketable skills and enter the workforce quickly. The pre-apprenticeship initiative will use “a combination of curriculum, on-the-job training and simulated work experiences” in order to “allow a person to gain access to a specific industry and improve existing skills,” […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday wrote a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar urging his department to release a government stash of hydroxychloroquine so the medication can be used for its original purpose. Jones said the stockpiling of hydroxychloroquine was “unconscionable” and added in a Friday tweet that the practice […]

The University of South Alabama football program announced on Friday how it will handle fans in attendance for games at the beginning of the upcoming football season amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The school is limiting Hancock Whitney Stadium to 25% of its normal capacity. All attendees will be required to wear masks and maintain […]

Alabamians may need to brace for more big storms than normal in the coming months. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released an update to their projections for the 2020 hurricane season on Thursday, and it warns of an “extremely active” season. NOAA is now predicting a total of 19-25 named storms, […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday allocated $100 million in funding for grant programs that will benefit the hospitals and nursing homes in the state who have suffered financially from the coronavirus pandemic. Two grant programs will be established, each worth $50 million, with one for hospitals and one for nursing homes. The money for […]

Citizens in two central Alabama towns have gathered in the past week to show their support for the law enforcement officers that protect their communities. The people of Wetumpka held a “Back the Blue” rally on Saturday, and members of the public in nearby Prattville had a “Blessings for Blue” event on Thursday. Prattville Police […]

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced Thursday that it has received $1.1 million in grant funding to study how unmanned aircraft can aid the response to both manmade and natural disasters. The money comes from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), who granted a total of $3.3 million to the 24 universities in that […]

The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases has dropped in Alabama, even as the number of patients hospitalized for the virus remains high enough to put significant stress on healthcare providers. When Yellowhammer News provided its last COVID-19 update one week ago, the state was averaging 1,593 new cases per day. In the seven days […]

Budget shopping chain Dollar General on Wednesday announced the opening of its large, new cold storage distribution center in Montgomery. The 450,000 square foot facility is the product of a $26 million investment for the company and will support around 65 new jobs in the River Region. The Montgomery facility is cold storage, meaning it […]

The Mobile Airport Authority on Tuesday unveiled a plan that would move all commercial air traffic to the Brookley Aeroplex near downtown. The city’s current aviation hub, the Mobile Regional Airport, is not located near an interstate and is a 30 minute drive west of the city center. The Brookley location is located just off […]

Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Tuesday gave high marks to a new executive order from President Donald Trump that makes permanent the expansion of telehealth services for those on Medicare that was first implemented at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will institute the changes proposed by […]

Space Camp has been saved. The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville has received the $1.5 million in public support it needed to avoid permanent closure. A $250,000 donation from SAIC on Tuesday afternoon pushed the effort past the mark needed. SAIC, which is an abbreviation of Science Applications International Corporation, is a government […]

A new study from the federal government shows that Alabamians who get health insurance through their employer pay the lowest family premiums in the nation. The numbers reflect premiums paid in 2019 and come from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which is conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a […]

Republican nominee for Alabama’s Second Congressional District Barry Moore is returning to the campaign trail after a week of meetings in Washington, D.C. that he described as “successful.” Moore surprised many political observers across Alabama by decisively winning his primary runoff election on July 14 after placing more than 15 points behind competitor Jeff Coleman […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday that it is investing over $6 million to improve the water infrastructure in four rural Alabama towns. The Alabama investments are part of a nationwide package of $462 million the USDA is spending to modernize the drinking water and wastewater systems in rural areas across the country. […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) Commissioner Rick Pate gave an update Monday afternoon on the spate of seed packets from China that people across Alabama have received in recent weeks despite never having ordered anything. Pate said that after the state seed labs had performed tests on the packets they had […]

Key figures from Alabama’s government and university systems joined to announced the new GuideSafe platform that bills itself as the key for students to safely return to college campuses amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The GuideSafe platform will help the state fulfill its promise to test every single college student before they return to campus, […]

U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) offered an amendment last week that would transfer $15 million from a Democrat-led effort giving undocumented immigrants legal assistance to a program that provides grants to criminal justice systems across the country. The motion was introduced on Friday during the debate on an appropriations bill in front of the House. […]

Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville have made more progress in their research of the human genome. Researchers working in the Myers and Mendenhall labs have zeroed in on the science of “transcription factor proteins” that bind to DNA and essentially serve as on/off switches for genes. They, along with collaborators from […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced a new $100 million program designed to enhance internet access for low-income students during the coronavirus pandemic. The funding for the program, which is being called Alabama Broadband Connectivity, comes from the $1.9 billion the state received as part of the federal government’s CARES Act that was passed […]

The online fundraising campaign to save the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville from permanently closing has raised 40% of its goal since launching on Tuesday. Support for the iconic Alabama institution has come from all 50 states. The center announced on Monday that it needs $1,500,000 in public support or it will be […]