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A coronavirus outbreak in China has sparked fears of a global pandemic, as communicable diseases do not respect national borders. Governments use quarantines and isolation to limit such threats, measures which libertarians find objectionable. Property rights offer helpful guidance here. The 2019 Novel Coronavirus appeared last year in China’s Hubei province. The new coronavirus originated […]

Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville on Monday released the first television ad for his 2020 Republican U.S. Senate bid in Alabama.

Research funding at the University of South Alabama topped $87 million in 2019, a significant increase from the previous year and the result of an...

The latest fundraising reports are in for the AL-02 Republican primary to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery).

Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl headed into 2020 with more cash-on-hand than the other two leading Republican candidates combined in AL-01.

The reelection campaign of President Donald Trump aired a Super Bowl ad featuring Alice Marie Johnson, a woman who was sentenced to life in prison...

World Games 2021 Birmingham officials unveiled a new countdown clock and formally announced Legion Field as the site of the opening ceremonies.

The University of Alabama was recently recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity, the only institution of higher education...

Last week, the Alabama Department of Corrections closed portions of the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, which resulted in the relocation of 600 prisoners to other facilities. According to Association of County Commissions of Alabama executive director Sonny Brasfield, had certain measures been in place, unoccupied bed space in county jails around the state could […]

The first district Congressional race is probably the best race in the state in this year’s March 3 primary. The winner of the March 31 GOP primary runoff will go to Congress. The famous first district is a Republican congressional seat and has been since Jack Edwards won the seat in the Southern Goldwater landslide […]

With just days to go until the 2020 legislative session gavels into order in Montgomery, gambling remains one of the top issues in the eyes of the public for the Alabama legislature. During an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN, State Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) acknowledged the public’s interest in gambling, in particular, […]

Education is one of the most critical components of our society today. It is how we formulate opinions and perspectives, gain exposure to different ideas and cultures, and develop new skills. With the knowledge and understanding gained from a solid education, we are able to learn how to be successful in our careers, family lives, […]

For kids and adults who are rarely in the limelight, victory was sweet as they splashed across the finish line at the natatorium in the Birmingham Crossplex. On Jan. 24, 160 athletes and their unified partners — family members, relatives and friends — competed in the Special Olympics Alabama Birmingham Swim sectional. Special Olympics is […]

As an officer for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles’ Anniston Field Office, Donnelle Thompson is helping keep residents of Calhoun County safe. Officer Donnelle Thompson has charted a course of positive influence over her career. She was a police officer in Piedmont, retired as a federal probation officer, and taught criminal justice classes […]

Growing up in Tallapoosa County’s Eagle Creek, Scotty McKelvey was naturally drawn to playing outside. He loved it so much as a kid, he turned it into a...

The new Alabama-built Hyundai Sonata is getting a star-studded push with a new 60-second Super Bowl commercial. But don’t look for a Southern accent.

Grace Richardson, a University of South Alabama freshman, has won a Girl Scout Gold Award for the art work and environmental advocacy she combined...

For the staff at Alabama’s Environmental Studies Center (ESC), one mission stands above all: to help others love nature as much as they do. “I have been here for 26 years,” said Susan Clement, a biologist at ESC. “I still love it as much as the first day I started.” The ESC is a natural sciences […]

Birmingham’s innovation district has a new name and a bigger footprint.

Engineers and technicians have positioned Solar Orbiter in its rightful place atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket ahead of its launch in a little more than a week. The spacecraft’s stated mission is to examine how the Sun creates and controls the space environment throughout our solar system.

The consensus was that the recent 2020 Buckmasters Life Classic event may not have been the warmest at around 70 degrees for the three-day January deer hunt, but it was probably the wettest. Persistent rains during the event at one of Alabama’s premier wildlife properties, Sedgefields Plantation near Safford, failed to dampen the enthusiasm of […]

The complaint by an ethics watchdog maintains that Jones has consistently used his campaign Twitter account to link to his official Senate Twitter account.

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby on Friday voted against subpoenaing further witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.