A lot of attention has been focused this session on the Alabama Legislature’s efforts to cut taxes. Bills have been introduced to lower or eliminate a large portion of the state’s grocery tax. Also, there are bills to lower the state’s top income tax rate and eliminate the lowest rate. I had hopes that the […]

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) has reached an important milestone in broadband expansion by hosting community broadband meetings in each of Alabama’s 67 counties. The meetings, implemented through the Alabama Community Broadband Technical Assistance Program, are designed to bring community leaders to the table and provide state-level assistance to support local […]

Late last week, the Rev. Harry Reeder III of Briarwood Presbyterian Church based in Birmingham, was returning home from meeting with legislators in Montgomery when he was killed in a car crash after striking a dump truck that was reportedly stopping to make a turn. Reeder was 75.

Political action committees (PAC's) have been a standard part of the American and Alabamian legislative process for over a century. While it is standard for PAC's to lobby politicians, these groups sometimes wield enough power to convince legislators to vote a certain way that is in line with organization's goals or beliefs. Most of the time this power comes from monetary donations to the legislators campaign.

In the American quest to find an ideal retirement haven, seniors often find themselves moving south. A finance podcast from the Wall Street Journal says, increasingly, not as far south as Florida – but Alabama. The rising cost of living and booming house prices in the Sunshine State have led many seniors to consider Alabama’s […]

Last week, I joined dozens of my colleagues from the House and the Senate at a press conference urging President Biden to work with us and start negotiating a responsible solution to our nation’s debt limit crisis. For weeks, Speaker McCarthy has been asking the President to sit down with him to negotiate, but President […]

Friday, the Russian government announced 500 new citizens from entering the country, including nearly 50 members of Congress.

The United States faces potential default in June as we run up against the debt ceiling, currently at $31.4 trillion. Whether the debt ceiling is good policy depends largely on one’s attitude toward Federal spending. Is our national debt sustainable? I will defer to the judgment of financial markets. Interest rates compensate savers for being […]

Mike Rogers said he's had enough of the delays concerning the decision to move Space Command Headquarters to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. 

Alabama’s online sales tax, known as the Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT), is beginning to pay off in ways unimagined at its inception in 2016. Since that time, the program has generated $1.8 billion. Alabama channels 50% of the SSUT collection into state budgets. Of that, 75% is directed to the General Fund while the […]

Welcome to a peek behind the curtain. This list recognizes leaders in Alabama politics who leverage power and influence for those they represent.

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

University of South Alabama graduate Tiffany Pogue describes her life as a journey and a process that pulls her in different directions.

Alabama is known for fast cars and a NASCAR superspeedway, but the southern state has also developed a name for fast boats on a liquid track.

The formal announcement recently made by the Banana Republic team was a cause for celebration for Alabama natives.

Angela Herblet and Denise Morris will take part in the Deep Space Food Challenge, a global competition to develop food systems for long-term exploration missions.

Alabama-based Blair Block has begun producing the world’s first, ultra-low-carbon concrete blocks at its facility in Childersburg.

Brig. Gen. Henry Martyn Robert was born in South Carolina and moved with his family to Ohio when his father couldn’t countenance slavery in the South. Robert chose a military career, graduating from West Point in 1857. As an army engineer, he helped design the seawalls in Galveston, Texas. During the Civil War he helped […]

Food & Wine Magazine listed Alabama made Domestique coffee beans among the nation’s best, citing the quality of the roasted product.

It’s a new day at Homewood Gourmet, which has moved to a new home in the heart of Homewood after 26 years at a nearby shopping plaza.

Kay Ivey is Alabama’s second female governor. Lurleen Wallace was the first. Appropriately, Kay Ivey’s idol and impetus for striving to be governor was Lurleen Wallace. Kay’s first involvement in state politics was as a campaign worker for Gov. Lurleen’s 1966 race for governor when Kay Ivey was a student at Auburn. It was 55 […]

Fred Johnson, the CEO of Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, urged the senators to continue rural broadband funding through the Farm Bill

The Fulbright Program has selected 13 University of Alabama students for various awards for the 2023-2024 academic year. “UA’s 2023-24 Fulbright winners will venture out and have adventures in seven different countries on multiple continents,” said Dr. Teresa Wise, associate provost of international education and global outreach. “As they research, work, teach, learn and play […]

Down a winding, tree-lined road on the outskirts of Clanton, Ala., is a destination that attracts a select group of individuals and their canine companions. It’s the Coonhound Cabin, which sits on 85 acres and provided the perfect site for last weekend’s AKC (American Kennel Club) Southern Heritage Hunt and Show for coonhounds. Danielle Kunz […]