Federal Aviation Administration data shows 2018 was the busiest year on record for Alabama’s largest airport. The latest data available from the federal agency shows more people boarded flights at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth in 2018 than in any year since 2008.

Alexander Shunnarah Personal Injury Attorneys, P.C. has been selected as a finalist in six of 12 possible categories for the national Golden Gavel Awards.

Valerie Jarrett, who served as senior advisor to former President Barack Obama, will be in Birmingham for a campaign event for Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) next week. An email from Jones’ campaign sent Tuesday stated that Jarrett will lead a “Women for One Alabama” panel discussion; “One Alabama” is Jones’ 2020 reelection slogan.

Scott Dawson believes servant leadership is essential to spreading the gospel and healing society, and he highlighted famed musician Kanye West’s spiritual growth as one example of where that leadership can make a difference. Dawson, founder and CEO of the Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association, spoke on these topics and many others when he sat down […]

It is time for the monument in front of the Cherokee County Courthouse to be retired and replaced with a new monument that will give equal honor to the sacrifices of all local service members who gave their lives for our country in World War I and World War II. Image of the monument as […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s study commission on criminal justice policy will make recommendations that could include sentencing changes and expanding the use of pretrial diversion programs. The panel met for the final time Tuesday and will submit recommendations ahead of the legislative session that begins Feb. 5.

WETUMPKA — All of the Republicans running to replace Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) as the representative in Congress for Alabama’s Second Congressional District gathered alongside several dozen voters in Wetumpka on Tuesday night for a forum held by the Elmore County Republican Party. New polling obtained by Alabama Daily News has Jeff Coleman, the businessman […]

Six 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates took the stage last night for the last time before the Iowa caucus and it was not good.

The United States is in the midst of a wireless revolution. With the deployment of fifth-generation (5G) technology, American consumers are about to see mobile broadband speeds explode exponentially, unlocking a wide range of new possibilities. But the deployment of 5G will not come easy. To make 5G a reality, U.S. mobile operators must install […]

Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield will attend the ceremonial signing of the Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. President Donald Trump will sign an 86-page agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He that includes a commitment by China that it will make […]

This past holiday season St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham bought $8.1 million in medical debt owed by about 6,500 families across Central Alabama and then forgave it all. Because many hospitals sell off the debt they are not sure they can collect, St. Lukes was able to purchase the $8.1 million in debt for […]

Montgomery-based Life On Wheels, a Christian non-profit, is expanding its Image Clear Ultrasound (ICU Mobile) services to Birmingham, free of charge.

Balch & Bingham announced the continued growth of its public policy and government relations practice with the addition of Stephen W. "Steve" Still ...

Earlier this month, State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) raised a few eyebrows when he said the legislature would take a look at eliminating the state’s sales tax on groceries in the upcoming session. Alabama, along with Mississippi and South Dakota, are the only states to levy the full sales tax on groceries as it does […]

The reality is that Governor Ivey knows exactly where a majority of Alabamians stand on this issue and the song and dance routine here is pretty silly.

Stephen Moore, the architect of the 2017 tax cuts, told Yellowhammer News that Trump likely wouldn't have become POTUS without the support of Jeff Sessions.

A study conducted by researchers at Auburn University found evidence that African-Americans who reported more than average racial discrimination showed increased symptoms of aging over a 10-year time frame. The study was led by Dr. David H. Chae, an associate professor at the university. It centers its evidence on the length of telomeres — which […]

Sessions: "This is all part of a very fundamental battle that is raging in America, and it is a battle that is no small matter. Increasingly, the hard...

Tuesday during an appearance on Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, warned about the consequences of the hyper-politicization of every nuance of day-to-day living. Tuberville told co-hosts Matt Murphy and Andrea Lindenberg that Democrats’ unwillingness to put election politics behind them […]

Civil rights legend and American icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent two-days in a jail cell at the Jefferson County Courthouse in 1967, and the cell in which he was held is now being turned into a historical exhibit. As first reported by the Birmingham Times, the Jefferson County Commission has unanimously passed a […]

Alabama Secretary of Labor Fitzgerald Washington has announced that the department’s Abandoned Mine Land Program has opened the third round...

McConnell spoke on the Senate floor and said that the delay has “produced absolutely nothing,” and continued to question her strategy

Huntsville-made Boeing batteries will be installed during the second and third all-women spacewalks in history this month...

You may not have known his name, but the most dangerous man in the Middle East has finally received justice for a lifetime of brutality. Before being taken out by an American airstrike, Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was a major general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of its extra-military, clandestine Quds Force. […]