FarmPAC officially endorsed President Trump for reelection, as well as endorsing Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R-AL)...

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville was endorsed by FarmPAC, the influential political arm of the Alabama Farmers Federation.

It was 230 years ago this month that Congress proposed the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution to the states, and one of Alabama’s largest legal organizations kicked off its celebration of the anniversary with an event in Birmingham. The Alabama Association for Justice (ALAJ) held the first of several events it has billed […]

Former State Senator Zeb Little (D-Cullman) has been convicted of two counts of felony theft of property.

The Alabama Democratic Party faces an October deadline to hold new leadership elections and update bylaws as some members push to get the state organization back into compliance with the national party. The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee on Friday approved proposed bylaws submitted by several members of the state party’s executive committee, […]

Immigration continues to be a topic of importance for Republican voters considering their selection for who will be their party’s nominee for the 2020 U.S. Senate race in Alabama. During an appearance on Huntsville’s WVNN on Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill, one of those Republican candidates seeking the nod, confirmed immigration was the issue […]

Alabama Policy Institute president Caleb Crosby announced the appointment of Drayton Nabers Jr., former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court...

Hosted at Troy University's Dothan campus, key stakeholders from industry, government and academia came together to discuss building partnerships...

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced that she is appointing Leigh Gwathney to serve as chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday appeared in public for the first time since announcing she has early stage lung cancer. Coming just three days after...

“Yes, Doug Jones is a racist... They want us to pick the cotton, but they don't want us to manage the plantation." - ADP Vice Chair Randy Kelley.

Nearly $700,000 in federal grant money will go to a nonprofit group that works with Hispanic immigrants in central Alabama. An announcement from the governor’s office says the Birmingham-based Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama is receiving the money to work with immigrants who become victims of crimes in Blount, Chilton, Jefferson and Shelby counties.

The Association of County Commissions of Alabama announced that the state's 67 county commissions are making their 2020 road and bridge construction...

Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill on Tuesday will observe National Voter Registration Day, a holiday celebrating our great American experiment.

Earlier this month, Alabama was once again in national media but this time for something not of its own doing. What was perceived to be the National Weather Service in Birmingham responding directly to President Donald Trump was not that at all, according to NWS Birmingham meteorologist-in-charge Chris Darden. On September 1, Trump had tweeted […]

A team of Alabama business leaders is visiting the United Arab Emirates to explore new markets and forge key partnerships in this important gateway for commerce across the Middle East and North Africa. Last year, the UAE was Alabama’s 19th largest export market, with $186 million in products shipped there. With $11 million in state imports […]

During this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Democratic Party (ADP) chairwoman Nancy Worley once again defended her party’s leadership and how the party selects its leaders. Worley reacted to actions from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) revoking her and ADP vice chairman Randy Kelley’s convention credential. She dismissed the relevance of […]

The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences has created an innovative fellowship program to provide comprehensive instruction for family medicine physicians seeking additional skills in pediatric care. The year-long pediatric fellowship will offer a variety of transformative experiences in both primary and tertiary care settings. Fellows will also receive research time and financial support for […]

You’d think there’d be no way someone could newly discover an endangered species hanging out in Fern Cave in the Paint Rock River valley of Jackson County, so close to Huntsville, home to thousands of spelunkers exploring every cave, nook and cranny. But Matthew Niemiller and colleagues did. In a discovery documented in a paper […]

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 people in the United States die every day after overdosing on opioids. This national crisis includes the Gulf Coast, but a new program at the University of South Alabama will help address this problem. USA’s College of Nursing has received a $1.3 million grant from […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Million Dollar Band has been selected to perform in the 2020 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®, representing the state of Alabama. This will mark the first appearance by the band in the Parade. The Million Dollar Band will join the Parade to the call of “Let’s Have a Parade,” the […]

More than 7,900 eighth graders from across southwest Alabama visited Mobile Wednesday and Thursday for the 10th annual Worlds of Opportunity...

Designs are done on the new $174 million Protective Life Stadium that will soon dominate the eastern edge of the BJCC campus in downtown Birmingham. Project architect Populous presented the final designs to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex board of directors Wednesday, a week after the Birmingham Design Review committee approved materials and other components of the plan.

Bradley Byrne’s campaign for United States Senate announced Friday that key leaders from Alabama’s agriculture community have launched a “Farmers for Bradley” coalition to support Byrne. Agriculture remains the top industry in Alabama, and we need a Senator who will not only vote right, but who will actually fight tooth and nail to support our farmers, […]