Last week, State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) took to social media to call for new leadership at the top of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) and the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. England, who also chairs the Alabama Democratic Party, called on ADOC commissioner Jeff Dunn to be fired from his job and […]

In the 2016 presidential election, Cullman County went for 88% for Donald Trump and 10% for Hillary Clinton. In the 2020 presidential election, Trump matched that same margin in Cullman County against Joe Biden. Both of those elections put Cullman County in the category of the most pro-Trump counties in the country, with Cullman County […]

Alabama A&M University recently hosted top Boeing representatives, where it provided a tour of AAMU’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences. Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Patrick W. Burden, an AAMU alumnus, returned to his former school as a representative of the aerospace giant. Burden is The Boeing Company’s director of Army and Special […]

An official with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended that an April vote of workers at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer declining to unionize should be considered null. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the union which attempted to organize the fulfillment center says the recommendation by NLRB official Kerstin Meyer […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday took to the Senate floor to discuss policies that he believes to be jeopardizing Americans’ security such as illegal immigration and efforts by some in the Democratic Party to divert funding from police forces across the nation. “When I go home back to Alabama, I usually ask the […]

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees on Monday officially approved head football coach Nick Saban’s contract extension, which will bring the seven-time national champion coach’s salary to an average of $10.6 million per season. The contract extension announced in June became official this week as the UA System Board of Trustees convened a meeting […]

Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) on Monday announced that AUBix LLC plans to open a $120 million state-of-the-art data center in Auburn that will serve to benefit communities across Alabama by providing a technological edge to businesses and individuals alongside enhanced access to high-speed internet. Construction has begun on the firm’s new 40,000-square-foot facility on Samford […]

SPANISH FORT — State Auditor Jim Zeigler sounds more and more like he will give a gubernatorial bid a go in 2022. The two-term state auditor laid out how he would fulfill his potential higher-office ambitions before a crowd gathered for a Common Sense Campaign meeting at the Original Oyster House on the Mobile Bay […]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt on Tuesday announced that she has officially received the endorsement of the Home Builders Association of Alabama (HBAA). The endorsement follows Britt’s address at the association’s summer meeting in Baldwin County in recent weeks. HBAA is a trade association of nearly 8,000 members across 26 local associations statewide, serving […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday announced that he has cosponsored the NOPAIN Act, which seeks to address the deadly opioid epidemic that has metastasized throughout the nation. The bipartisan legislation, formally titled the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act, aims to address the growing opioid epidemic by promoting non-addictive treatments for those […]

Coffee County Commissioner Josh Carnley announced on Monday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama State Senate, District 31. In his campaign announcement, Carnley paid tribute to the retiring State Sen. Jimmy Holley (R-Elba). “I have a strong conservative record as a Coffee County Commissioner,” said Carnley. “I fight every day for […]

Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) on Monday called for a special election for House District 63. The seat is now vacant due to the governor’s appointment of former State Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) as the Director of Finance. His resignation was effective July 31, 2021. The special primary election will be held on Tuesday, October 19, […]

In a battle of two of the world’s richest billionaires, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the latter claimed victory in a recent NASA contract award when the space exploration agency chose Musk’s SpaceX over Bezos’ Blue Origin and Huntsville-based Dynetics to build the next lunar lander. Dynetics and Blue Origin formally objected to NASA’s decision […]

Later this month, former President Donald Trump will return to Alabama for another high-profile event. According to an announcement from the Alabama Republican Party, Trump will be in Cullman at York Family Farms on August 21. Gates will open at 2 p.m. with the event beginning at 5 p.m., and Trump is expected to take […]

Auburn University has been awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a regional research effort to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education among disabled students. The award will be used to conduct research related to enhancing workforce development opportunities for persons with disabilities. The collaborative research effort is a […]

Alabama-based Hi.Ed on Monday announced that Southern Preparatory Academy, a private military school for boys in grades 6-12, will be the latest education entity to utilize its innovative online guidance management system that serves students and their families. Formerly known as Lyman Ward Military Academy, Southern Prep joins multiple public education entities in the state […]

Officials at Alabama State University announced they have tapped Jason Cable to serve as their new director of intercollegiate athletics. Cable brings an extensive background in athletics, academics, compliance and athletic program leadership to the Hornets athletics department. The university’s hiring of Cable comes after a month-long, nationwide search, according to President Quinton T. Ross, […]

UAB Hospital has again been named the best hospital in Alabama by U.S. News & World Report. Eight adult specialties are ranked among the best in the nation, seven within the top 30 and one ranked 31st. The magazine cites UAB Hospital as “high-performing” in 14 of 17 assessed adult procedures/conditions in the 2021-2022 Best Hospital rankings. […]

Since the Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die back in May, members of the legislature have been conducting meetings with Gov. Kay Ivey on how to proceed with improving Alabama’s beleaguered prison system. The state is facing scrutiny from the federal government. Earlier this year, the Biden Justice Department filed a lawsuit alleging the state is […]

Katie Britt, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, says the government has no place in requiring children to wear masks in schools or issuing mask mandates in any setting. Britt’s stance comes as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recommended state and local governments implement what it calls “universal indoor masking” requirements. The […]

The Alabama Department of Education is leaving it up to local school boards to determine whether or not masking will be required at public schools in the upcoming school year. It is a decision that Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said he agreed with and acknowledged mandating masking was not feasible. However, he […]

Two different strategies to discover and perfect pharmaceuticals active against the COVID-19 virus have attracted a half million dollars in research funding to support five institutions, including the Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The lab, led by Dr. Jerome Baudry (pronounced Bō-dre), a molecular biophysicist and the Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Chair in […]

Increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce is a key focus of the University of South Alabama College of Nursing, which recently received a $1.9 million federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support the advancement of diversity in the nursing field. The grant will fund a new initiative known as the EMPOWER […]

On Thursday, reports surfaced that Birmingham-Southern College students were told that if they were not vaccinated, they could be forced to pay a $500 fee “to offset continual weekly antigen testing and quarantining.” Some argued the $500 requirement was in defiance of a so-called vaccine passport ban passed by the Alabama Legislature and signed by […]