The Alabama Workforce Council released its annual report on Friday. The document showed that the coronavirus pandemic threw a wrench into the state’s workforce development machinery, but progress is still being made. Hanging over all of Alabama’s workforce development efforts is Governor Kay Ivey’s stated goal of adding 500,000 credentialed workers to the state’s pool […]

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin filed his year-end report, showing $1,003,783 raised with $1,000,756 cash on hand for his reelection campaign

Congressman Mo Brooks will continue to serve on the influential House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for the 117th Congress.

Earlier this week, State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) introduced legislation that would withhold state tax abatements or credits and economic incentives from companies that engage in censorship. Brown’s HB 213 Anti-Censorship Act has 10 other co-sponsors. The language of the bill explicitly states censorship would pertain to anything outside of incitement to violence. Tech […]

While some Republican voters have lamented the outcome of the 2020 election, given the circumstances they felt were questionable, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) says those voters are about to get a wake-up call as the Biden administration enacts its policies. During an appearance on Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Palmer predicted job losses would […]

The state’s economy could grow by 2.6% in 2021, a good clip that will not pull the state out of the hole created in 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report published yesterday by economists at The University of Alabama. “It will be a couple of years before we get back to pre-pandemic level economic […]

Alabama’s number of new coronavirus cases and patients requiring hospitalization continued to drop sharply in the last week. Alabama’s seven-day average of new cases dropped to a rate not experienced since the Thanksgiving holiday, an event believed by experts to have kicked off the massive winter spike in numbers. Over the past week, an average […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Thursday that Alabama will be receiving $9,229,421 from being part of a 47-state coalition that went after the McKinsey & Company consulting firm for its role in the opioid crisis. In total, the settlement paid by McKinsey was $573 million. Marshall’s office says it is the first multistate opioid settlement […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that are top priorities for state leaders. The House passed one bill that exempts from state taxes the $1,200 and $600 coronavirus relief payments most Alabamians received from the federal government in the last year. The chamber also passed a bill extending two […]

The Alabama Senate passed Senator Arthur Orr's SB 30, providing limited liability protections to businesses against COVID lawsuits.

The Alabama Senate unanimously passed a legislative package designed to improve military investment across the Yellowhammer State.

Earlier this week, Gov. Kay Ivey signed 30-year lease agreements for two new mega-prisons, one in Escambia County and the other in Elmore County. The announcement drew some objections from members of the Alabama Legislature but nothing in the form of legislation that might prevent the Ivey administration from proceeding with the project. Wednesday, during […]

For whatever reason, Democrats and the media have sought to get as many Republican elected officials to offer their thoughts on U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a controversial freshman lawmaker who has reportedly taken views considered far outside of the mainstream. Among those questioned was U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), who declined to comment […]

On Monday, State Rep. Mike Holmes (R-Wetumpka) announced he would back legislation that would strengthen the existing Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. The controversial law, which was passed in 2017, protects “monuments, markers, and other historical remembrances from removal, relocation, and destruction.” During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” the […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Wednesday met for the second day of the 2021 regular session. Both chambers gaveled in for relatively brief periods of time, but the day’s committee schedule was pretty packed. Here’s a rundown of the day’s proceedings:

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Wednesday was appointed to four Senate standing committees.

A detailed breakdown of Governor Kay Ivey’s proposed budgets was provided by Alabama Department of Finance Director Kelly Butler on Wednesday, including the costs of Ivey’s proposed teacher and state worker pay raises. In large part thanks to responsible budgeting by the legislature over the last decade and increased revenues from the online sales tax, […]

For the third consecutive year, the Alabama Legislature will consider legalizing medicinal marijuana. Efforts have made progress in both chambers of the legislature in previous years but stalled out. State Sen. Tim Melson (R-Florence), an anesthesiologist, leads the effort once again in 2021. During an appearance on Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Melson insists the […]

Alexander Shunnarah has launched Shunnarah Vail Trial Attorneys, P.C., a joint venture with former Hollis, Wright & Clay attorney Tyler Vail.

U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of the top 25 hotels in Alabama, and the biggest winner was the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution honoring the life and legacy of baseball legend and Mobile native Hank Aaron.

Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth announced two new ventures on Wednesday designed to better connect Alabama’s students and small business owners with the state’s rapidly expanding aerospace industry. One of the initiatives is a two-week summer internship for students touching on various aspects of the aerospace field. The second is a program to provide business […]

The bill would provide a “safe harbor” against frivolous coronavirus lawsuits, however it does not offer blanket immunity.

The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to a bill that would allow the delivery of beer, wine and liquor...