While most of the voices in opposition came from the Democratic side of the aisle, one Republican, Rep. Mike Ball (R-Madison), joined them in speaking out against the bill.

A poll commissioned by ForestPAC, the political arm of the Alabama Forestry Association, shows that U.S. Army veteran Mike Durant has taken a slim lead over the GOP primary field in Alabama's 2022 U.S. Senate race.

March is National Women’s Month, so it is fitting that the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame (AWHOF) held its annual induction ceremony this month. Housed at the University of West Alabama, each year the hall “selects up to two women for induction who have made significant contributions on a state, national, or international level . […]

During an appearance on WVNN's "The Yaffee Program," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he's willing to take up the fight to get something like the Florida bill passed in Alabama.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced the awarding of $30 million in COVID-19 relief recovery funds to Alabama's rural hospitals.

Several times in the past few months, I’ve written about the House of Representatives keeps failing to do its basic duties because Democrats have backwards priorities. One of our most important duties is passing an appropriations bill each fiscal year to keep the federal government funded and running. This is important for so many reasons, […]

The Yellowhammer State's unemployment rate of 3.1% remained unchanged from December to January, according to the Alabama Department of Labor.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt released a new advertisement that will run on broadcast, cable and satellite television.

Helena resident Billie Bridges hesitantly drove down the unpaved road to the shooting range at Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area. She was on her way to an introduction to handguns class offered by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR). “I’m a bit frazzled,” she confessed as she sat down with the other […]

The Alabama First Responders Association last week held its first annual awards dinner in Birmingham at the historic Fennec entertainment venue.

In the last two weeks, the national average price for a gallon of gas has increased 22%, or 79 cents, making the current average $4.43 per gallon.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life in many ways. Governments across America assumed new powers without explicit authorization. But laws restricting businesses were also suspended. As the pandemic ebbs, we should evaluate this deregulation experiment and consider permanent changes. Americans for Tax Reform counted 846 suspended federal and state rules. Some were narrow matters, like allowing […]

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

The University of Alabama’s Rising Tide Capital Campaign has surpassed $1 billion in charitable commitments toward its $1.5 billion goal, thanks to a recent gift commitment of $20 million made in memory of Mark Smith, co-founder of the global telecommunications company Adtran.

I was nine years old when I first met my father, Leldon Ball.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that BELLA+CANVAS, a fast-growing apparel manufacturer with a “Made in the U.S.A” focus, plans a major investment in Alabama to open an advanced fabric-cutting facility expected to create over 550 jobs in Wetumpka. Los Angeles-based BELLA+CANVAS will invest $11.9 million to establish the operation in a portion of […]

Universities across Alabama are engaged in a number of activities that offer promising developments for the state’s rural communities and the key industries that power their economies. For example, Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is the site of a new program that will study diseases among livestock that pose a threat to public health, economic stability […]

She is self-taught, yet went on to win the nation’s highest culinary honor in her field, a James Beard award for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Dolester Miles has spent 40 years working with Beard Award-winning chef Frank Stitt, playing a role in the birth, growth, and sustained excellence of his Beard Award-winning flagship restaurant, Highlands Bar […]

Incumbency is a potent, powerful, inherent advantage in politics. That fact is playing out to the nines in this year’s Alabama secondary constitutional and down ballot races. Several of the constitutional office incumbents do not have Republican or Democratic opposition. Of course, having a Democratic opponent is the same as not having an opponent in […]

Gas prices are up, inflation is out of control and the average American is feeling a pinch on their wallets every single day because of the policies of President Joe Biden.

The University of Alabama and Auburn University both rank among the best in Southern Living‘s recently unveiled “The South’s Best College Towns for 2022.” The poll, voted on by the readers, placed Tuscaloosa at number seven and the Plains at number three. Southern Living highlighted college towns that were loved for reasons that went beyond […]

At first, the pandemic wasn’t too kind to Christa Cotton and her fledgling cocktail company. And then, it was.

Six programs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) rank among the top 25 federally-funded programs in the United States, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. The new ranking comes as UAH has also achieved the rank of “R1 – Very high research activity” status among doctoral-granting […]

Chuck Sykes, Director of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, confirmed that a second white-tailed deer in Lauderdale County in northwest Alabama has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a report to the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board (CAB) Saturday in Montgomery. “Unfortunately, we knew […]