BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Landing, a fast-growing company building a nationwide network of furnished apartments available to members, today announced a $1 million investment in Birmingham’s expanding tech ecosystem as it hosted officials at an event to unveil its new headquarters. The announcement follows last month’s announcement that the company planned to move its headquarters from San Francisco […]

Another bill banning Critical Race Theory in Alabama’s public schools has been prefiled for the 2022 regular session, the third piece of such legislation, with nearly six months until the legislature reconvenes in Montgomery. The bill, HB 11, filed by State Rep. Danny Crawford (R-Athens), would prohibit public K-12 schools and institutions of higher learning […]

Alabama State Board of Education member Tracie West on Thursday announced that she will run for a second term on the state board of education. A Republican, West was elected in 2018 after serving nearly 10 years on the Auburn City Schools Board of Education. In announcing her reelection bid, West pointed to her record […]

Local board of education employee Mary Crosby earlier this week received a cease and desist letter from the Alabama Education Association (AEA) after she took to social media to express her dissent with the National Education Association (NEA) and the union’s official position regarding Critical Race Theory (CRT). Crosby, on Facebook, shared an article published […]

On Thursday, Attorney General Steve Marshall picked up a significant endorsement of his 2022 reelection effort. Manufacture Alabama, a self-described trade association dedicated to “the competitive, legislative, regulatory and operational interests and needs of manufacturers and their partner industries and businesses,” announced its “full endorsement” of Marshall. George Clark, president of Manufacture Alabama, touted Marshall’s […]

When World War II veteran Robert Lee Serling was laid to rest on Monday, an Alabama police officer paid what he felt was the proper respect to one of the few black soldiers who fought in the Pacific. Serling passed away June 5 at the age of 100. Mt. Vernon police officer Newman Brazier stood […]

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) is entering the fray of the contest for the seat he currently occupies, which is up in 2022. Among the front-runners are U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and former Business Council of Alabama president Katie Britt, who Shelby has formally endorsed. In comments given to National Journal provided by Brooks, […]

U.S. Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) affirmed on Wednesday their opposition to President Joe Biden’s proposed tax increase on family-owned businesses. Biden has proposed a series of tax increases to fund his infrastructure proposal. Among them is a capital gains tax increase which would have a disproportionate impact on multi-generation farming and […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), during Tuesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, pressed Biden administration officials to publicly acknowledge the Trump administration’s contributions relating to the development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines. During the hearing, Tuberville urged public officials to remove partisan politics from the conversation surrounding the COVID-19 debate, and offer a […]

On Monday, U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) penned a joint letter to the National Education Association (NEA) requesting information regarding the teachers’ union’s plans to research Critical Race Theory (CRT) opponents. The letter, which was obtained by Fox News, takes aim at the powerful education lobby for targeting CRT critics. “We […]

Less than a year after his election, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is already ramping up his political operation in preparation for future races. Alabama’s junior senator announced that he has named Terri Connell of Clanton as his campaign outreach coordinator for his reelection bid to the United States Senate. Prior to her new position […]

Near the end of the 2021 legislative session, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) reminded political watchers that it is still a presence in Montgomery by successfully rallying support to delay the Literacy Act, which would have delayed the third-grade reading requirement for third graders to be promoted to the fourth grade. Although both the Senate […]

The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama took home the Chamber of the Year Award on Tuesday. The group received top designation of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives from among 1,600 chambers of commerce representing more than 9,000 professionals in the industry. To compete for the award, chambers were required to participate in […]

It has been a week since State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) was elected to the Alabama Senate with a decisive victory over her Democrat opponent Virginia Applebaum. Now, as a state senator with an extensive background in health care, having worked in the health care field and as a part of the Trump administration’s Department […]

Montgomery lawyer Gibson Vance is set to become the 147th president of the Alabama State Bar in 2022. A principal at the Beasley Allen Law Firm, Vance was installed as president-elect of the state legal organization at its annual meeting last week. Vance said he looks forward to giving back to a group with which […]

Research on a better way to deliver chemotherapy drugs to reduce side effects earned a dual enrollment student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and Bob Jones High School in Madison third place in the material science category of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2021 (ISEF). Kailyn Grant, a rising senior at Bob […]

With company founder Jeff Bezos on board, a Blue Origin spacecraft completed the company’s first passenger journey into space on Tuesday morning. The company’s New Shepard rocket carried Bezos, his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space. Funk is a renowned pilot who was […]

On Tuesday, former State Sen. Rusty Glover (R-Semmes) made it official and announced he was seeking the Republican nod for the State Auditor’s post up for election in 2022. Glover is vying for the seat currently occupied by Jim Zeigler, who is term-limited and could not seek reelection. The former Mobile County lawmaker joins State […]

The Wall Street Journal has named the Huntsville area housing market among the top 10 in the nation. The Rocket City and its surrounding area came in at No. 10 on the outlet’s Emerging Housing Markets Index. The Journal compiled the list in collaboration with Realtor.com. “The index identifies the top metro areas for home […]

Travelers returning to the air means job opportunities at one Alabama airport. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport’s traffic increased 260% in June compared to the same month last year, according to a report from WBRC. As a result, the airport will host a job fair in August. Airport official Candace O’Neil noted that many job opportunities are […]

On Friday’s broadcast of APTV’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris reacted to the state’s low vaccination rate, one of the lowest rates in the country according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. An exasperated Harris told host Don Dailey that he was not sure what else he could […]

A Vestavia Hills school had a payload it provided fly more than 4,000 feet in the air as part of the Student Rocket Launch in Pueblo, Colorado. The Student Rocket Launch is a program created by Alabama rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Ball Aerospace. It is designed to give students exposure to STEM […]

On Friday, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth announced he had earned the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) for his 2022 reelection bid. Moore joins U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), the Alabama Forestry Association, Manufacture Alabama, the Professional Fire Fighters Association of Alabama, the Petroleum and […]

Trenholm State Community College joined with representatives from Alabama Power, Alabama Rural Electric Association, Central Alabama Electric Co-Op and Dixie Electric Co-op on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding launching a program to train students as electric utility lineworkers. Through the nine-week course, students learn fundamentals of electricity as well as math and science needed […]