Despite all the noise around the Alabama football team this season, at least one ranking format still believes in Nick Saban and company. ESPN’s football power index ranks the Crimson Tide as third in the nation behind Ohio State (No. 4 in the AP Poll) and Oklahoma (14 in the AP Poll). Alabama checks in […]

The House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony Thursday from government witnesses regarding irregularity in the strategic basing process for the U.S. Space Command, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong’s office announced. Strong (R-Huntsville) requested the hearing on Aug. 3. The committee, chaired by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks), will question Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Space Command Commander […]

A major tax reform is on its way beginning Sunday. Gov. Kay Ivey announced more than 3,000 Alabama small businesses will no longer be required to pay monthly estimated sales taxes to the state Department of Revenue. “By freeing small businesses with less than $500,000 in monthly sales from having to pay estimated monthly sales […]

Each year, Congress has a duty to pass 12 appropriations bills to fund the government. This spending, which is known as discretionary spending, funds everything from the Department of Defense to our Border Patrol agents. The appropriations process begins each year in the spring. Each of the 12 bills originates in subcommittee, then heads to […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the State of Alabama’s emergency request that the court reinstate Alabama’s partisan congressional map that the GOP supermajority passed in a July special session. This means that the map that Alabama will use in the 2024 election will be selected by the three judge panel in a hearing tentatively […]

In June, the three-judge panel that is hearing Alabama’s Congressional redistricting case ordered the State Legislature to prepare a new redistricting map that created two majority Black congressional districts “or something close to it.” The Legislature held a special session in July and refused to follow that order, instead adopting a redistricting map by State […]

Alabama’s federal redistricting case moved forward Monday with the delivery of three proposed remedial maps drawn by a Federal special master.  BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the State of Alabama’s appeal to reinstate its maps, adding total gravity to the special master maps in reference as of today. This will be updated. The […]

The special master has released their proposed maps in response to a three-judge panel deciding that the Alabama legislature did not draw the correct congressional districts

Senator Katie Britt is continuing her work to combat Chinese influence within the United States. This time, she has helped to introduce the Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act, which will grow oversight on science and technology agreements (STAs)that are made or have been made between the United States and China.

Alabama A&M has a Googler on its teaching staff, courtesy of the software giant’s Google in Residence program. Google announced the 10th anniversary cohort of the program which includes 14 Googlers in Residence and partnering institutions across the U.S. As part of this cohort, Google software engineer Joon Lee is the Googler in Residence and […]

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced Monday that her congressional district will be receiving $23.8 million in federal funding. Sewell called the funding a "major step forward" in addressing the issue of blocked railroad crossings in her home district, which includes parts of Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Voters in West Alabama will go to the polls Tuesday to elect a state representative to replace former Rep. Kyle South, who took the reins at the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce this year.  The race in House District 16, a rural and conservative district, has attracted several candidates. However, two candidates, Bryan Brinyark and […]

Every Monday we present “Tide Takes,” where we’ll get into a different topic on the Crimson Tide, break down the previous game, preview the upcoming game, and everything in between. This week, Alabama found a way to win against Ole Miss, and the Crimson Tide seem to be establishing an identity that they can build […]

Freedom of religion, not Freedom from religion

Travis Hendrix is a familiar name in House District 55. Democratic voters in the district will go to the polls Tuesday to make their choice among Hendrix and seven other candidates to fill a vacancy in the Alabama House of Representatives, following former Rep. Fred Plump’s indictment on federal conspiracy charges. In 2022, Plump unseated […]

Alabama’s GOP delegation to Washington continues to keep a focus on the southern border as illegal crossings spike and the White House promotes spending priorities that ‘manage the border’ as opposed to ‘securing the border.’ Since President Biden took office, there have been more than 7 million illegal crossings at the southern border, including more […]

Supreme Court WILL take up argument over special masters redrawing Alabama Congressional districts. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall believes that the maps the legislature drew follow the standards required for the districts

The University of South Alabama has reported near record growth in its first year student enrollment for 2023. Enrollment in this category has shot up by 19 percent.

Radio talk show hosts Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories

After a gritty win to Ole Miss on Saturday, Jalen Milroe shared where he credited the win – and where he received the strength to pull it off. RELATED: Alabama earns gritty win vs. Ole Miss Milroe started in the SEC home opener against Ole Miss after a week on the bench against USF. Especially […]

Many Auburn University alumni teachers are bucking the state and national trend that declares as many as 70% of teachers are said to have considered leaving their jobs in recent years. Although the teacher shortage is not isolated to a specific region, these College of Education alumni offer their own distinctly Auburn responses to “why” they have stayed. Once DeAngelo Johnson […]

As the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of Automatic Seafood and Oysters restaurant, Adam Evans is fussy about the quality of the fish he serves, down to ensuring his suppliers use sustainable methods to harvest the raw materials he turns into appetizers and entrees. But the chef is equally fussy about the potatoes he purees to accompany the […]

Senator Tommy Tuberville met with Alabama pastors in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to discuss the future of the country and in particular its youth."It was good to have them here yesterday," Tuberville said in a press call Wednesday.

Church of the Highlands has launched its second location in the Huntsville area. With a campus building is under construction on Whitesburg Drive in South Huntsville, the church opened services at a “portable location” – AMC Valley Bend 18 on Four Mile Post Road in South Huntsville. Services are Sundays at 8 a.m. and 9:45. […]