On Friday’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) expressed his skepticism over the sincerity of Senate Democrats regarding the sexual misconduct allegations aimed at U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Palmer warned that weaponizing a “scandal” in these situations may impact the country’s ability to self-govern. “It looks […]

In an interview that aired on Friday’s episode of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill elaborated on his response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of blocked Twitter users by ACLU of Alabama, which he initially called a “political hack job.” Merrill told “Capitol Journal” host Don Dailey given that […]

The University of South Alabama unveiled a new name for the region’s only hospital offering Level I trauma care, as the USA Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the name of the USA Medical Center to University Hospital.  The transformation more accurately reflects the hospital’s teaching and research mission. University Hospital, as a component […]

Like many children growing up, Conrad Reed liked to tinker with model cars and airplanes. But while most have given up the childhood hobby, at age 68, Reed has yet to quit. He just works on the real things now. “I don’t fish, and I don’t play golf,” says Reed, a senior real estate specialist for […]

The nation’s top law enforcement official, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, visited Auburn University on Friday to examine two Auburn initiatives designed to protect the public—one focused on the national opioid crisis and the other involving the world’s most advanced detector dogs. Sessions was briefed on Auburn’s approach to effective opioid response and treatment at the Harrison School of […]

Friday during an appearance on Birmingham’s Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) weighed in on the current controversy surrounding U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and how his colleagues in the U.S. Senate are handling the confirmation process to date. During the segment, Rogers responded to a question […]

Mary Laslie Pike doesn’t play football, but the 10-year-old from Homewood is among 100 youngsters whose names will be on the backs of UAB football players’ jerseys as they host the second installment of their Children’s Harbor Game. The contest, which highlights children served by Children’s Harbor, will be the Blazers’ Oct. 20 game against […]

After it was announced earlier this week that Blount County Schools would no longer allow student or volunteer-led prayer over the PA system before games, fans were worried that their prayer would be silenced.

Magic was in the air as Mileena Painter attended her school’s football game Tuesday night in Pell City. Per a report by WBRC, Mileena, who has been fighting Leukemia since August 2017, was left in awe after a balloon release revealed Make-A-Wish had granted her wish of a trip to Disney World and Universal Studios. […]

With fall officially underway and college football through three weeks of action, Alabama’s favorite teams face some must-see tests in week four.

On Friday, Congressman Robert Aderholt announced that more than $1.1 million would be given to community health centers in Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District in order to combat the deadly opioid crisis. “The United States is currently addressing a crisis which shows no discrimination. People of all races, ethnicities, geographic regions and socio-economic classes are impacted by […]

The St. Louis-based coal company Peabody Energy has agreed to purchase Shoal Creek metallurgical coal mine from Drummond Co. Inc. for $400 million. Peabody said Friday that the transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

As U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces mounting criticism from the man who appointed him, he is planning to speak in his home state next week. The Justice Department says Sessions and other Justice Department officials will speak Monday in Birmingham at the department’s National Public Safety Partnership Symposium.

With one in every 10 patients walking into state hospitals without insurance, the Alabama Hospital Association on Thursday launched a campaign to push for expansion of the state’s Medicaid program. Politicians in the Deep South have often opposed expansion, but the Alabama Hospital Association is urging citizens and policy makers to think of expansion as […]

Area Development, a national publication, ranked Alabama third in its 2018 “Top States for Business” survey and gave the state a shout-out for America's most improved economic development policies under Governor Kay Ivey's administration.

Alabama’s unemployment rate is holding steady at 4.1 percent. Figures released by the state on Friday show Alabama’s jobless rate for August is unchanged from the July rate.

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group based in Arizona, continues to escalate its legal efforts concerning Toyota-Mazda's Alabama manufacturing plant, this time requesting several different types of records regarding its construction.

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Thursday doubled down on his support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's decision not to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee this coming Monday, with Alabama's junior senator in a tweet saying that he wants the process to at least go past "the first week of October."

An Alabama family is fighting to save their daughter from what they have said is a possible international sex trafficking ring, per NBC 15.

After state Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) led the charge on passing HB131 this spring, he believes the public will finally get to see how money is wasted in state government.

Per WHNT, ten-year-old viral "sports analyst" and "Alabama's biggest little fan" Jackson Way is ready to slide back into his favorite role, with the child already happy with what he has seen through the first three games.

MONROEVILLE – During Alabama’s transition from Democrat to Republican that began in the 1990s and was capped off in 2010 with the GOP finally gaining control of all the branches of government in Montgomery, the local government in Monroe County was one place that was able to resist that trend. However, the politics of the […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has achieved a record enrollment for the third consecutive year, growing its student body to 21,923 — an increase of 1,021 students from last year’s record of 20,902.

MONROEVILLE – Thursday at a rally hosted by the Monroe County Republican Party on the lawn of the old Monroe County Courthouse, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) addressed the current controversy Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh is facing in his confirmation process. Kavanaugh has been accused by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford of improper sexual […]