During a recent appearance on Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) outlined why lawmakers placed an emphasis on increased teacher pay in the proposed budget.

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant previously advocated for disarming citizens in a 2011 speech that has recently resurfaced.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Children’s charities will cover the doors of local businesses with symbolic blue ribbons, schools will have poster contests, and charities will take advantage of a heightened awareness and additional fundraising dollars. But what will you do? On average, child abuse is reported every 10 seconds in this country, totaling […]

I support free markets and economic freedom. But do all markets make society better off? The college cheating industry offers a challenge. An internet search quickly reveals the abundant assistance available.

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

A new graduating class of Alabama community college students is ready to hit the job market with skills that will put them in-demand to support the utility industry. Bishop State, Lawson State, Trenholm State and Jefferson State community colleges are investing in the future by offering technical training programs to prepare students for careers in the skilled trades. As part […]

Ed Farm, in partnership with Birmingham city schools, on Friday unveiled the South Hampton Innovation Library, the organization’s first learning space designed through its Ed Farm “Spaces” initiative. The goal of Spaces is to further Ed Farm’s vision to create an inventive world where all people have access to the tools they need to fill or […]

If a fair measure of a farmer is what that farmer grows, Annie Diann Caver is one heck of a farmer. Oh, sure, she sows enough seed and feed to raise an abundance of crops and cattle – enough to feed her and her family and have plenty left over to sell at market. Caver’s […]

“Ladies of the Jury” is like many great plays. It blends fact and fiction, relies on memory and imagination, touches on themes of great importance and connects deeply to a person or place. In this case, that place is Andalusia in Alabama’s Covington County. It tells the true story of the first time women were […]

Kelsey Barnard Clark is a small-town girl at heart, but she’s also a big-city chef who has made a national name for herself. After winning “Top Chef” in 2019 and a subsequent splashy feature in Food & Wine magazine, people now come from all over the country to eat at her KBC restaurant in historic downtown Dothan. There, they find […]

Young Boozer is state treasurer, again, and deservedly so.

Supreme Court Justice candidate Greg Cook joined FM Talk 106.5's "Midday Mobile" to discuss why he's running for the open seat.

In 1918, Bonnie and Livingston Paulk moved to Union Springs, Alabama with $50 and a dream to make a living off the land. They planted two pounds of cabbage seeds in their new backyard, then hauled the heads to town for sale. The business took off, and soon they began to diversify their products, planting […]

As spring turns Alabama green again, the  Alabama Power Foundation is inviting communities and nonprofit organizations to apply for Good Roots grants that can pay for tree-planting and other beautification efforts. “Our Good Roots grant program is designed to help make Alabama even more beautiful while also promoting the wonderful cities and towns where we live,” said Tanganyika Grayson, […]

Wednesday, retired US Army Brigadier General and Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Congressman Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) endorsed Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) for the United States Senate. Perry, Congressman for Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, was elected as chairman in 2021.

To say Traci Wood has a passion for bears would understate her love for the small black bear populations on opposite ends of the state in northeast and southwest Alabama. A beaming Wood, State Wildlife Grants Coordinator with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, recently was […]

Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced that $225 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds had been provided for statewide water and sewer infrastructure improvements.

During a Friday discussion on WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," Orr explained why a Florida-type bill would probably not come up anytime soon.

No one is immune to the impact of mental health or substance use, especially in Alabama.

Former State Sen. Paul Sanford discussed how the Biden administration’s budget proposal would add to the debt, increase inflation, and undermine any future economic growth.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tim James on Friday released his campaign's latest television advertisement, which features the candidate taking aim at "the first transgender public school" in Alabama receiving taxpayer funding.

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) on Friday announced that he had introduced a resolution slamming the Biden administration for turning to Iran and Venezuela for oil imports.

According to State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville), providing state law enforcement with wiretapping authority to combat drug trafficking could prevent killings such as Clardy's.

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) announced that he would vote against President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.