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Enterprise native Katie Britt earlier this month launched her bid for the Republican nomination to fill Alabama’s next open U.S. Senate seat. Only 11 months out from what will undoubtedly be a hotly contested primary election, Britt is joined by U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and former ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard in the quest […]

An avid outdoorsman and fierce defender of the Second Amendment, Donald Trump, Jr. is set to headline the Tennessee Valley Hunting & Fishing Expo in Huntsville next month. Trump’s appearance at the event is expected to include his participation in two on-stage question and answer sessions, according to organizers of the event. One session will […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall has called on Congress to reinstate its ban on taxpayer-funded abortions. Marshall’s request comes in response to President Joe Biden’s exclusion of the ban from his proposed federal budget, a move which would amount to a dramatic shift in federal policy. In a letter to congressional leaders, Marshall said it was […]

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) fired his own warning shots over what he views as an inadequate defense budget proposal from President Joe Biden. During a full Senate Committee on Appropriations review of Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense budget request, Shelby expressed his concern that the administration’s defense spending plan placed the nation […]

U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) joined 13 of his congressional colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to undergo an examination to determine his mental fitness to serve. The group cited a string of embarrassing verbal gaffes by the president as the basis for their request. In a letter sent to Biden on Thursday, the Republican […]

Ainsworth scores Tuberville endorsement

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has thrown his support to Will Ainsworth as the first-term lieutenant governor ramps up his reelection bid. Ainsworth announced Tuberville’s backing in a release from his campaign on Thursday. The former college football coach offered that his endorsement of Ainsworth was an easy play call for him. “I’ve spent most […]

President Joe Biden on Wednesday got into a verbal sparring match with Alabama native and CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins over Biden’s approach to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The exchange between Biden and Collins took place while Biden was attending a summit with the Russian leader in Geneva, Switzerland, and […]

The city of Birmingham turns 150 this year, and Mayor Randall Woodfin is emphasizing his hometown’s resiliency in celebrating the anniversary of its founding. With the theme “Built to Last,” the city is set to hold a series of events from June through December to mark its 150 years as a city, according to Woodfin. […]

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Monday a new round of local road improvement projects which will receive state funding. A total of 13 projects will receive funding through the Annual Grant Program, an initiative created under the Rebuild Alabama Act of 2019. “Improving Alabama’s infrastructure remains a top priority of the Ivey Administration, and thanks […]

How will Biden's American Families Plan affect 2021 business and personal tax planning?

Join Birmingham-based Kassouf & Co., PC Business Services Group for a review of President Biden’s American Families Plan, American Jobs Plan, and a mid-year tax update for both individuals and businesses. The experts will explain complicated developments to make sure your 2021 tax planning is on track for success. The webinar will be held Wednesday, […]

U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) submitted a request on Friday for increased funding for several of the nation’s missile defense programs. In a letter to the House Appropriations Committee chairwoman and ranking member, Brooks and Carl joined seven other Republican colleagues in asking for funding above that outlined in President Joe […]

Why Sylacauga marble is known around the world

If you’ve ever visited the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and stared up at the translucent marble ceiling, you’ve witnessed a piece of Alabama history. The ceiling is made of white marble mined in Talladega County’s Sylacauga (appropriately known as the Marble City). In addition to lending its natural treasure to some of the nation’s […]

Head to Back Forty Beer Co. on June 26 to celebrate the Shamrock Shindig

All proceeds will benefit the mission of #inclusionforall people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

How will Biden's American Families Plan affect 2021 business and personal tax planning?

Join Kassouf & Company for a review of President Biden’s American Families Plan and tax update for both individuals and businesses.

More than 800 full-time jobs are coming to Birmingham as a company building a nationwide network of fully-furnished apartments is set to relocate its headquarters from San Francisco to Birmingham. Gov. Kay Ivey made the announcement on Thursday. “Landing is a fast-growing company with an innovative business model, and we are thrilled that it will […]

After announcing in front of 3,000 people last week that he would seek reelection, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth has now picked up the endorsement of one of Alabama’s most influential business associations. The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has endorsed Ainsworth as he begins his campaign for a second term. “Lt. Governor Ainsworth has done an […]

UAB meets needs of campus, community, state and beyond during pandemic

During the pandemic, Alabama’s largest employer expanded its mission to advance education, research, innovation, patient care, and service.

Alabama Air National Guard promotes first female brigadier general

MONTGOMERY – Colonel Tara D. McKennie of the 187th Fighter Wing was promoted to brigadier general during a pinning ceremony at Montgomery’s Dannelly Field Saturday, becoming the first female brigadier general in the Alabama Air National Guard. Alabama’s Gov. Kay Ivey presided over the historic event, pinning the rank of brigadier general on the shoulders […]

The Alabama Legislature’s long-time champion for rural broadband expansion has been tapped to lead the entity charged with overseeing the state’s broadband connectivity plan. State Sen. Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) has been elected chairman of the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority, according to a release from his office. The authority was created under the Connect Alabama Act […]

Alabama could determine Trump’s political future

It was a campaign rally in Alabama in August 2015 which put the rest of the world on notice that Donald Trump was a force to be reckoned with. On that warm, humid night in Mobile, Trump packed 30,000 curious and furious people into Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Using the Alabama rally as the template for future […]

A little more than one week into her reelection effort, Gov. Kay Ivey’s campaign has already released a new digital ad making her case for another term. In an ad titled “Four More Years,” Ivey talks about her desire to continue serving her state and the importance of creating economic opportunity. “I am so proud […]

Gov. Kay Ivey has now awarded more than $20 million in grants for the expansion of high-speed internet in rural Alabama communities in 2021. The state passed the milestone with Wednesday’s announcement from Ivey that her administration had awarded $1.3 million to expand broadband in Lee, Colbert and Lawrence Counties. “The Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund […]

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, is urging President Joe Biden to get tougher when it comes to China’s growing nuclear weapons stockpile. In a letter sent to Biden on Tuesday, Rogers and two other Republican ranking members expressed their concern over “the rapid Chinese nuclear build-up, as […]

A record number of small business owners are reporting unfilled job openings, a fact that is preventing growth in the sector, according to a recent National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) survey. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell in May after steadily increasing each month this year, noted the organization in a release on […]