Tuesday, with School Choice Week underway, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its annual ranking of state public charter school laws, listing Alabama as the fifth best in the United States. The rankings, entitled “Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, Tenth Edition,” evaluated how well each […]

Former Congressman Artur Davis (AL-7) on Tuesday joined Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton Dean as the only officially announced candidates to be the capital city’s next mayor, as several potential contenders continue to mull entering the fray. While Artur Davis first confirmed his would-be candidacy for mayor in an exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News in […]

In an important first step for the program created by the Alabama legislature during its 2018 regular session, Governor Kay Ivey Tuesday awarded grants under the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund to seven rural communities across the state to connect them with high-speed internet access. The grants, which total almost $1.1 million, are the first to […]

The state of Alabama has issued its first licenses to out-of-hospital midwives since 1976. AL.com reports the newly-formed Alabama State Board of Midwifery on Friday approved the licensing of five certified professional midwives.

Traffic through Alabama’s largest city will not be normal for months as the state’s busiest road closes for a construction project beginning Monday. Crews building a replacement for Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham close the highway Monday night. Some ramps closed last week.

DEMOPOLIS – Most people know the hardships of Alabama’s Black Belt — poverty, declining populations, lack of access to quality education and health care. However, in northern Marengo County, one city has defied the worst of these trends. Located on the bank of Tombigbee River, near its fork with the Black Warrior River, is the […]

Despite recent attacks by the Alabama Education Association (AEA) on the Alabama Accountability Act, State Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) wants to make it clear that the staple of school choice in the Yellowhammer State is not going anywhere, vowing to “fight to the end to protect” and even increase funding for the […]

Governor Kay Ivey has has ordered flags in Alabama lowered to half-staff to honor Mobile Police Department Officer Sean Tuder, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on Sunday. In a directive to all state agencies, Ivey said, “Officer Tuder gave his life doing what he loved, protecting the people of Mobile. […]

A young boy is honoring fallen police officers across America, including two from Alabama, in a unique way as he runs a mile for each one to celebrate their lives and pay his respects. Zechariah, a 10-year-old from Florida, runs one mile for each officer that has passed away in 2018 and 2019, and on […]

WETUMPKA — It took only seven days for Gov. Kay Ivey to have to confront the aftermath of the first natural disaster of her new term. On Monday, Ivey and other local officials visited a neighborhood on the north bank of the Coosa River in tornado-ravaged Wetumpka. According to reports, a preliminary survey from the National Weather […]

As Gov. Kay Ivey looks to replace Alabama’s troubled state prisons, one option would be to lease facilities built by private developers — a strategy that may allow her to bypass the state Legislature where past construction proposals have faltered. In her inaugural address Monday, Ivey said that she would announce a prison plan in […]

On Monday, Texas-based Buc-ee’s opened its first location in Alabama. The convenience store, located in Baldwin County, is now the state’s largest and the first Buc-ee’s to open outside of the Lone Star State. At the intersection of Interstate 10 and the Baldwin Beach Express, this 50,000-square-foot Buc-ee’s location is breaking the mold geographically while […]

Rock the South is moving this year, but fans of the country music festival in Cullman should not worry. AL.com reports the festival is leaving its usual home in Heritage Park for a larger location about two miles (3.21 kilometers) away.

When the red snapper season begins this summer in the Gulf of Mexico, some fish will carry $250 and even $500 worth of tags, as part of a study to estimate just how many of the popular sport and table fish live in the Gulf. The fish can be released as long as the tags […]

To mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan released a statement reflecting on the “timeless” nature of Dr. King’s vision for mankind. “His vision for America and commitment to equal rights changed history for the better,” Lathan said of King. “Dr. King’s words and peaceful protests are still […]

Governor Kay Ivey has officially proclaimed January 20-26 Alabama School Choice Week, as parents and teachers from every type of K-12 education option celebrate increased opportunity in education. The week, which is already underway and coincides with National School Choice Week, will feature 744 events and activities across the Yellowhammer State, including open house events […]

Mobile Police Department Officer Sean Tuder was shot and killed while executing a search warrant on Sunday, marking the second police officer in Alabama to be killed in the line of duty over a span of just seven days. According to WALA, Police Chief Lawrence Battiste said Tuder was shot at the Peach Place Inn on […]

In a former warehouse on a dimly lit street in the South Bronx, developers sipping Puerto Rican moonshine listened as a local official urged them to capture a new U.S. tax break by rebuilding the decaying neighborhood. In Alabama, a young lawyer quit his job after seeing the same tax break’s potential to help one […]

Two Alabama-built vehicles earned top spots in their categories in Car and Driver magazine’s list of the best trucks. The Alabama-build Honda Ridgeline was named the best mid-size pickup truck while the Mercedes-Benz GLS450 was named the best large SUV in Car and Driver “10 Best Trucks and SUVs for 2019.” Car and Driver tested […]

Kyes Stevens has been a part of educating some 5,000 students since 2002, and they’ve all been the epitome of nontraditional. In fact, they’ve all been prisoners or inmates with the Alabama Department of Corrections. “Prisons are complicated,” Stevens said. “All kinds of people are there. Whatever their circumstance, I assume they want to learn. They […]

HUNTSVILLE – With the total number of people affected by the federal government shutdown estimated to be in the thousands in North Alabama, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) hosted a town hall meeting in the Rocket City to discuss with constituents efforts to find a solution. A crowd of nearly 300 packed the University of […]

One day, Andalusia’s Bill Alverson was an attorney whose accidental hobby was just something he loved to do. The next day, a seven-page feature in The New York Times, chronicling his pageant-coaching story of Miss America wins, suddenly crowned Alverson as the “Pageant King.” Before you know it, there’s a front-row seat into his world […]

The state of Alabama and one of its manufacturers proved again how vital their work is to the country’s national security when United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully powered a new intelligence satellite into space. ULA’s Alabama-made Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite into space on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force […]

It was good news and bad news for Wilsonville Elementary. The good: The school was one of 107 in Alabama selected for the First Class Pre-K program in 2018-19. The bad: The state grant for the program didn’t include $10,000 needed for the required playground equipment suitable for 4-year-olds. The better: Gaston Steam Plant in Wilsonville donated $5,000, […]