Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced the winners of the 2019 Governor’s Trade Excellence Awards, which recognize companies that fuel Alabama’s robust export business and sell their innovative designs and products in markets worldwide. This year’s honorees include key players in the transportation industry, which has sparked new jobs and investments in communities across the […]

Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) joined “Fox & Friends” Wednesday as he seeks justice for the hit-and-run victim of an illegal immigrant. Sonya Jones of Mobile was killed in a hit-and-run car accident last week by Domingo Francisco Marcos, a 16-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala. Describing the event, Byrne said, “She’s minding her own business, driving […]

State Rep. Dimitri Polizos (R-Montgomery) passed away Wednesday morning after suffering a massive heart attack Tuesday afternoon. Polizos, 68, was first elected to the District 74 seat in a special election in December 2013. He was re-elected in 2014 and again in November. Polizos served on the Montgomery County Commission from 2004 until his election […]

The Yellowhammer Podcast Network is excited to announce its first series is now available. Get inside the mind of Twitter’s most infamous inebriated mascot as @DrunkAubie discusses Auburn sports and much more. Created in 2012, the Twitter account quickly grew in popularity through its trademark one-liners, live-tweeting during Auburn sporting events and interaction with players. […]

While speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council in Huntsville on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence declared that the Trump administration has a mission to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon in the next five years, adding that Alabama’s Rocket City will play an integral part in meeting that challenge. […]

Alabama House of Representatives Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) appeared on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” on Friday, speaking about the key issues legislators in his chamber will have on their plate when they return from spring break next week. With the Senate just before the legislative break having passed SB 119, Senate President Pro Tem […]

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In a poll of registered Alabama voters released Tuesday by the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 76.48 percent of respondents said they support school choice, or “giving parents the opportunity to choose where they send their child to school rather than assigning children to schools based on zip code.” The poll measured a myriad […]

Monday on Birmingham’s radio’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) advised policymakers in Alabama to avoid falling into what he called the “expansion trap,” referring to a push to expand Medicaid rolls in Alabama. In recent weeks, some Republican lawmakers in the state legislature have softened their stances on Medicaid expansion, which in […]

The “Conversation About Ethics Reform” held Friday at Cumberland School of Law involved a respectful dialogue among four experts in the field of ethics law. It also demonstrated the challenge which lies ahead for policymakers. While generally agreeing on the areas of the law most in need of a rewrite, panelists at the event disagreed […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released a statement Monday praising law enforcement officials in Walker County for their “swift and decisive action” to close newly-established electronic bingo halls. “Alabama law is crystal clear,” Marshall said. “Electronic bingo and coin slot machines are illegal. No matter what the operators of these unlawful enterprises claim, the Alabama […]

Representative Mo Brooks (AL-5) gave an intense House floor speech Monday, slamming socialist Democrats and the “fake news” media over the Trump-Russia collusion scam they pushed since President Donald Trump’s election. Brooks called the two-year investigation “the most sordid ‘fake news’ ‘big lie’ propaganda, scam, fraud and smear campaign in American history.” “For more than […]

The City of Montgomery Public Art Commission is seeking artists to be part of the Montgomery Book Bench Project. It is a new effort to encourage reading, provide a place for people to rest and to instill an appreciation of public art in the community.

Alabama Republicans expressed vindication after Attorney General William Barr over the weekend released a four-page letter summarizing the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report. Mueller’s report stated, “[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” Relating to […]

Alabama’s position as a health care hub and its firm footing in advanced manufacturing are among the reasons officials believe medical devices and medical technology are potential growth areas. Southern Research hosted a MedTech Symposium in Birmingham on Feb. 28 to spur the discussion for growing the industry in the state. Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg […]

Research funding to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from the National Institutes of Health came in just shy of $300 million in 2018, placing UAB 23rd on the list of universities receiving NIH funding, according to figures published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Overall, the university received $296,359,266 in 2018. The School of Medicine led the way […]

Students from Birmingham and across Jefferson County joined adult volunteers and local agencies this past weekend to clean up trash and debris during the Valley Creek Clean-Up, one of 30 Renew Our Rivers-affiliated cleanups taking place this year. Volunteers converged Saturday at four locations – in Bessemer, Birmingham, Lipscomb and Oak Grove – picking up trash […]

Earlier this week on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” State Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals) explained his decision to vote against the Rebuild Alabama Act, which is legislation signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Kay Ivey that will ultimately raise gasoline taxes 10 cents by 2021. In addition to polling that showed his […]

Researchers at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine have developed a pre-clinical model for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a progressive disease that occurs in critically ill patients. A team led by Dr. Diego F. Alvarez and Dr. Jonathon P. Audia published the results of this NIH/NHLBI-sponsored study in the March 11 online edition of Pulmonary Circulation. […]

Google is not only building a $600 million data center in Alabama, but the internet giant is helping some school kids in a small Talladega County town get their homework done. Google announced the launch of its Rolling Study Halls program in Munford, a community with around 1,200 residents. The initiative brings Wi-Fi to students with […]

Alabama Power, the Alabama Power Foundation and the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO)remain committed to helping restore normalcy to Lee County and supporting the victims of the March 3 tornadoes. Company efforts began shortly after the storm hit, when crews throughout the state supported restoration efforts. Within 36 hours, all 26,000 customers affected by storms and who could […]

Tragedy almost struck in Blount County on Friday afternoon when substitute teacher Henry Rex Weaver’s gun was accidentally discharged in a first-grade classroom. WBRC is reporting that Weaver, 72, has been taken into custody and held in jail after his gun went off at Blountsville Elementary.

Alabama State Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville) offered a lottery bill that was declared a “clean bill,” but issues arose once it was proposed that it would allow entities who are running electronic bingo in the state to transition over to “virtual lottery terminals.” The differences between these machines are negligible as both electronic bingo and […]

After news broke Thursday that a native Guatemalan residing in the United States illegally has been charged in the death of Mobile’s Sonya Jones, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) said, “The open-borders Socialist Democrats who refuse to strengthen border security one iota have Sonya’s blood on their hands.”