The Alabama League of Municipalities launched a new initiative aimed at promoting quality-of-life and civic engagement on a local level. Live Locally Alabama will help instill community pride and highlight the crucial role municipal government plays in the daily lives of citizens. The initiative, according to ALM, will provide strategic resources and one-on-one consultations for […]

Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) Commissioner Kent Davis formally declined Gov. Kay Ivey’s request for his resignation on Friday. Ivey asked Davis to step down yesterday, citing “ample cause” for his removal. She also removed John Kilpatrick from the Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs, a 15-member board that oversees the Commissioner. “I respectfully […]

State Sen. Arthur Orr weighed in on the Montgomery City Council’s recent decision to pass a concealed carry ordinance that directly contradicts state law. The Council voted 8-1 this week to require a valid photo ID to carry a concealed weapon on one’s person or in a vehicle. Current Alabama law requires no permit as […]

A 64-year-old retired U.S. Army veteran was shot three times by an illegal immigrant on Sunday after the veteran traveled to meet the individual for a Facebook Marketplace transaction involving work equipment that had been previously arranged online. At a Wednesday press conference, Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry announced the shooter was identified as Abel […]

A 42-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala living in Alabama was charged on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice for illegally assuming a U.S. citizen’s identity and using it to vote in multiple elections. According the nine-count indictment, Angelica Maria Francisco, most recently of Russellville, assumed a U.S. citizen’s identity in 2011 to fraudulently obtain […]

“It just didn’t sound right, but I went ahead and did it.” “It was a fast-paced, busy day, so I sent the payment– but I should’ve trusted my gut.” The scam is called business email compromise– and it can be all too easy to fall victim. It doesn’t just affect businesses – everyday consumers can […]

After defaulting on approximately $60 million worth of municipal bonds, Jackson Hospital and Clinic in Montgomery has been given S&P Global’s lowest bond rating, according to Bloomberg. In August, UMB NA, the bond trustee, requested full payment of all principal and interest, citing the hospital’s failure to make rent and lease payments for five months. […]

Thirteen individuals with ties to Mountain Gateway, a Texas-based Christian missionary organization, were arrested and imprisoned in December of 2023 by the Nicaraguan government. President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and the first lady and vice president, Rosario Murillo, accused the organization of using its nonprofit status as a cover to purchase luxury goods, property, and […]

Updated at 5:30 p.m. to include Governor Ivey’s statement regarding Commissioner Davis’ failure to respond in time.  On Thursday, Governor Ivey formally requested the resignation of Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis and removed John Kilpatrick from the Alabama State Board of Veterans Affairs, effective immediately. In a letter addressed to Davis, Ivey […]

The Mobile Harbor Modernization Project to deepen and widen the Port of Mobile is entering its final phase. Upon completion, the six-stage environmentally friendly project will give a significant advantage to shippers while also fostering economic development in Mobile and across the state. “Beyond the economic impact, the Port is proud to have committed 100% […]

The family of a Muscle Shoals man is claiming a Florida surgeon killed 70-year-old William Bryan after mistakenly removing his liver during an operation at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar Beach. Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky reportedly believed that the man’s liver was his spleen. William Bryan, the victim, and his wife Beverly were […]

An Alabama man who brutally murdered five people with an axe and a firearm, including a pregnant woman, is officially scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in October. In August of 2016, Derrick Dearman, 35, killed Joseph Adam Turner, Robert Lee Brown, Chelsea Marie Reed, Justin Kaleb Reed, and Shannon Melissa Randall while they […]

On Tuesday, the Montgomery City Council voted to pass a new ordinance related to concealed carry that could directly contradict state law. The Council voted 8-1 to require a valid photo ID to carry a concealed weapon on one’s person or in a vehicle. Current Alabama law requires no permit as long as the individual […]

Site Selection magazine has once again honored Alabama Power as a Top Utility in Economic Development, recognizing the company’s diverse and extensive economic development efforts. In 2023, Alabama Power’s economic development team was directly involved in projects that created 1,832 new jobs and attracting an estimated $1.7 billion in new and expanded capital investment. “Alabama Power continues to […]

Southeast Gas, a natural gas utility based in Andalusia, was named one of the top 20 utilities in the country by Site Selection Magazine in their annual top utilities issue. The company, which serves over 32,000 customers across 19 counties in the Southeast, reports they have contributed to over $2 billion in economic development and […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is recalling beef jerky made in Alabama. The USDA says more than 6,200 pounds of jerky made at Hickory Hollow Jerky in Eufaula wasn’t properly inspected. The jerky was manufactured between January and August of this year. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption […]

Alabama-based, nationally-syndicated radio host Rick Burgess of “The Rick and Bubba Show” has announced the show will go on without his longtime co-host. After 30 years, the show will come to an end in late December of this year. In an Instagram post, Burgess said the first show of “The Rick Burgess Show” will hit […]

The League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU & Affiliates) and the Virginia Credit Union League (VACUL) signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership. The two organizations are in the exploratory phase of a project that will culminate in the creation of an industry-leading force supporting credit unions across the South, […]

Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., who has served as Troy University Chancellor for more than 35 years during a period of unprecedented growth, has announced his retirement effective Oct. 1, 2025. Dr. Hawkins, who is currently the longest-serving chief executive of a public university, announced his retirement date in an email to faculty and staff today. […]

In his second year as a Shareholder in Maynard Nexsen’s complex litigation practice group, attorney William Bloom will now serve clients in the firm’s Montgomery office in addition to Birmingham, the firm recently announced. Bloom, who has already established a decorated legal career for himself at a young age, represents clients both public and private […]

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) is continuing to put pressure on the regime in Nicaragua to release the pastors who were arrested earlier this year for preaching in the country. In December 2023, eleven Nicaraguan pastors and other individuals associated with Mountain Gateway — a Christian organization based in Texas with missionary presence in North […]

Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter was elected Chairman of the Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South) for 2024-2025. Ledbetter’s election to the post comes ahead of the group’s annual Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) being held in Birmingham July of next year. As Chairman, Ledbetter will preside over the nation’s largest regional […]

Reentry Alabama, formerly known as the Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, is aiming to eliminate barriers faced by recently released inmates and also reduce instances of them reoffending, known as recidivism. The first meeting of Reentry Alabama, since its reauthorization through a bill sponsored by Senator […]

A firefighter with Mobile Fire-Rescue recently saved a window washer suspended 450 feet off the ground after his equipment malfunctioned. On July 29, Captain Robert Brown volunteered to attempt a daring rescue of the individual by rappeling from the 35th floor of the RSA tower down to where the man was. In recognition of his […]