Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Thursday announced that the department has launched an online tool to enable Alabamians to track the status of their unemployment claim. The tool also provides information telling claimants what their next steps are and what to expect. Claimants will need their login information (SSN and pin) to […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Labor on Thursday released the State’s official count for initial unemployment claims filed last week, April 5–11. This latest period saw 77,515 Alabamians file their initial claim. The week prior, that number was 106,739; from March 22–28, 80,984 people in the Yellowhammer State filed their initial claim. In all, […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Thursday the launch of two new sites for drive-thru coronavirus screening. The sites, located in Montgomery and Adamsville, are partnerships between the State of Alabama, Walmart and Quest Diagnostics. Ivey announced earlier this week that she is currently developing the plan for how the state will reopen its economy. Experts […]

This could signify the first breach in the dam, so to speak, of Alabama’s mandatory shutdown of non-essential businesses by the state government. The Male Room, a barbershop located in the Inverness neighborhood in North Shelby County, announced Tuesday night on Facebook it was reopening its business in defiance of the state order and accepting […]

When it is all said and done, and the coronavirus era is behind the state of Alabama, there will be a lot of things to review in terms of what was right and what wrong with the government response. One of the measures that have many up in arms is the determination of what was […]

The total confirmed count is now up to 20 tornadoes that caused damage April 12 in north and central Alabama. Three more confirmed tornadoes occurred in the National Weather Service (NWS) Mobile warning area (one each in Clarke, Choctaw and Wilcox counties), all rated with EF1 damage. Here are tornadoes posted on Tuesday:

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the Alabama Federation of Republican Women on Wednesday night that he will soon introduce a plan to halt the importation of new immigrant labor while the United States experiences its current high unemployment levels. “We don’t need to be bringing in immigrants now, in any kind of numbers, that […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign has filed its financial disclosure covering February 13 – March 31, and the latest report reinforced that Jones is receiving an overwhelming majority of his funding from outside of Alabama. Yellowhammer News, as in past quarters, analyzed the newly filed report on Wednesday. Jones received a total of […]

The Air Force has officially selected Dannelly Field in Montgomery as one of the locations for its fifth-generation F-35A fighter planes. Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said in a statement that Montgomery’s F-35As will be part of the U.S. Air Force’s “transition into the next generation of air superiority.” Montgomery was first announced […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon gave a national address in which he highlighted Alabama Power Company. Trump, speaking from the Rose Garden, announced some of the select companies from across the country that will be advising his administration on how to best reopen the American economy. Companies chosen will be divided by sector into […]

Many are eager to get Alabama’s economy up and running as soon as possible. This movement is evident from the change in the discussion, which seems to have shifted from coronavirus response to when and how to get businesses reopened. Among the efforts by state officials to make the resumption of economic activity a reality […]

It is not just the private sector that is suffering from the mandatory stay-at-home orders imposed by the state of Alabama. At its lower levels, the public sector is as well, including many municipal and county governments that have been forced to alter their schedules. However, Henry County in southeastern Alabama has found a way […]

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted normal operations for nearly every industry, and agriculture is no exception. With those disruptions, there have been concerns about the nation’s food supply, especially as some retailers struggled to catch up with the demand amid the crisis. Beef was no exception to the shortages, with many meat counters lacking their […]

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians on Tuesday announced that tribe-owned Muskogee Technology has started producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to assist in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19). Atmore-based Muskogee Technology delivered their first batch of PPE in the form of gowns on Monday, according to a release. This came after Muskogee Technology president and […]

For the leader of the state’s largest business organization, there is a clearly defined role her group can fulfill on behalf of Alabama’s small businesses suffering under the weight of the COVID-19 crisis. “It is imperative that we help these men and women get back on their feet,” Katie Boyd Britt told Yellowhammer News in […]

Shelby Roberts, a registered nurse in UAB Hospital at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, recently saw a patient on her medical intensive care unit fighting to live, and struggling to do so. The patient’s family wanted to be by their loved one’s bedside, but it just was not possible. Not in these times, when a novel coronavirus […]

The federal government has approved nearly $4 billion in economic stimulus funds for Alabama small businesses, according to a Tuesday afternoon social media post from Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04). The funding is part of the federal government’s effort to provide relief to the small business sector. Included in the CARES Act, the nation’s $2.2 trillion […]

The University of Alabama System on Tuesday announced the creation of a task force led by UAB Health System experts to develop plans for the System’s three campuses to be the safest universities in America when on-campus instruction resumes following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. According to a release, University of Alabama System Chancellor Finis “Fess” […]

Alabama is not out of the woods when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic by any means, but things are definitely trending in the right direction. Ridiculous projections of millions sick and 25,000 dead in the state were never going to happen and now those pushing that narrative are begging for $10 on the Internet […]

Two famous Alabamians have recorded public service announcements about how to deal with the coronavirus. Comedian Roy Wood, Jr. and boxer Deontay Wilder partnered with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to record brief informational messages. Both men expressed a desire for Alabamians to stay home if possible, wash their hands thoroughly, and stay […]

AARP Alabama today (Tuesday) will hold a public tele-town hall at 3:50 p.m. CT featuring U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), Business Council of Alabama (BCA) president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt and Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington. The panelists will answer questions about small business and personal financial resources during the ongoing coronavirus […]

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey held a press conference on Tuesday morning in which she briefed the public on Alabama’s efforts to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting economic impacts. Ivey said she is soliciting information on the economy from three different sources: the lieutenant governor’s subcommittee, Alabama’s seven U.S. House members […]

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama today announced its support to increase COVID-19 testing in Montgomery and surrounding counties through a collaborative effort with Mayor Steven Reed. Hyundai’s Alabama operation (HMMA) is coordinating an in-kind donation of 10,000 COVID-19 RT-PCR tests developed by Seegene, a South Korean molecular diagnostics firm. Seegene’s test can simultaneously detect […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday issued an order allowing the board of Pardon and Paroles to resume hearings during the coronavirus pandemic as long as special safety precautions are taken. The director of the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, Charlie Graddick, announced that hearings will resume May 18. “[W]e have worked diligently to ensure efficiency […]