Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith on Tuesday evening was named the winner of the Heisman Trophy for the 2020 season.

Senator Tommy Tuberville will object to the electors from Arizona when Congress meets on Wednesday to certify the Electoral College results...

The Alabama offensive line won the 2020 Joe Moore Award, presented to the most outstanding offensive line unit in college football.

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama is making $250,000 in grant money available to schools located in Alabama that present plans designed to fight childhood obesity. The Be Healthy School Grant Program will give awards to 25 winning schools in increments of no more than $10,000. To be eligible to apply for one of the grants a […]

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) has been leading the charge of using congressional authority to challenge the Electoral College certification, given the manner in which votes were tallied for the November 3 election that has left many questions. Since his initial announcement, Brooks has gained support from Republican House colleagues and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), […]

Helena Councilwoman Leigh Hulsey on Monday announced a Republican bid for the vacant Alabama House of Representatives District 73 seat.

Newly sworn-in U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) does not need polling data to show where his constituents are on an Electoral College challenge set to take place at a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. During an interview with FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Carl said despite being bombarded with calls from California, […]

Last year, State Sen. Randy Price (R-Opelika) spent eight weeks in the East Alabama Medical Center hospital overcoming complications caused by COVID-19, some of which of that time was spent on a ventilator in the ICU. During an interview on Monday’s broadcast of “The Jeff Poor Show” on Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Price discussed […]

Mayor Randall Woodfin has been hospitalized due to COVID-19 complications, the City of Birmingham tweeted on Monday night.

Five Alabama state representatives have written a letter thanking members of the state’s congressional delegation who have announced they will vote to reject electors from certain states when Congress meets on Wednesday to review and certify Electoral College results from the 2020 presidential election. The letter was authored by State Reps. Chip Brown (R-Mobile), Shane […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the 2021 chair of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW) Development Authority, the organization announced Monday. The TTW Development Authority, created by a congressionally-ratified compact during the waterway’s construction, now “promotes the development of the Waterway and its economic and trade potential,” according to its website. The chair position Ivey is assuming […]

Joann Bashinsky, the beloved Alabama philanthropist and heiress to the Golden Flake fortune, has died at the age of 89.

An innovative type of vial developed by the company SiO2 Materials in Auburn that can store coronavirus vaccines and other medical treatments received national attention on Sunday. Forbes Magazine named Si02’s vials the “Best Product” in the magazine’s first annual Forbes Manufacturing Awards. “Glass vials are ordinarily pretty boring stuff, but given the challenges of Covid […]

Star Alabama wide receiver and returner Jaylen Waddle is returning to practice on Tuesday, according to a Monday report.

The Tuskegee Airmen are being commemorated with a freshly designed quarter from the U.S. Mint that will go into circulation in early 2021. Trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Southeast Alabama, the legendary World War II aviators were the first black pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces. Serving during WWII, they flew over 15,000 […]

Rep. Mike Rogers became the latest House member from Alabama to voice his support for the challenge, which is being led by Rep. Mo Brooks.

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has endorsed former State Rep. April Weaver’s (R-Brierfield) campaign for State Senate District 14. “April Weaver is exactly what we need in that State Senate,” AFA President Chris Isaacson remarked in a release, further describing the candidate as “a fiscal champion, a proven conservative and a valued friend to the […]

Alabama Launchpad, a fund that invests in Alabama-based startup companies, is heightening its focus on mentoring and supporting young companies in 2021. Launchpad is a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. Companies receive investments from the fund after a panel of judges determine they are the best among a cycle’s finalists. Over the […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was reelected to her leadership post on Sunday in one of the closest speakership votes in modern history.

On Sunday, U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) made his membership to the U.S. House of Representatives official when he was sworn in for the 117th Congress. The former Mobile County Commissioner fills the seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) after a decisive win over Democratic nominee James Averhart in November. Carl stressed […]

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) was sworn into office to officially become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. Senator Thomas H. "Tommy" Tuberville was sworn into office on Sunday by Vice President Mike Pence upon the start of the 117th Congress.

Congressman Robert Aderholt released a statement outlining his position on the role that Congress plays in certifying the electoral process.

COVID-19, which has killed 1.7 million people worldwide, does not follow a uniform path. Many infected patients remain asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Others, especially those with comorbidities, can develop severe clinical disease with atypical pneumonia and multiple system organ failure. Since the first cases were reported in December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes […]