Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW FARM BILL REQUIRES WORK FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE: IS IT JUST? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a new farm bill. Now, a lot of people don’t realize it, but the farm bill also includes food stamps or, known by its new […]

The white sand of Alabama’s coast wasn’t enough to place our beaches among 2018’s best beaches for living, as determined by the finance website WalletHub. Had sand quality been a consideration, certainly Orange Beach would have cracked the top 160, and Gulf Shores would have been ranked higher than number 107.

Equifax Inc. has reached an agreement with eight states that will require the credit-reporting agency to put stronger security measures in place to prevent future data breaches. About 147.9 million Americans were impacted by Equifax’s 2017 data breach, which was the largest exposure of personal information in history.

A teacher in Mobile has received the nation’s highest honor for the profession. At a ceremony Wednesday at the White House, WKRG-TV reports Chasity Collier was presented the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching.

1. President Donald Trump will get another Supreme Court Justice and Democrats will pout —Justice Anthony Kennedy will be stepping down next month, opening the door for President Donald Trump’s second pick for the bench. Senate Majority Mitch McConnell has said the pick will get a vote this fall. — MSNBC’s Chris Matthews channeled the […]

LG Electronics is building a solar panel assembly plant in Huntsville. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that LG Electronics will establish the new factory at the company’s existing site in Huntsville.

The Alabama Department of Corrections says some prison guards can expect raises later this year. Al.com reports Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn announced Wednesday maximum security guards will get a 10 percent raise starting July 1. Medium security prison guards will get a 5 percent raise.

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The ride-sharing company Uber on Wednesday announced that it would launch operations statewide in Alabama. The decision will bring part-time jobs and a new transportation option to many rural counties that have a shortage of both. Kasra Moshkani, southeast general manager of the company, said in a statement that the expansion would begin on Sunday. […]

Alabama had President Trump’s ear on Tuesday when he hosted a meeting at the White House for Republican appropriators. Present at the meeting, where members shared their concerns and wishes as they relate to the process of funding the government, were Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as Reps. […]

Agriculture is our country’s oldest industry. Since the beginning, America’s farmers have worked the land and sustained our communities. Today, agriculture is the top industry in rural America, and it remains the number one industry in Alabama. As our manufacturing industry continues to grow, I have made a commitment to never forget about the backbone […]

This story has been updated.  Albertville — Slamming what he called “reckless” reporting and rumors that required his response, Attorney General Steve Marshall confirmed to reporters and community members Wednesday morning that his wife Bridgette Marshall died in Tennessee on Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that he was on the phone with her before […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW PCA CONFERENCE EMPOWERS LGBTQ PEOPLE TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, there’s a conference coming up in a PCA church, Presbyterian Church in America, in St. Louis from July 26th through the 28th. The name of the conference is “Revoice”. Todd Pruitt wrote in an article, “The stated […]

Two Tennesseans are awaiting extradition to Alabama for the fatal shooting of a man earlier this month. Florence Police Chief Ron Tyler said Tuesday that 18-year-old Hannah Burrows and 31-year-old Jessie Parker have been arrested in the death of 23-year-old Christopher “Devan” Cobb.

Authorities say a man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting at an Alabama barbershop. The Tuscaloosa News reports 35-year-old Kevin Frankas Riley, also known as “ChiTown,” was arrested Monday in the shooting that happened in Tuscaloosa on Friday.

The attorney for a former Tampa Bay and University of Alabama defensive end arrested in Florida on drug charges says the public should withhold judgment until a proper investigation is complete.

1. President Donald Trump wins legal battle over his travel ban, a year plus of pouting and speculation loses — There really is no way to spin the latest Supreme Court ruling as anything but an unmitigated total victory for Trump, the 5-to-4 ruling was based on the letter of the law not tweets or hysterical […]

The case of an Alabama county board of education that’s trying to stop the opening of a charter school this fall will be heard in court this week. The Tuscaloosa News reports the Sumter County Board of Education is seeking an injunction against a charter school set to open in Livingston this year.

For some reason this election season, Republicans think the golden ticket to face an underdog Democrat in November’s general elections is to argue to primary voters that you are President Donald Trump’s biggest ally. From top to bottom, GOP candidates have run commercials touting the Trump bona fides, some with success and others not so […]

Key public officials from Mobile and Baldwin counties joined with State Rep. Will Ainsworth (R – Guntersville) on Thursday evening as they endorsed his candidacy for lieutenant governor in the July 17 Republican runoff election. Among those announcing their public support for Ainsworth during a news conference at the USS Alabama battleship were Mobile County […]

Liberals seeking a future in Alabama politics don’t have many options nowadays, but that’s not all good news for conservatives. If the state’s Republican Party is the only game in town (and it is), then it’s bound to attract all sorts of players, from liberal candidates to liberal special interests and everything in between. Take […]

The politically correct have created a new pariah to scrub from significance: Laura Ingalls Wilder, the much-beloved author of “Little House on the Prairie.” Fox News reports that the Chicago-based Association of Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) board unanimously voted last week to change their children’s book award from the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award” to […]

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While he still used the platform to promote the Trump Administration’s tough immigration policies, Attorney General Jeff Sessions returned his department’s focus to the issue of school safety on Monday, during a speech to the National Association of School Resource Officers. “At the direction of President Trump, the entire government has put renewed attention on […]