The free market always innovates faster than the speed of government. We see this in nearly every sector of the economy as new products emerge that defy old classifications. One area that is innovating faster than policymakers can keep up is in the tobacco industry, where new products are coming to market that offer adult smokers better alternatives. […]

On Tuesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, along with the governors of Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, issued a joint statement amid a coordinated organizing push by the United Auto Workers (UAW) across the Southern United States. On Monday, it was reported that UAW’s top official, Shawn Fain, made comments ambitious about the prospect […]

The Alabama men’s basketball team has secured their second portal addition of the offseason. On Saturday afternoon, South Florida transfer and Tuscaloosa native Chris Youngblood announced his intent to spend his final year of eligibility in his hometown. BREAKING: USF transfer guard Chris Youngblood has committed to Alabama, he tells @On3sports. The 6-4 Tuscaloosa native […]

Former President Donald Trump has now become the first ever former President to face a criminal trial as his "hush money" trial has now started in an unexpected way, with 50% of the potential jurors saying they couldn't be fair.

Alabama lawmakers and Governor Kay Ivey took a major step toward preserving the right for families and businesses to choose their own source of energy — free from mandates handed down by the federal government or burdensome regulations on the local level. State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) authored SB50 to prohibit governmental entities from enacting […]

Inflation may be one of the biggest challenges facing Alabama’s small businesses, but frivolous lawsuits make a bad situation even worse. Many lawsuits are legitimate. If you’ve been wronged, you have a constitutional right to seek justice. However, some lawsuits are brought for the wrong reasons. They’re filed because someone sees a chance to make […]

Alabama A&M is adding several additional campus protection measures after a recent student-officer involved shooting occurred at one of the school's dormitories. The shooting was the second to take place on the Huntsville campus within the past year.

On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation that would define biological sex as the gender of legal record for purposes of the state of Alabama. The legislation is sponsored by State Representative Susan DuBose (R-Hoover). ‘The What is a Woman Act’ defines man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female, sex for purpose […]

Scottie Scheffler put up a dominating 4-under par final round performance on Sunday at August National Golf Club to secure his second Green Jacket. Scheffler, who has always been open about his deep faith and a belief that there are significantly more important things than his golf score, shared a powerful message in his interview […]

On Monday, Alabama State Board of Education Member Jackie Zeigler announced that she has endorsed Caroleene Dobson in the Tuesday, April 16 Republican runoff election for Alabama’s Second Congressional District. “Reckless policies from Washington, D.C. are corrupting education and putting a burden on Alabama students. Caroleene Dobson is ready to fight,” said Zeigler. “We need […]

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At a recent signing ceremony in Montgomery, State Rep. Kenneth Paschal and Governor Kay Ivey came together to proclaim April 25 as “Parental Alienation Awareness Day” and April 21 through April 27 as “Parental Alienation Prevention Week.” The proclamation and its accompanying initiative are meant to help demonstrate the importance of allowing children to share […]

Senator Katie Britt joined Fox & Friends this morning to discuss President Trump and the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Britt also elaborated on the ongoing push in the Senate to conduct a full impeachment trial of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Alabama Cyber Institute has announced that it has chosen a new executive director. The Institute, based at the University of Alabama, helps to advance computational research and also facilitates UA faculty-led research.

On Saturday, Iran launched hundreds of unmanned suicide drones and missiles against the state of Israel. Tehran attacked in retaliation to an attack on a facility in Damascus, Syria killing a top Iranian general. Iran has supported Hamas in its war against Israel and according to intelligence reports that general helped plan the October 7 […]

an attacked Israel with hundreds of missiles and drones, even after President Joe Biden bravely told Iran Friday that if they were thinking of attacking Israel, "Don't"

A-Day has come and gone, and with it, the end of the first spring practices of the Kalen DeBoer era. While the game is always ran more like a practice scrimmage than an actual football game, there was still plenty to take away from Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Here are some takeaways and observations: […]

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Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban is clearly enjoying his retirement. While in years past he would have been spending his week preparing for A-Day, this time around it was a much more relaxed version of Saban at Augusta National golf club taking in The Masters. Saban joined ESPN’s ‘Welcome to The Masters’ coverage and […]

Those of you who live in the new Second Congressional District have runoffs this coming Tuesday. This is the most interesting and entertaining political contest in Alabama this year.   This new seat is comprised of all of Montgomery County, as well as most of the more rural counties surrounding Montgomery, including Macon, Lowndes, Bullock, Pike, […]

New polling from Montgomery Research and Cygnal is previewing next Tuesday’s primary runoff elections in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District — and looking even further to the general election in November. Of the 473 total people surveyed by Montgomery Research, LLC, on the GOP side, Caroleene Dobson led former State Sen. Dick Brewbaker with 42% ahead […]

Despite some challenging weather conditions, the Alabama Governor’s One-Shot Turkey Hunt last week was another resounding success with numerous hunters from across the nation bagging an Alabama bird. “We had hot and humid weather to start and then a line of thunderstorms came through,” said Chris Blankenship, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and […]

It's been several months since the fatal Mediterranean Sea helicopter crash that killed five elite U.S. Army Special Operations aviation soldiers.One of those soldiers graduated from Enterprise High School in 2004.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) a week before it was set to expire.