Small business owners, including those in Alabama, continued to show high levels of optimism through February, according to the latest NFIB Optimism Index released on Tuesday. The index showed slightly higher levels of optimism in February than January, up 0.2 points to 104.5 — a reading that is among the top 10% in the survey’s […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will host the 2020 Alabama State Spelling Bee on March 21 at 12:00 p.m. The competition will be between about 55 students in grades 4-8 from every corner of the Yellowhammer State. The students competing are the cream of the crop in Alabama; over 780 schools in the state […]

MONTGOMERY — Liberal activists once again have traveled from around the state — and the nation — to protest at the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC). Ahead of the beginning of a hearing on Monday morning regarding a proposal by Alabama Power Company pending before the PSC, protesters were bussed in to make their environmentalist […]

Scientists at the Huntsville company BioDynami have developed a new product that will allow people to sequence their DNA in less time for less money. The product, which is called the NGS RNA Library Prep Kit, was developed through multitudinous experiments and has been tested on several platforms. BioDynami is located within the HudsonAlpha Institute […]

Bobbie Knight has been named permanent president of Miles College by the school’s board of trustees. Knight, who had served as interim president since last summer, becomes the college’s 15th president, effective immediately. The decision was announced during the spring board meeting. “I am honored that the board of trustees has confidence in me to take a […]

A new poll released this week shows former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville with a big lead heading into the runoff on March 31. The poll, which sampled 645 likely GOP primary voters from March 6-8, shows Tommy Tuberville at 52% with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions at 40%. The margin of error for the […]

In a ranking published this week, Site Selection magazine placed Montgomery ninth among all Tier 2 metro areas for corporate investment in 2019. The publication defines Tier 2 metro areas as an economic area that has between 200,000 and 1,000,000 people. The methodology for the ranking was the number of projects in an area that […]

The coronavirus media-driven panic is underway and shows very little sign of stopping anytime soon. The impact on stock markets and the economy have already been seen. The travel industry is feeling the impact, some schools are already jumping to canceling classes and big-time public events will be next as some ponder not allowing crowds […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — One of the two red pandas at an Alabama zoo has died, the zoo said Monday. The Birmingham Zoo said in a news release that Parker, a 4-year-old male red panda, was found dead Sunday morning. There there was no sign of physical injuries or illness and an examination didn’t immediately […]

State Representative Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) announced Monday he is endorsing Jerry Carl’s campaign for Congress. Carl and former State Senator Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) are currently in a runoff for the Republican nomination for Alabama’s First Congressional District. Pringle, a former competitor in the AL-01 congressional race, placed third in the March 3 primary, garnering 19.23% […]

Rick Barton knows what the U.S. can do to resolve conflict in the world, and he believes there is often a better way to do it. The man who started USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives and was America’s ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York, the UN’s deputy high commissioner […]

Some of Birmingham’s most successful and influential minority and female business leaders were recently recognized during the annual Minority Business Awards event, produced by Birmingham-based SummitMedia. The event, in its 14th year, was hosted by radio personality and entrepreneur Tom Joyner. The awards and networking event “celebrate the spirit, creativity and resourcefulness of Birmingham’s brightest minority and female leadership,” […]

Anthony C. Hood, Ph.D., director of Civic Innovation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was awarded the 2020 A.G. Gaston Award for his innovative approach to providing quality educational opportunities to students. “Dr. Hood’s work at UAB has not gone unnoticed by our team and throughout the city of Birmingham,” said Robert Dickerson Jr., co-chair […]

TUSCUMBIA — State Sen. Larry Stutts’ (R-Cherokee) opposition to the legalization of medical marijuana in Alabama is well documented.  The still-practicing obstetrician opposes the use of medicinal marijuana, citing its benefits have yet to be sufficiently proven. As the state legislature is weighing the possibility of the drug’s legalization for medical purposes, Stutts warns of […]

AUBURN, Alabama – Manufacturer Borbet Alabama announced plans Tuesday to expand its Auburn operation with a $23.9 million project that will create 25 jobs over the next two years. The Germany-based company was founded in 1881 as a family-run business and has become a leading European manufacturer of light metal alloy wheels for the automotive industry.

TUSCUMBIA — Saturday at the monthly meeting of the Shoals Republican Club, State Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals) explained his opposition to a statewide universal database of concealed carry permit holders, an issue now being taken on by lawmakers in Montgomery. Sorrell is a proponent of constitutional carry, an argument that given the Second Amendment […]

The little town of Bayou La Batre – home of swaying palms and warm sunshine – has a lifetime commitment from Dr. Regina Benjamin to help heal and uplift its less privileged residents. Benjamin, the 18th surgeon general of the United States, has deep roots in the bayou. The village at the end of U.S. Highway 1 dates to 1786, near […]

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl is out with the first video ad of his Republican primary runoff campaign against former State Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) in Alabama’s First Congressional District. The spot, lasting 30 seconds, hits Hightower on four issues and comes after the Washington, D.C.-based Club for Growth’s political arm on Thursday released an […]

New York Jets defensive lineman Quinnen Williams, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, was arrested Thursday night after he brought a gun to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, according to police. Williams, 22, was arrested by the Port Authority Police Department for criminal possession of a weapon after a Glock 19 pistol was found on him. Williams, […]

Earlier on Friday, former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville’s U.S. Senate campaign hit former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his opponent in the March 31 U.S. Senatorial Republican primary runoff, for having fallen out of favor with President Donald Trump. Shortly thereafter, the Sessions campaign returned fire with its own advertisement questioning Tuberville’s connection […]

The University of Alabama School of Law announced Friday that Tara Leigh Grove, a constitutional scholar, will join the School of Law in August as the Charles E. Tweedy, Jr. Endowed Chairholder in Law. According to a press release, Grove’s teachings will include federal courts, constitutional law, procedure and legislation and regulation. “Tara Grove is […]

Auburn University head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl on Friday was announced as a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year. The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the award annually and made the announcement. This marks the second time in the last three seasons that Pearl has been named a semifinalist […]

As Alabama continues to enjoy having record-low unemployment given a robust economy, one of the problems some industries are facing is an inability to find workers required. With the race for the U.S. Senate in the primary runoff stage between former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions underway, […]

Now that the race for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race is down to two, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, the campaign rhetoric is expected to immediately heat up with just 25 days to go until Republicans head to the polls once again to […]