Jack’s Family Restaurants is celebrating teachers as they kick off the 2020 school year by offering free coffee at all of its locations from August 17–21.

Senator Doug Jones sent out a fundraising email celebrating that his "friend" Kamala Harris has been selected as the Democratic vice presidential nominee.

Boeing submitted its proposal to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the Next Generation Interceptor competition, with the stakes being high for Alabama.

The U.S. Navy has added the city of Mobile to the list of possible locations for where it will dismantle the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. The Navy has commenced a “scoping period” during which the feasibility of using Mobile will be considered, and public comments are being welcomed. The period for the public to […]

In a July study conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), America’s small business owners reported a 14% month over month drop in their expectations the economy will improve even as many firms reported faring slightly better amid loosened coronavirus restrictions. Overall, there was a decrease of seven points in the NFIB Uncertainty […]

Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter was named co-chair of Tommy Tuberville's senatorial campaign, it was announced on Wednesday.

Alabama Power Co. crews are slated to arrive in Illinois Wednesday to assist in storm recovery efforts after a deadly derecho pummeled midwestern states.

For many voters, especially on the Republican side, the subject of maintaining law and order will be a priority when they cast their ballot in this November’s election. According to Baldwin County Sheriff Huey Hoss Mack, the issue should be considered, especially when deciding whether to vote in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race between incumbent U.S. […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden has officially named U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has his running mate for the 2020 Presidential Election

Earlier this month, Jill Biden, wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, began taking a more public role in her husband’s bid for the White House, participating in media interviews and campaign events. However, Joe Biden has not been out and about as much as the former second lady, which has raised questions about […]

Joe Biden selected U.S. Senator Kamala Harris to be his 2020 running mate. Political leaders from both sides of the aisle in Alabama reacted to the news.

Alabama Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed sent a letter to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, advocating for the conference to allow its member institutions...

A Montgomery County Circuit judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to challenge the legality of Alabama’s statewide mask mandate. The suit was brought by three Jackson County residents who thought the mask order, first ordered by Governor Kay Ivey in mid-July, was outside the bounds of what the government could put in place. […]

Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED has held the 2020 edition of its annual "Pay It Forward" program, which aims to provide black college...

Birmingham-based HPM was ranked number 22 on ENR’s Top 50 Program Management Firms, a list of the top U.S. construction management firms. The ranking is based on agency fees for multi-project construction programs. HPM took the largest jump in the rankings of any firm during the last 12 months. “This significant jump in ENR’s rankings […]

NASA has awarded its Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs or initiatives to Dr. Michael S. Briggs, an assistant director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Dr. Briggs, who is a senior principal research […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded a total of $7 million to aid mental healthcare programs that serve the state. The money will be split across two programs, with $6 million going to community health provider agencies and $1 million for the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s (ADMH) Crisis and Recovery Services program. The […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is set to be a featured speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

With the threat of COVID-19 still present, many have questioned if the turnout for the November 3 election could suffer due to the fear of potentially contracting the coronavirus. However, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is expecting the opposite. During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Merrill said […]

Count former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville as a supporter of the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season.

Emphasizing its agenda of “climate justice,” the California-based environmental group Sierra Club announced its endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday. In a release touting its intent to elect what it termed “climate champions up and down the ticket,” Sierra Club’s executive director Michael Brune outlined the desire of his group to […]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday announced two recent Alabama arrests by its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division.

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban on Monday afternoon weighed in on the #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season.

Business Facilities magazine has ranked Birmingham and Huntsville as two of the most business-friendly cities in the United States. Birmingham was ranked as the number one most business-friendly mid-sized city, and Huntsville took the number one ranking for small cities. The same magazine ranked Alabama as the fourth-most business-friendly state in the nation, behind Texas, […]