The Alabama Republican Party voted to ban GOP school board and superintendent candidates from accepting campaign donations from the Alabama Education Association. The vote was one of several actions the ALGOP took at its summer meeting Saturday. The meeting capped a weekend that started with a visit Friday night from former President Donald Trump that […]

One Alabama man's road to the NFL was almost ended after a violent confrontation at a parking lot party. DeMarcus Ware played football for Auburn High School, eventually going on to play at Troy University.

The Board of Directors for Alabama Power has a newly elected member.Bobbie Knight, the first ever female President of Miles College, will begin her new role with the board immediately.

Video of Montgomery’s brutal Saturday night brawl has blown up on social media, racking up tens of millions of views and putting the city’s Riverfront at the center of worldwide attention.  Authorities say several were arrested on site and four warrants were issued afterward. The names of those involved have yet to be released – […]

It wasn't too long ago when Alabama seemed to matter little in the national political landscape in comparison to some of its neighbors. However, that could be changing. The first and maybe primary reason for this recent political growth on the national level is the fact that Alabama's elected representatives in Washington D.C. are now in positions almost completely across the board that can in someway benefit the state and its political capital.

Aderholt told Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," that Congress can use the power of the purse to push back against the decision.

During former President Donald Trump's visit to Alabama he picked up endorsements from every Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, and more.

Trump endorsed the idea to expand the interstate during his speech at the ALGOP state dinner in Montgomery Friday night. 

Alabama has been a part of a number of innovative initiatives over the last several years when it comes to building Smart Neighborhoods.

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

Dr. Azita Amiri, an associate professor with the College of Nursing at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, has been awarded a $25,000 Network of Practice Grant by the Bloomberg American Health Initiatives, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to examine life expectancy inequities in Alabama. The […]

Adopt a Cow pairs classrooms with farms, providing students with insight into where foods like milk, ice cream, yogurt, and cheese originate.

Birmingham-Hoover metro is ranked as the nation’s fourth-best for fans of smoked and pit-cooked meats, not to mention macaroni and cheese.

In Alabama and across the country, childcare is no longer just a “perk” – it’s a big factor of work performance, engagement and even attendance. 

Alabama Commerce Secretary told the state’s economic developers that competition for new and expanding industry is fierce in the Southeast.

It’s said that no one enters ministry for financial gain, but several recent accounts take issue with this. Let me hasten to say that the overwhelming majority of ministers live and work with integrity. And many live below the comparable wages of their parishioners. Nor do pastors take what belongs to others. A former staff […]

There was an audible "wow!" from the audience when the Poarch Band of Creek Indians presented a $1 million check to Thrive Alabama.

Agua fresca, made mostly with fruit, takes full advantage of Alabama’s bounty of summertime produce and has a fraction of the sugar found in most drinks.

Former President Donald Trump spoke to a sold-out audience of over 2,700 at the annual Alabama Republican Party summer dinner in Montgomery on Friday. Trump, who launched his reelection campaign last November

We are continuing this week with our summer series on Big Jim Folsom – Alabama’s most colorful governor. Those of us who grew up in and around Alabama politics have coined a descriptive term for a person who is obsessed with seeking political office constantly and tirelessly without reservation or concern for their physical, mental […]

The Sloss Tech conference has earned growing attention in technology, innovation and entrepreneurial circles across the nation.

Job creation tied to international investment in Alabama has been rapidly outpacing the state’s general employment growth rate,

When it gets hot in late summer, most hunters in Alabama start dreaming about the upcoming seasons. Chris Cook, Deer Program coordinator with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, said those who want to increase their odds of successful hunting can start preparations right away, and WFF biologists […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed denial of Alabama’s permit program to manage coal combustion residuals – commonly known as CCR or coal ash – in landfills and surface impoundments, the agency announced Thursday. According to a news release, this is the EPA’s first proposed denial of a state coal ash permit […]