The employees of On Duty USA have ceased making CDB oil and are instead turning out hand sanitizer by the pallet to meet demand created by the requirements of life in a pandemic. With an office in Birmingham and a manufacturing facility in Kentucky, On Duty USA was founded by Alabamian and U.S. Navy veteran […]

After a rocky start to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), economic stimulus money has finally started to flow to small businesses in the Yellowhammer State. How much money has reached its intended targets is still unknown. The Paycheck Protection Program is a $350 billion relief effort administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The money […]

The Yellowhammer State enters day 29 under Governor Kay Ivey’s order declaring a state of emergency. As a few other areas of the country, most notably New York City, are seeing the effects from more serious outbreaks, attention in Alabama is beginning to turn toward getting back to work. Just as (projected) numbers fueled the […]

Business Council of Alabama is the go-to resource to ensure your small business gets its share of the relief funds. Join Business Council of Alabama president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt and a panel of experts Thursday night for the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television. They’ll take your phone calls and answer your […]

It has now been 28 days since Gov. Kay Ivey issued an order declaring a state of emergency in Alabama due to the coronavirus outbreak. For most, it feels much longer ago. Here is the latest info, by the numbers.

Business Council of Alabama is the go-to resource to ensure your small business gets its share of the relief funds. Join Business Council of Alabama president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt and a panel of experts Thursday night for the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television. They’ll take your phone calls and answer your […]

Tua Tagovailoa appeared this week on Fox Sports Radio’s “The Herd” where he talked about his relationship with University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and how the Crimson Tide’s offensive scheme prepared him for the NFL. Talking to host Colin Cowherd, Tagovailoa explained that his relationship with Saban evolved as his role with […]

The latest models from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) now predict far fewer hospitalizations and deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state of Alabama. Often cited by health professionals and government officials across the country, the research group at the University of Washington at one time predicted nearly 8,000 deaths in Alabama […]

Greg Keeley, a Birmingham resident and regular Fox News contributor, told Yellowhammer News that there was no doubt in his mind there would be long-term ramifications for China’s role in the coronavirus outbreak. A combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Keeley is frequently sought after for his expertise on matters of national security. […]

Business Council of Alabama is the go-to resource to ensure your small business gets its share of the relief funds. Join Business Council of Alabama president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt and a panel of experts Thursday night for the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television. They’ll take your phone calls and answer your […]

“Surreal.” That’s how Patrick Curles described his experience preaching to an empty church during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. As strange as it may have sounded four weeks ago, preaching to vacant pews on Sunday morning has become the new reality for Curles, executive minister at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, and pastors all across Alabama. […]

What began as a day offering a sliver of promise for small businesses across Alabama ended with disappointment. An unidentified glitch in the U.S. Treasury Department’s electronic transfer software, known as ETRANS, prevented the submission of most of the state’s small business loan applications. The loans are part of the federal government’s effort to provide […]

The Yellowhammer State continues to see an increase in confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on the heels of Gov. Kay Ivey ordering stay-at-home conditions on Friday. However, the current COVID-19 data for Alabama has, so far, run under the numbers projected by a model often cited by government officials across the country including the Trump Administration.

During the novel COVID-19 economic and health crisis, one Birmingham based small business has created a way to give back. Mealfit, a catering and meal preparation company, is donating a free meal to someone in need for every meal that is ordered. Each customer who purchases a meal for themselves will be offered an opportunity […]

Questions still surround the disbursement of small business stimulus funds on the eve of their availability. The relief funds are part of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program, a $349 billion provision in the massive economic stimulus package passed by Congress. Businesses with 500 or fewer employees are eligible to receive the lesser […]

Andy Andrews has written a prayer he calls “A Prayer of Perspective.” The Alabama native shared the prayer in an email to friends and followers saying, “It may seem like things are falling apart, but there is still much for which we can be grateful. I hope this message of truth resonates with you.” Known […]

The Alabama Port Authority has finished its 400-foot container dock extension at the Port of Mobile. Completion of this project comes as funding secured by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is now in place to dredge and widen Mobile Harbor by 2024. Within days wrapping up the project, the terminal simultaneously handled two container ships at […]

During the novel COVID-19 economic and health crisis, one Birmingham based small business has created a way to give back. Mealfit, a catering and meal preparation company, is donating a free meal to someone in need for every meal that is ordered. Each customer who purchases a meal for themselves will be offered an opportunity […]

The U.S. Treasury Department released new information on Tuesday afternoon for small businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The resources distributed by the agency provide guidance on how to tap into the $340 billion pool of relief funds set aside for the small business sector. Under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program, businesses […]

Alabama’s United Launch Alliance (ULA) teamed up last week with the U.S. Space Force to complete the newly-formed agency’s first national security space mission. A Decatur-built Atlas V rocket delivered the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite. The AEHF-6 will enhance the communications capabilities for American warfighters around the world. The mission became ULA’s […]

Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday that she has awarded more than $9.5 million to go toward expanding high-speed internet access around the state. Ivey awarded 20 grants to nine broadband providers as part of the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund, according to a release from her office. These grants resulted from the 2019 round of […]

It was only two months ago that the small business sector recorded its highest level of confidence in the last 50 years. Now, most of those same businesses across Alabama await the opportunity to rebuild once the COVID-19 crisis stabilizes. At the center of that recovery will be Alabama’s banking industry. A key provision of […]

In separate social media posts, two Alabama legislators have expressed their belief that Gov. Kay Ivey’s latest order unfairly penalizes the state’s small businesses. On Friday, Ivey announced an update to her State of Emergency order dealing with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Her updated order requires the closure of non-essential business effective 5:00 p.m on Saturday.

Napoleon predicted that China’s “wokeness” would move the world; returning the compliment, the Chinese contend that it is too soon to measure the impact of the French Revolution. Today, China is very much awake and is revealing the dangerous ideas unleashed by the French Revolution. Although half-way around the globe, China continues to command our […]