While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not perfect, it has helped create a system in which more Americans have access to comprehensive health care coverage than ever before. The next steps from a policy standpoint should be to continue improving upon the ACA in order to expand coverage while bringing down costs, particularly for […]

Last week, Gov. Kay Ivey announced she was replacing State Sen. Chris Elliot (R-Daphne) with State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile) to serve on the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II) Committee. Elliott had become an outspoken critic of the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway proposal in its late stages before Ivey pronounced it was […]

Next week, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is expected to announce he will seek another term as mayor, which if successful would be his fourth term and a continuation of what most perceive to be an already successful tenure. One item that would add to the list of accomplishments for Battle would be if military brass […]

Alabama Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) on Thursday announced that he has appointed State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Mobile) to a seat on the powerful House Rules Committee. This committee, led by State Rep. Mike Jones (R-Andalusia) as chair and State Rep. Connie Rowe (R-Jasper) as vice chair, is tasked with setting the House’s […]

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that experts with IBM Services have named Alabama as the top American job creator from foreign investment last year. The results came through a premier survey of international corporate investment decisions. Alabama also scored highly compared to other American states in specific metrics related to foreign investment in the […]

Talladega Superspeedway’s premium corporate hospitality options allow your group to enjoy the race in a whole new way. Whether entertaining clients or surrounded by friends, hear the roar of the track and savor the first-class amenities together in your own private viewing area. A limited number of suites are still available for the October race […]

7. Trump might ban all e-cigarette flavored products In the wake of people getting sick across the country from a mysterious lung disease that’s been linked to vaping and e-cigarettes, the White House is looking to ban all non-tobacco flavors of e-cigarette products, in spite of the evidence that this isn’t the problem. President Donald […]

While there were numerous emotional tributes across Alabama and the nation on Wednesday marking the 18th anniversary of 9/11, one small act in Hoover is making big waves. According to a Facebook post by Jen Davis, her friend — Heather Goss — on Wednesday morning was at the local YMCA to work out. It was […]

Dale Jackson is joined by United States Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) to discuss his career and how he became Alabama 5th Congressional District’s congressman. Rep. Brooks describes how he went from being one of a small number Alabama’s early elected Republicans in 1982, through the wins and losses of a long political career, to his […]

The Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) has appealed a decision by the Alabama Ethics Commission determining that the BAA’s employees are considered public employees under Alabama’s ethics law. Numerous requirements and restrictions accompany the designation as “public employees” for purposes of the ethics law, including the filing of annual statements of economic interest with the ethics […]

NASA and Boeing have entered the final phase of assembling structural parts for the powerful Space Launch System (SLS), which is managed at Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The assembly phase of work is being completed at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Boeing technicians at Michoud last week moved the SLS engine section […]

With unemployment at an all-time low and companies relocating to Alabama’s business-friendly environment, our state’s economy is strong. Unfortunately, rural counties have lagged behind their urban neighbors in infrastructure development, job creation and revenue growth. This year, Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama legislature took strides toward closing the prosperity gap through investment in roads, […]

The chair of Alabama’s Democratic Party accused the party’s national chairman on Tuesday of trying to beat “Alabama into submission” by portraying the state party as in shambles, just the latest twist in an ongoing dispute between state and national party officials. In a written statement, Alabama Democratic Party Chair Nancy Worley said there has […]

Alabama ranked near the top of Area Development magazine’s 2019 “Top States for Business” survey, continuing a streak of high rankings in the national publication’s annual analysis. Overall, Alabama earned a No. 4 ranking and Top 10 marks in 11 different individual categories in Area Development’s 2019 survey, underscoring the state’s business-friendly environment, leading job-training programs and other […]

Ten years ago, a unique partnership began between Southwire, a participant in the Alabama Workforce Council, and the Florence City School System. Since that time the impact this initiative has had on our students and our school system has been nothing short of phenomenal. In 2009, Southwire saw a need in our community. Students were […]

In crafting what he calls a “supercharged” workforce development program, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin drew from his own early experience in the workforce as well as input from some of his city’s largest job creators. Woodfin sat down recently with Yellowhammer News to outline his city’s innovative approach to workforce development through its Birmingham Promise […]

In October, the legislature’s newly formed Joint Transportation Committee will meet, which will be its first meeting since the increase of the state’s fuel tax on September 1. During an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Tuesday, Chambliss, a member of that committee and sponsor of the law passed earlier this year that reorganized the […]

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles is set to resume hearings “on or about Nov. 1,” according to new bureau director Charlie Graddick. On Friday, Graddick announced that alleged failure by prior officials to bring the bureau into compliance with a new law enacted June 6 led to the postponement of 113 hearings that […]

What would America look like if we were to remember this day every day? What would America look like if we were to recognize that, despite all our differences, we will all, one day, suffer and die, or experience both at the same time? What would America look like if we were to live life […]

DrunkAubie is back this week to react to the Auburn Tigers’ 24-6 win over the mighty Tulane Green Wave who is hopefully better than we thought they were and discuss some of the games around the college football world. LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and Auburn punter Arryn Siposs make an appearance, Auburn game announcers […]

Alabama Tax Tribunal Judge Jeff Patterson recently overturned a tax assessment of over $75 million by the Alabama Department of Revenue against Greenetrack, Inc. The assessment stemmed from a March 31, 2009 audit report by Revenue examiners and covered January 2004 – December 2008. Following the conclusion of the audit, Revenue entered a final assessment […]

According to local TV stations WKRG and WALA, one American hero is finally set to return home to Mobile nearly 70 years after fighting his last battle. Master Sergeant James Gerald Cates was reportedly listed as MIA while fighting in North Korea on December 3, 1950, in the Chosin Reservoir. He was then presumed dead […]

7. Alabama hospitals suing opioid makers Twenty-one Alabama hospitals have filed a civil lawsuit against companies responsible for making opioids, including Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma and Abbot Laboratories, claiming the companies falsely represented how addictive opioid products are. Attorney Robert King said that the “deceptive marketing efforts of the defendants substantially contributed to an […]

Wednesday marked 18 years since the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil were perpetrated, and Alabama’s elected officials shared heartfelt words of remembrance for the 2,977 innocent lives lost that day on September 11, 2001. At least nine Alabamians, or individuals with deep connections to the state, were killed on 9/11, including Terry Lynch – […]