Representative Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Wednesday argued that climate scientists should admit humanity does not know nearly as much about climate change as it claims to know, pointing to sea levels rising at a lower rate now than they have over the past 21,000 years. During the Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing on climate […]

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is pushing to rename the CrossPlex after the late Larry Langford, who was convicted on 60 federal counts in 2009. As reported by The Birmingham Times, Woodfin said “it’s fitting for all the work he did” that Langford be honored in a major, permanent way by the city. Langford, a Democrat, […]

An employee at a Panera Bread restaurant in Alabama has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, and people who ate food from that outlet from Jan. 24 through Feb. 5 may have been exposed to the disease, state authorities said. No other case has been reported, either among the food-handler’s co-workers at 2998 Carter Hill Road […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) is being praised by President Donald Trump for his leadership in securing an “agreement in principle” between Congressional Republicans and Democrats on a border security and government funding package. The president took to Twitter Tuesday evening to applaud Shelby as “hard working.” Was just presented the concept and parameters of the […]

A new report has named Alabama as the most financially friendly state for senior citizens. Research released this week by Stannah revealed, “The main reason senior citizens would move to a new city, state or country is to save money and improve finances.” In this important metric, the Yellowhammer State is king. For people over the […]

Alabama is getting a new area code. AT&T told news outlets the 659 area code will be used in parts of west-central Alabama in April.

Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) will request bids for the construction of three new men’s prisons to replace existing facilities, with the administration still undecided on whether to seek funding approval from the state legislature or pursue private leasing. According to The Montgomery Advertiser, the governor told reporters of the […]

A federal judge said Monday that Alabama has been “deliberately indifferent” about monitoring the mental health of state inmates placed in the isolation of segregation cells. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued the ruling days after attorneys for inmates said the suicide rate in state prisons has reached a crisis level.

The Alabama Policy Institute (API) Monday released a two-part position paper on the gas tax, the issue expected to dominate the upcoming state legislative session. The first part of API’s five-page paper outlines “three guiding imperatives” the conservative organization recommends that any proposed infrastructure funding plan incorporates. The next and final part of the paper […]

On Monday evening, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced that the bicameral conference committee of legislative leaders tasked with reaching an agreement on border security and funding a quarter of the federal government has “reached an agreement in principle.” Shelby, who serves as vice-chair of the conference committee, helped spearhead what The Hill described as “a […]

Four men, including three who live along the United States-Mexico border, have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking following a major raid by the Dothan Police Department. The operation came after a month-long investigation, according to WTVY and Dothan Eagle. Rio Grande City, Texas’ Kenneth Nicholas De La Cerda, 24, Alberto Diaz, Jr. and […]

U.S. Steel Corp. says it is restarting construction on an idled manufacturing facility in Alabama, and it is giving some of the credit to President Donald Trump’s trade policies. The Pittsburgh-based company says Trump’s “strong trade actions” are partly responsible for the resumption of work on an advanced plant near Birmingham.

Alabama has beaten Oklahoma once again, this time vaulting over the Sooner State to be named the most polite state in America. Last year, FreshBooks ranked Alabama second behind Oklahoma in its annual “politeness index.” In results released Monday, the company announced its 2019 edition, which saw the Yellowhammer State surge to the top spot. […]

A high-tech facility designed to spur innovation and help new businesses has opened in a part of Tuscaloosa that was hit by a killer tornado nearly eight years ago. The Tuscaloosa News reports that The Edge is aimed at supporting entrepreneurial collaboration and innovation.

An Alabama church has removed a pew honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis, saying the memorial has no place at a time when rebel symbols have been adopted by white supremacists. The pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Robert C. Wisnewski, Jr., posted a message on the church website last week saying the wooden pew was […]

Southern Research announced that Robert Amaro, a mechanical engineer with expertise in metallurgy and solid modeling, will spearhead an expansion of the organization’s activities in additive manufacturing, a technology revolutionizing how complex aerospace parts and other industrial components are made. Amaro, Ph.D., joins Birmingham-based Southern Research from the University of Alabama, where he conducted federally funded research […]

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) updated the American people on the ongoing government funding and border security negotiations, lamenting that Democrats “want to cap the number of dangerous criminals that ICE can detain, putting the safety of the American [people] in jeopardy.” In an interview on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace, the senior senator from Alabama […]

Finland-based Kemira announced this morning that it is investing $70.8 million to expand production at its Mobile facility. The company is a polymer producer serving the pulp and paper, oil and gas, and water treatment industries. The project will create an additional 20 jobs, growing Kemira’s Mobile workforce by 32 percent, to handle new process operations, increased […]

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) believes that “nobody wants” America to become socialist, despite the stark warning in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address last week. “Here in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country,” Trump said. “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will […]

Alabama native Cliff Sims said that the continuing leaks of President Donald Trump’s private schedule are “a direct shot” at the president, adding that the “insubordinate” “sociopaths” on the White House staff intentionally undermining Trump’s administration from the inside should resign. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” with Brian Stelter, Sims discussed why Trump’s […]

There is one playing field where Alabama and Auburn are on the same side. Leaders of both institutions shared time recently at the Economic Development Association of Alabama’s 2019 Winter Conference. “We are different universities with different assets and together we can pull our state forward,” said Dr. Steven Leath, president of Auburn University. Leath said Auburn is not a rival […]

The memorabilia collection is one clue that Cleon Jones is a pretty famous fellow. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder with the New York Mets for 13 years. In 1969, he caught the final out of the Miracle Mets’ World Series championship over the Baltimore Orioles. In other words, Jones has every reason to stay in New York and […]

Alabama foodies and ‘Top Chef‘ fans can celebrate one of their own advancing to the final six on Bravo’s hit television series. Dothan native Kelsey Barnard Clark continues to impress celebrity judges and fellow contestants on the show’s 16th season set in Louisville, KY. Clark is the chef and proprietor of KBC — a local Southern-French fusion […]

During an appearance on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” on Friday, State Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) elaborated on his call a week earlier for lawmakers in Montgomery to consider how to expand Medicaid rolls in this year’s upcoming legislative session. In an interview that aired last Saturday, Waggoner told ABC 33/40’s Lauren Walsh the legislature […]