Next week could be another make-or-break week for State Sen. Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) comprehensive gaming proposal as far as the 2021 regular session goes. After a week away from the State House in Montgomery, lawmakers in the upper chamber are set to debate a revised proposal that will reportedly include the so-called enabling legislation sought […]

The final results of a high-profile study revealed on Wednesday that the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico contains more than 110 million red snapper, roughly three times as many as previously estimated. Referred to as The Great Red Snapper Count, the years-long study was funded to the tune of $10 million by the […]

A bill expanding coronavirus vaccine access for military veterans and those who care for them, of which U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was an original cosponsor, was signed into law on Wednesday. The bill makes expanded categories of individuals eligible to get COVID-19 vaccines at medical facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). […]

Honda on Wednesday announced the company is donating 10 EG2800i portable generators to be used by the Alabama Department of Public Health and county health departments in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. The donation is a part of a total seven-state effort by Honda to aid vaccine distributions in places where the company has a […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined with his counterparts in 12 other states in filing a lawsuit asking a federal judge to end President Joe Biden’s ban on new federal oil and gas drilling. Biden on January 27 signed an executive order placing a halt on all new permits to drill for oil and […]

Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner will join first lady Jill Biden, Ph.D., in Alabama on Friday, according to a White House advisory. The duo is scheduled to visit the Jasper Area Family Service Center and the YMCA of Central Alabama in Birmingham. Biden and Garner will be stumping for the recently enacted $1.9 trillion Democratic spending […]

The Alabama College Attainment Network (Alabama CAN) on Thursday will host a virtual conference focused on the transition from high school to and through postsecondary education. The theme of the conference is “Connecting Learning to Earning from K-12 to College and Beyond,” with presentations spanning a variety of important topics such as postsecondary access and […]

Democratic socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is scheduled to visit Alabama this Friday, a spokesperson told media outlets on Wednesday morning. Sanders will travel to meet with Amazon employees in Bessemer, reports advised. When Sanders traveled to Birmingham during the 2020 presidential campaign cycle, he vowed to end Alabama’s right-to-work status, which has been […]

U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) announced Wednesday that she will not seek Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat in the 2022 midterm election. “After careful consideration and consultation with my family and closest advisors, I have decided that the unfinished business of my home district, Alabama’s 7th Congressional District, is far too important for me to […]

The U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday announced that the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded two contracts for the next phase of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) competition. NGI is slated to eventually become the program to defend the American homeland against potential intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) attacks from nations like North Korea and Iran. […]

As the tourist season revs up for 2021, Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon hopes for an improvement over a season hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic a year earlier. However, his approach to government mandates has turned defiant as the pandemic has seemingly become more politicized. During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The […]

Earlier this month, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a record $2.4 billion general fund budget. Following the passage, House Ways and Means General Fund Committee chairman State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) said he expected things to “go smoothly.” However, his Senate counterpart State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has joined four other colleagues in introducing a bill to address loopholes in America’s immigration system that encourage vulnerable populations to take dangerous, illegal paths of entry into the United States. Entitled the Stopping Border Surges Act, the bill is sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and cosponsored by Tuberville and […]

U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) announced a piece of legislation on Tuesday that aims to make the federal government pay for state revenue lost due to actions taken by President Joe Biden. Seven days after being sworn in, Biden signed an executive order halting all new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and […]

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket on Tuesday took its rightful place among iconic giants in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Built at ULA’s world-class facility in Decatur since it opened in 1999, the Delta II served as a venerable industry workhorse, launching 155 times. Beginning in 1989, […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Tuesday took to the floor of the United States Senate to speak out against the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Tuberville made it clear that he feels this bill passed by House Democrats would override states’ right to work laws — such as Alabama’s — and […]

This fall, Alabama’s public schools will have 34 new classrooms funded by the state’s Pre-K through 3rd Grade Integrated Approach to Early Learning (P-3) program. The P-3 program is an effort by the state education entities to integrate the instructional practices of the state’s best-in-the-nation First Class Pre-K program into a student’s education through the […]

It has been nearly two years since Gov. Kay Ivey declared the last incarnation of the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project “dead.” However, a new proposal sprung to life on Monday after the Eastern Shore and Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) offered a new $725 million plan. The plan would include a […]

HUNTSVILLE — Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Monday evening announced his Republican candidacy for the United States Senate. Brooks will vie for the seat currently held by U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL); Shelby last month announced he will not seek reelection to a seventh term. Making his announcement at Bullet and Barrel, a well-known indoor […]

In conjunction with the opening of Alabama’s spring turkey season this past Saturday, successful hunters in the Black Belt — widely regarded as one of the best turkey hunting areas in the United States — are encouraged to enter into the ninth annual Big Gobbler Photo Contest. The Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association is proudly […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday made a technical revision to Alabama’s Safer at Home order that decreased the distance students must distance from each other at Alabama’s public schools from six feet to three feet. The revision comes in the wake of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishing updated guidance on […]

First lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden will visit the Birmingham area on Friday, March 26. She is set to hold an event promoting the projects and initiatives funded by the recent $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that passed Congress while being championed by her husband, President Joe Biden. The FLOTUS trip is part […]

As U.S. Rep. Mo. Brooks (R-Huntsville) appears set to announce a campaign for U.S. Senate, a dark money group from outside of Alabama is attacking him for his opposition to then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. A shadowy group called the American Exceptionalism Institute has hired trucks emblazoned with reminders of Brooks’ […]

The South’s biggest party will be back this year, event organizers announced on Monday. Rock the South is slated to return August 13-14, 2021, with a top-flight lineup of musicians that fans can enjoy hearing live from Cullman, Alabama. Last year’s event was unable to be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After intensive planning […]