Major League Baseball’s moving the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia’s new voting law symbolizes businesses’ new willingness to take sides on political issues, typically the progressive side. Businesses previously avoided offending potential customers or employees. Selling to both Republicans and Democrats maximizes profit! Vivek Ramaswamy explores the causes and consequences of “woke” business […]

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

When the nonprofit group Main Street Alabama announced June 1 that it would partner with the city of Demopolis to support efforts to revitalize its downtown, it was hard for local supporters to contain their excitement. “Downtown is our heart,” said Rhae Darsey, executive director of Main Street Demopolis, the local organization dedicated to re-energizing the historic […]

Neil Lamb’s story reads like the tagline from his Shareable Science blog: “the building blocks of life, one story at a time.” Lamb graduated from Auburn University’s College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and he completed a doctorate in genetics and molecular biology from Emory University in 1997. On July 1, he […]

Birding enthusiasts from across Alabama and the Southeast will be flying to Greensboro and the surrounding area later this month for the Second Annual Black Belt Birding Festival, and there’s still time to join this growing celebration of nature. Hosted by Alabama Audubon, the event on July 29-30 spotlights the diverse varieties of birds that flock into […]

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading a team of economic development specialists from across Alabama at next week’s 2022 Farnborough International Airshow as part of a strategic push to facilitate growth in the state’s economically important aerospace and defense sector. Beginning Monday, the trade show is the industry’s premier 2022 business event, […]

A college student applied for the music position in our church. She was a good musician and had a pleasant personality. One Sunday she dressed very casually. The next week I discussed this with her, explaining that the pastor and congregation thought worship leaders should dress more formally on Sunday. She took this as a […]

In my observations of Alabama politics, every election year brings an underlying election year surprise or two. The underlying prevailing theme emerging from the Alabama political arena this year is that women have arrived politically in the Heart of Dixie. Governor Kay Ivey is only the second female elected Governor of Alabama, Lurleen Wallace being […]

If you are into paddling, there is probably no better place to do it than in North Alabama. If you’re new to paddling, or interested in taking up a new adventurous hobby, you have also come to the right place. And if you are trying to come up with something family-friendly to add to the […]

Dr. John Lehrter and the University of South Alabama School of Marine and Environmental Sciences will play a lead role in a $3.1 million project to study water and sediment quality along the Alabama Gulf Coast. The three-year program will be funded by the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council with money from the BP oil spill settlement. […]

The American media is constantly pushing agendas from fringe elements under the guise of "representation," Canada is showing us that it could and probably will get much worse.

Spaceplane landings. New generation launch systems. A “digital first” factory to advance hypersonic technologies. Rocket engines roaring to life. Research accelerating 3-D printed parts in commercial aircraft. In case you missed a headline or two, these dynamic developments are taking shape right now in Alabama’s aerospace industry. And that’s only part of the picture as […]

The Bailey Cove Farmers Market in Huntsville leads Alabama at the quarter-way mark in balloting for the America’s Farmers Market Celebration, a summer-long promotion that allows local-food fans to vote for their favorite direct-from-grower outlets. The competition, sponsored by the American Farmland Trust and the Farmers Market Coalition, carries a $10,000 prize package for the top five […]

Logan Black, a Conservation Enforcement Officer with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, approached Nate Jacobs and said she’d heard about him hunting a certain piece of property. Black played her part in the ruse well and had Nate squirming, wondering where he’d run afoul of the […]

State Rep. Chris England announced on Thursday that he would not seek another term as chair of the Alabama Democratic Party.

Alabama Sec. of State John Merrill recently countered Boyd's arguments of WVNN's "The Yaffee Program," saying the candidate "needs to get his facts straight."

The first identified case of monkeypox virus infection has been confirmed in Alabama, according to county and state public health officials.

Friday, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to lambast the Democrat-sponsored "Ensuring Access to Abortion Act."

Thursday on WVNN's "The Yaffee Program," Marshall said Alabama's sentencing laws needed to be changed to keep violent criminals in prison.

The January 6 committee hearings have been a bust factually, but they are providing some ratings to the likes of MSNBC and CNN.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act by a 328-101 vote.

While Alabama has a need for new prisons, U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Saks) criticized how the state planned to finance the current $1.3 billion plan for new men’s prisons by using $400 million from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile), who represents Alabama’s oil-producing Gulf Coast region, spoke in the U.S. House of Representatives about America's high energy prices.

A collaborative effort among state leadership and workforce development entities has placed Alabama's workforce on track to surpass the state's ambitious postsecondary attainment goal, according to Gov. Kay Ivey.