The National Governors Association (NGA) on Wednesday announced its new executive committee for 2020-2021, with Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) becoming chair of the association that represents the 55 leaders of all American states and territories. Members of the executive committee were elected during the NGA summer meeting, which was held in a virtual format this […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Republican nominee Tommy Tuberville in the Yellowhammer State’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Tuberville, after defeating former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in last month’s GOP primary runoff, is set to face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November’s general election. The AFA had endorsed […]

Just days after perfectly launching NASA’s historic Mars 2020 mission, United Launch Alliance (ULA) has been awarded another major assignment that will benefit the United States. SES, a global leader in content connectivity solutions, has selected ULA to launch two C-band satellites. This launch is part of SES’s accelerated C-band clearing plan to meet the […]

The Alabama Republican Party special primary election in House District 49 occurred on Tuesday in parts of Bibb, Chilton and Shelby Counties. This seat was vacated by the resignation of State Rep. April Weaver (R-Brierfield), who left the legislature to join the administration of President Donald J. Trump. Russell Bedsole and Mimi Penhale were the […]

KBR on Tuesday announced it has been awarded a $165 million task order to perform key engineering services on tactical missiles for the Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM) project office within the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space. The publicly traded company was awarded the cost-plus, fixed fee task order under […]

A new video ad has been launched in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race, targeting U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). Entitled “Cities,” the ad by One Nation urges Jones to “support the rule of law” and support ending federal funding of sanctuary cities. This comes as part of a previously-announced $3.2 million advertising reservation in the Yellowhammer […]

A joint team of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy sailors launched an unarmed Boeing-built Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the early morning hours of Tuesday from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Minuteman III, which is managed by Boeing in Huntsville, is as fast as a seismic wave, traveling […]

Austal USA on Tuesday announced that yet another Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) built in Mobile has successfully completed integrated trials and is now ready to be delivered to the U.S. Navy. The future USNS Newport (EPF 12) completed sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, and is poised to become the 12th EPF delivered by […]

An independent poll released on Tuesday showed blowouts brewing in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate and presidential contests. Morning Consult, a national data company, polled multiple states, including Alabama, from July 24 through August 2. In the Yellowhammer State, 609 likely voters were surveyed, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.

The Alabama Public Service Commission on Tuesday returned $100 million to Alabama Power Company customers. In a unanimous vote by PSC President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, Commissioner Chris “Chip” Beeker and Commissioner Jeremy Oden, the commission formally decided to return the money through a rate ECR adjustment.

Isaac Okoro is one-and-done at Auburn University, with the small forward on Monday confirming he will enter the 2020 NBA Draft. Okoro made the All-SEC second team, defensive team and freshman team this past season. In a letter to “the Auburn Family,” Okoro wrote, “Playing in the NBA has always been a dream of mine. […]

University of Alabama star forward John Petty, Jr. will return for his senior season, the player announced on Monday. The Huntsville native was a second-team All-SEC honoree this past season, after leading the Southeastern Conference in three-point percentage. Petty was considering entering the 2020 NBA Draft, however he decided to return for a final season […]

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he was removing the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board chairman, Skip Thompson, an Alabamian. Thompson, a resident of Decatur, is the president and CEO of Corporate Billing, a subsidiary of Birmingham-based National Bank of Commerce. He previously served as the president and CEO of both First American Bank in […]

While SpaceX is just about the only major American aerospace company without a presence in the Yellowhammer State, Sunday’s completion of the historic Demo-2 mission still managed to have an Alabama connection. Demo-2 was SpaceX’s first-ever crewed mission for NASA and the first crewed orbital launch to depart from the United States since the final […]

The Alabama Republican Party will holds its annual summer meeting in Trussville on Saturday, August 1. Members of the state executive committee are gathering in person, as ALGOP Chairman Terry Lathan wrote in a June announcement. “We will be meeting in person and will be following all social distancing guidelines as applicable at the meeting […]

Boeing on Friday made a $500,000 contribution to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s “Save Space Camp” campaign. Launched on Tuesday to offset losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign had raised more than $600,000 by the time Boeing announced its donation on Friday afternoon. The campaign in less than four full days has […]

Boeing continues to bolster the nation’s only defense program capable of protecting the entire United States homeland, including Alaska and Hawaii, against long-range ballistic missiles. The company manages this vital national security program, known as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, out of Huntsville as the prime contractor for the Department of Defense. Boeing has […]

Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens supports local school boards and superintendents deciding if students in their districts will physically return to school for the start of the academic year. In a Thursday letter to Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson, Stephens emphasized that these local education leaders must be given balanced, unbiased information […]

The Southeastern Conference is forging ahead with a conference-only college football schedule for the 2020 season, as first reported by Sports Illustrated. The outlet reported that SEC presidents on Thursday adopted a proposal to play a 10-game schedule this fall, featuring only teams from inside the conference. The SEC has now confirmed the news. The plan […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Birmingham-based Southern Research have discovered a new drug candidate that represents a major advance in the treatment for diabetes. A release from UAB on Thursday advised that the drug has been tested on isolated human and mouse pancreatic islets, the place where the hormones insulin and glucagon […]

Jesse A. Goldberg, Ph.D., still has not started his first semester as a lecturer at Auburn University. However, the incoming professor continues to ignite controversy on social media. A few months ago, Goldberg admittedly posted his “first controversial tweet” as an Auburn faculty member. Ahead of starting his new job as a “Lecturer of African American & […]

State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) on Wednesday resigned from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, where he was serving as an Alabama Baptist bivocational pastor. The resignation, first announced by The Alabama Baptist, comes in the wake of Dismukes attending a celebration of Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was a Confederate general and the first grand wizard of […]

Alabama is once again set to make history with the scheduled Thursday morning launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. Atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, the Perseverance rover is set to blast off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket was built at ULA’s world-class facility […]

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two people previously charged on the state level in the death of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney. The tragic disappearance of McKinney, 3, captured the hearts of many across Alabama and the nation last fall. After being missing for more than a week, the Birmingham girl’s remains were located in […]