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Rainbow City businessman and former State Rep. Mack Butler on Tuesday announced his candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, District 28.

Where to get a holiday ham in Alabama

Roasted ham is a holiday crowd-pleaser. Coated with a glaze of sticky dark-brown sugar and studded with whole cloves that perfume the pink meat, ham dresses up Christmas feasts or provides a delicious morsel for Yuletide parties. We’re not talking in this case about old-school country ham, the salt-cured cousin to Italian prosciutto and Spanish jamon […]

Guest: Early wins in FAFSA completion

The pandemic elevated various gaps and inequities in our state, including the need to increase the number of Alabamians who possess postsecondary credentials or degrees to fulfill the workforce demands in our state. In April, the Alabama State Board of Education voted to add completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as […]

Huntsville City Schools has had "culturally responsive training" for a few years now, and now it is coming under fire because what they are teaching the educators looks a lot like Critical Race Theory.

State Rep. Mike Ball (R-Madison)

During an appearance on Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, Ball urged listeners to "get back to the American Revolution" versus "staying in the Civil War."

The Alabama Forestry Association on Tuesday announced its endorsement of State Sen. April Weaver in her bid for reelection to the Alabama Senate.

Alabama's 2022 race for the U.S. Senate is continuing to become increasingly competitive, according to an independent poll commissioned by the Alabama Forestry Association.

State leadership on Tuesday announced the seating of the Alabama Innovation Corporation board of directors, a legislatively-established public-private partnership.

Officials with the University of North Alabama and Drake State Community and Technical College on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding which will serve to benefit the educational needs of transfer students.

Beth Chapman: Changes at APT’s 'Capitol Journal'

Todd Stacy will become the new host of Alabama Public Television’s weekly political news show, "Capitol Journal."

Expect a (slightly) cooling real estate market as winter approaches

Cooler weather is often a welcome relief from the dog days of summer, and a cooler market also may bring some relief to Alabama home buyers. 

The committee of Democrats and "Never Trump" Republicans looking into the events of the riot at the U.S. Capitol referred former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows for contempt of Congress charges, setting up a legal battle over him refusing to appear before their committee.

The fifth congressional district campaign of Casey Wardynski on Tuesday announced that it had earned the endorsement of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

Our national well-being relies upon secure and resilient critical infrastructure. As defined by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, “critical infrastructure describes the physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our physical or economic security or public health or safety.

For the better part of this year, Congress has been working to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the budget for the Department of Defense (DOD), nuclear weapons program of the Department of Energy, DOD elements of the intelligence community, and other defense activities in various departments. It also offers defense policy […]

The Center for Security Policy, a conservative national security think tank, on Monday announced that it had awarded two Alabama lawmakers with its "Defender of Freedom" award.

Kiel

State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville) is the chief sponsor of legislation that would ban abortion after the detection of a heartbeat in a fetus that replicates a Texas law that has thus far withstood challenges from the federal courts.

President Biden’s socialist policies are continuing to harm middle class families across our nation. Americans everywhere are being faced with skyrocketing gas and energy prices. In fact, hardworking American families are paying 61% more nationally for a gallon of gas. In Alabama it is even worse. According to Yellowhammer, “Alabamians on average are paying $3.20 […]

U.S. Navy veteran and businessman Chad Robertson on Monday announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, District 40.

The obsession with what went down on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol continues to be something that political pundits feel the need to discuss daily but, in order to do so, they must find new angles.

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) announced the launch of the House Hypersonics Caucus in an effort to promote the incorporation of hypersonic weaponry into the nation's military arsenal.

Manufacture Alabama on Monday announced that it had endorsed Katie Britt's candidacy in Alabama's 2022 race for the U.S. Senate.

Hangout Music Festival returns after two-year hiatus

Officials with the Hangout Music Festival have unveiled the lineup for the 2022 event, which will hit the beaches of Gulf Shores the weekend of May 20-22. Pre-sale registration is now open for the popular festival, which is back after being canceled in 2020 and 2021. The musical feast, which had grown to become an unofficial kickoff […]

Former Gov. Robert Bentley took issue with his successor Gov. Kay Ivey for her claiming to have righted the so-called "ship of state."