As of Thursday, The University of Alabama School of Law will now be named the Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law in recognition of a $26.5 million donation from the prominent business executive and attorney. Culverhouse’s unprecedented commitment includes a $25 million gift – the largest in the University’s storied 187-year history. The gift […]

In yet another interview with CNN, Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Wednesday voiced his full support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s decision to refuse to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing scheduled for Monday. Ford, who has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominee to the United States Supreme Court, of sexual assaulting her […]

Music legends Alabama will headline a concert on Wednesday, September 26 at Burgess-Snow Field to benefit Jacksonville State University (JSU). The Charlie Daniels Band will join them, as will other well-known entertainers with Alabama roots, including Jamey Johnson, Shenandoah and Jason Isbell. Per WHNT, when the EF-3 tornado rolled across JSU’s campus in March, founding Alabama band member […]

Per CBS 42, Blount County Schools will no longer allow student or volunteer-led prayer over the PA system before football games. Superintendent Rodney Green indicated that the district made the decision based upon the advice of their legal counsel after an organization “based outside of the community” complained. Instead of prayer, they will now observe a […]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of three Alabama citizens who are complaining that Secretary of State John Merrill blocked them on Twitter, and Merrill responded by calling the legal action “an attempted political hack job” by “this liberal group.” The ACLU is claiming that, as an elected official, […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Tuesday told CNN’s Jim Acosta that Mark Judge, the longtime friend of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh who allegedly witnessed the sexual assault Dr. Christine Blasey Ford claims took place over 30 years ago, should be subpoenaed to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Judge submitted […]

Central Six AlabamaWorks! is partnering with the Birmingham Business Alliance and the Alabama Workforce Training Center on Thursday to host a manufacturing hiring fair wherein 19 local companies will seek to fill 500 positions. The event will run from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Workforce Training Center located at 3500 6th Avenue South in Birmingham. You […]

The Navy on Tuesday awarded two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to Mobile-based Austal USA, a move which Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) applauded. The two awarded contract modifications to Austal come from funds appropriated by Congress for Fiscal Year 2018. Lockheed Martin in Marinette, Wisconsin, was awarded a single LCS. “The […]

Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. on Tuesday announced that Lucas B. Gambino has been named as the company’s general counsel and vice president. Gambino, who started at the company last Monday, comes to Coca-Cola UNITED from Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham, where he practiced law in the banking and corporate arena for more […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense, announced Tuesday final Senate passage of the legislative package that will cover defense funding for Fiscal Year 2019, which begins October 1. The defense appropriations act was passed in a “minibus” package (that still needs to pass the House) also containing the […]

Three residents of Troy were arrested Monday and charged in a burglary at a house in the small town of Banks in Pike County, per WSFA. Craigory Newsome Baker, age 24, Khalil Raheem Cummings, 22, and Anthony Tynorris Woods, 18, have been charged with first-degree burglary. Baker is also charged with receiving stolen property and a […]

President Donald Trump’s approval rating in Alabama held steady at 63 percent through August, according to Morning Consult, however, West Virginia and Wyoming now rank atop the list of states in which Trump is best received. While Alabama’s approval and disapproval numbers remain unchanged from July to the end of August, West Virginia moved up […]

Alabama Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Tuesday called for yet another delay in the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, this time giving two new reasons in an interview with CNN. “We need to slow this process down,” Jones emphasized. He said that he wants a thorough FBI investigation conducted regarding the allegation of […]

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Alabama Political Action Committee has endorsed Gov. Kay Ivey in the November 6 gubernatorial election. NFIB is the nation’s leading small-business association and is considered “the voice” of small business owners and employees. NFIB’s Alabama state director Rosemary Elebash announced the endorsement Tuesday at a press conference at […]

In the story of “Noah’s Ark except it’s a school bus,” The Washington Post detailed how a truck driver saved more than 60 animals from Hurricane Florence and drove them to Alabama. The man who rescued the animals, Tony Alsup, has been back and forth between the South Carolina coast and Alabama in the last week, shuttling […]

Akil Michael Figures, son of Alabama state Senator Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile), has been arrested on a domestic violence charge, per Fox 10. The 36-year-old Figures was reportedly charged with third-degree domestic violence (menacing), and this is by no means his first run in with the law in Alabama. He has an extensive rap sheet, including […]

On Monday, Dr. Mary Jane Caylor’s campaign for Huntsville City Council released a creative new social media ad that invoked her opponent’s ties to socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). With Halloween on the horizon, Caylor hit her opponent, Frances Akridge, with the tagline “few things are scarier than socialism… Especially in our local government.” Akridge, the […]

After Secretary of State John Merrill wrote an op-ed last week strongly criticizing the Alabama Ethics Commission, the commission’s director, Tom Albritton, appeared on Capitol Journal to push back and give their side of the story, saying, “We did our job.” Merrill opened his piece by lamenting having “to ask what purpose the Alabama Ethics Commission […]

After Saturday’s launching of the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Alabama lawmakers took to Twitter to celebrate the success ofUnited Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Delta II rocket, which was built at the company’s Decatur facility. Fresh off of the historic launch of an Alabama-built rocket in August, NASA once again counted […]

Dr. Sarah Parcak, an archaeology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), recently led an expedition that discovered over 800 Egyptian tombs, according to a press release by the university. The expedition, which was a joint venture between UAB and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, revealed one of the largest sites of Middle Kingdom tombs in […]

Democratic nominee for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, in a Monday interview on the “Matt & Aunie Show,” said that he will vote against the pro-life “Amendment Two” on the November 6 General Election ballot. Per the Alabama Policy Institute (API), the proposed amendment “would add language to the state constitution acknowledging the sanctity of […]

Per the Associated Press, a federal judge last week extended the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau’s deadline to respond to Alabama’s lawsuit challenging their practice of counting illegal immigrants until November 13. Lawyers representing the federal government claimed they needed additional time to finish “evaluating the arguments that the government will make […]

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) last week announced that six early-stage companies have advanced to the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale, which will take place in Huntsville on September 27. Startups are competing in one of two tracks – “concept stage,” which is for entrepreneurs launching businesses, and “seed stage,” which is comprised […]

All of Cullman County’s schools will display “In God We Trust,” the national motto, after a unanimous vote by the local school board on Thursday. This came after the state legislature this March voted to allow the motto’s use in Alabama schools, courthouses and other public property. Cullman County becomes the second county after Blount County, which […]