MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate on Thursday morning passed HB 186 as substituted, a supplemental appropriations bill sponsored by State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) and carried in the Senate by State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore). The vote was 29-0. The substitute version introduced on the floor by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) would […]

Samford University has become the first higher education institution in Alabama to move all of its classes online due to the coronavirus. As of Thursday at 10:00 a.m., there were no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Yellowhammer State. However, Samford on Wednesday afternoon announced that it “is taking measures to protect the health of […]

The Southeastern Conference announced Thursday that the remainder of the Men’s Basketball Tournament that had been ongoing in Nashville will be canceled due to fears about the spread of the coronavirus. “Based on the latest developments and the continued spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Southeastern Conference today announced the cancellation of the remainder of […]

In a blistering statement released on Thursday, Secretary of State John H. Merrill responded to an opinion piece published earlier this week by Alabama Media Group’s Kyle Whitmire regarding the coronavirus and how it could impact elections in the state. As of Merrill’s statement, and of this writing, there have been no confirmed cases of […]

NBA legend and native Alabamian Charles Barkley has called for the postponement of the NCAA’s annual college basketball tournament due to fears over the spread of the coronavirus. “Turner Sports and CBS got to close down March Madness,” said Barkley, who works in conjunction with CBS’s coverage of the tournaments, in a television interview with […]

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) on Thursday announced its endorsement of former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Sessions is facing former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in the Yellowhammer State’s March 31 Republican primary runoff. The GOP nominee will face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. […]

Southern Living magazine published a ranking of the Southeast’s best beach towns this week, and a pair of Alabama cities were jointly listed at number one. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are described as “old-school beaches all about family fun.” The two Baldwin county towns placed just ahead of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Tybee […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded the State of Alabama $8,148,798.90 to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. The money awarded to Alabama comes from a pool of $560 million that the agency is disbursing among the American states and territories. That $560 million is a part of the $8.3 […]

Huntsville is set host the 2021 Southeast Tourism Society Domestic Showcase, according to an announcement this week out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Domestic Showcase conference is “one of the largest industry marketplace events of its kind, bringing together over 600 tourism professionals, tour operators, and destination marketing organizations throughout the South.” “Domestic Showcase will […]

SELMA, Alabama – Seoyon E-Hwa Interior Systems, a Tier 1 supplier to Alabama’s Hyundai assembly plant, announced plans Tuesday to invest more than $5 million to expand its industrial operation in Dallas County. Seoyon E-Hwa will add 60 jobs to its current workforce of 436 in Selma, which makes the company one of the county’s largest […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced a “born-alive” bill that would be known as “Gianna’s Law.” HB 248 by State Rep. Ginny Shaver (R-Leesburg) was given a favorable report as amended on a voice vote. The bill must next be considered by the full House. The legislation is named after a survivor of an attempted […]

A recent poll commissioned by the Club for Growth’s political arm asked voters how they would feel if President Donald Trump endorsed Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s March 31 U.S. Senate primary runoff. On Tuesday around 9:00 p.m. CT, Trump did just that, throwing his full support behind the former Auburn University head football coach. Respondents […]

State Rep. Matt Simpson’s (R-Daphne) bill requiring electronic ankle monitoring of prisoners on work release who were convicted of violent crimes passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday. The vote was 99-0. The estimated cost of instituting the program and buying the equipment is $2.9 million. Simpson has said the bill, HB 151, will […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama will provide artifacts from the last slave ship to dock in the United States for a special public exhibition later this year, officials said Tuesday. The Alabama Historical Commission, in a statement, said an exhibit named for the slave ship Clotilda is set to open this fall […]

State Rep.  Jeremy Gray’s (D-Opelika) bill that would allow school districts to offer yoga as a class passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday. Alabama is currently the only state in America that does not allow school districts to teach yoga. Yoga was banned in 1993 due to what people at the time described […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey released a letter to the heads of all state government agencies on Tuesday with guidance on how to deal with the likely eventuality of coronavirus making it to Alabama. Ivey asked each department head to make sure they have a plan to continue the offering of services should the virus be […]

It was not long after President Donald Trump gave his endorsement to former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville that Tuberville’s opponent former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a response. The topsy-turvy relationship between Sessions and his former boss has been well documented, from during his tenure as the country’s top law enforcement official […]

In two tweets on Tuesday night, President Donald J. Trump endorsed former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville in Alabama’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. Tuberville is facing Trump’s former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in the Yellowhammer State’s March 31 Republican primary runoff. The GOP nominee will face U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) in November. […]

MONTGOMERY — State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) filed a bill on Tuesday that would amend Alabama’s constitution to create a lottery. The constitutional amendment is being co-sponsored by House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia), Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) and over 70 other members of the House. HB 418 would put […]

MONTGOMERY — State Senator Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) on Tuesday forcefully spoke against an effort in the Alabama Senate to strengthen the penalty provision of the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017. The legislation being debated is sponsored by State Senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa), who wants to change the penalty for those who are found to […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-01) on Tuesday afternoon took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak in favor of the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, which he introduced last year with Congressman Ted Budd (R-NC). Approximately 12 of Byrne’s colleagues also were set to speak in support of the bill. According […]

The respective U.S. Senate campaigns of former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday each released internal polling with three weeks to go until the March 31 Republican primary runoff. Sessions’ campaign publicly released his internal polling in a press release. Tuberville’s campaign responded a couple […]

The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has responded to the cancellation of the 2020 Global Force Symposium & Exposition by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) due to the ongoing public health threat of the coronavirus, reminding residents that the “Rocket City remains a welcoming destination for conferences, tradeshows, and other […]

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) offered a bill, the Assigning Proper Placement of Executive Action Lawsuits (APPEAL) Act, to serve as an amendment to the Democrat-sponsored FUTURE Act on Tuesday. According to a press release from Palmer’s office, the FUTURE Act “undermines the President’s authority on restricting the entry of potentially dangerous foreign nationals into […]