7. Easing restrictions on Paycheck Protection Program supported by Alabama The more relaxed requirements for businesses receiving funds through the Paycheck Protection Program were passed by the U.S. Senate and House this week. Businesses would only be required to spend 60% of funds on payroll, instead of 75%, and they’ll have 24 weeks to spend […]

Most Americans want peace and fairness but they also want law and order in their communities.

More Black Lives Matter protests have taken place in Huntsville, Vestavia Hills, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery

7. Gun sales are up After protests turned violent in central Alabama, gun stores reportedly saw an increase in sales, with the Alabama Guns and Outdoors Owner Russell England saying, “Everyone is making ammo runs.” Murphree’s Guns in Blount County owner Randal Murphree said the increase in sales “started right after the TV started putting […]

As cities burn and threats to businesses and communities remain, the last thing people want is the appearance of wokeness from their leaders and they definitly don't want weakness.

Governor Kay Ivey has authorized the activation of at least 1,000 members of the Alabama National Guard

Over the weekend, several protests were held in Alabama due to the police brutality that caused the death of George Floyd

Jackson and Handback are joined by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss his campaign, the lack of debates, Tommy Tuberville's comments about the Chinese military and the coronavirus pandemic.

100,000+ Americans are dead but Jones has to play politics, his job depends on it.

Jones said that there is blame to be placed on China, the Worth Health Organization, and President Donald Trump and “the administration and their early responses,”

It's pretty clear that Twitter has over-stepped here and they only have two options if the President's order becomes a reality and survives a court challenge, back down on moderation of political speech or be crushed by lawsuits and government oversight.

Alabama's coronavirus cases spike but there is some good news

Sessions slammed Tuberville for having a losing record his last two football seasons and refusing to debate after Tuberville declared himself in the lead and therefore had no need to engage in a debate with the Senator

It looks like U.S. Representative Mo Brooks and the Alabama Farmers Federation will not be making nice any time soon after Brooks once again criticized...

7. Trump wants full attendance at GOP convention President Donald Trump has said that if North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) doesn’t allow “full attendance” for the Republican National Convention, those planning the convention will be “reluctantly forced” to find a new location.  Currently, the GOP convention is set to be held in Charlotte on […]

Jackson closes the show with a “parting shot” at those who want to make masks a political football when an overwhelming majority of Americans are wearing masks.

7. Travel has increased across the state Everything has slowly been reopening, so it’s easy to assume that vehicle travel would increase across the state, especially after vehicle travel decreased by nearly 80% at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.  The Associated Press released data by StreetLight Data, Inc. that showed on a daily basis […]

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck Alabama, we have seen hospitals at capacity

She will force them to go to their constituents and declare, “Gee, I didn't want to spend all that money on the prisons but that darn Governor Ivey made us do it!”?

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump now feels “very differently” about the trade deal made with China

Ivey thanked the legislature for “supporting this amendment and for ensuring this money helps the people of Alabama who have been harmed by this disease.”

The state of Alabama has over the years sent leaders to Washington, D.C. who have etched their names on the country’s history in a myriad of ways. Merely a few include Justice Hugo Black, Sen. Howell Heflin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the continued powerful presence of Sen. Richard […]

McCutcheon touted the information he gleaned as a member of the National Speakers Conference when talking about state budgets that did not require cuts, "when I talk to other Speakers across this country, many of the states they cannot put a budget together, they’re having to borrow money to get state governments up and running."

In a survey conducted by the Alabama Workforce Council and AlabamaWorks!, 49.6 percent of businesses said that they anticipate the business climate to improve over the next 6 months