U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) is entering the fray of the contest for the seat he currently occupies, which is up in 2022. Among the front-runners are U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and former Business Council of Alabama president Katie Britt, who Shelby has formally endorsed. In comments given to National Journal provided by Brooks, […]

U.S. Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) affirmed on Wednesday their opposition to President Joe Biden’s proposed tax increase on family-owned businesses. Biden has proposed a series of tax increases to fund his infrastructure proposal. Among them is a capital gains tax increase which would have a disproportionate impact on multi-generation farming and […]

If you’ve headed North on Birmingham’s US-31 in the last year, then you’ve probably seen the countdown to the once-in-a-lifetime World Games event. That countdown has finally reached its “365 days-to-go” mark as the international sports event is one year away and tickets are officially on sale. What makes The World Games 2022 a “once-in-a-lifetime” […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), during Tuesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, pressed Biden administration officials to publicly acknowledge the Trump administration’s contributions relating to the development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines. During the hearing, Tuberville urged public officials to remove partisan politics from the conversation surrounding the COVID-19 debate, and offer a […]

Registration for the fall 2021 Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop opens on August 4 at 6 p.m. for first-time attendees and August 8 at 6 p.m. for both first-timers and those who have previously attended. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources sponsored event takes place at the 4-H Center near Columbiana, Alabama, on […]

On Wednesday, Birmingham’s Highlands College announced Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green and the Green family donated $20 million, which will fund the institution’s first of two residence halls. Highlands College, a Bible college founded by the Church of the Highlands in 2011, is a self-described “biblical higher education institution” that prepares students who are […]

On Monday, U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) penned a joint letter to the National Education Association (NEA) requesting information regarding the teachers’ union’s plans to research Critical Race Theory (CRT) opponents. The letter, which was obtained by Fox News, takes aim at the powerful education lobby for targeting CRT critics. “We […]

Full Moon Bar-B-Que has opened nominations for a child to receive a “Backpack Blessing,” which is an annual, statewide initiative that provides food, supplies and hope to the children of Alabama through anonymous nominations. Full Moon BBQ will be accepting nominations through an online nomination form, and will close the process Wednesday, July 27. During […]

Less than a year after his election, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is already ramping up his political operation in preparation for future races. Alabama’s junior senator announced that he has named Terri Connell of Clanton as his campaign outreach coordinator for his reelection bid to the United States Senate. Prior to her new position […]

7. Birmingham won’t use flashbangs or ‘no knock’ warrants Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin has announced the completion of the review of the Birmingham Police Department, and one of the goals of the review was to revise policies within the department. This review was started after the death of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, although neither […]

Near the end of the 2021 legislative session, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) reminded political watchers that it is still a presence in Montgomery by successfully rallying support to delay the Literacy Act, which would have delayed the third-grade reading requirement for third graders to be promoted to the fourth grade. Although both the Senate […]

The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama took home the Chamber of the Year Award on Tuesday. The group received top designation of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives from among 1,600 chambers of commerce representing more than 9,000 professionals in the industry. To compete for the award, chambers were required to participate in […]

It has been a week since State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) was elected to the Alabama Senate with a decisive victory over her Democrat opponent Virginia Applebaum. Now, as a state senator with an extensive background in health care, having worked in the health care field and as a part of the Trump administration’s Department […]

As it appears that America and Alabama are both on the cusp of another COVID-19 surge, calls for more vaccinations are coming in loud and clear. They are all but falling on deaf ears. Those who want the vaccine can get it. The number of high-profile “breakthrough” cases is growing with politicians, baseball players and […]

Montgomery lawyer Gibson Vance is set to become the 147th president of the Alabama State Bar in 2022. A principal at the Beasley Allen Law Firm, Vance was installed as president-elect of the state legal organization at its annual meeting last week. Vance said he looks forward to giving back to a group with which […]

Research on a better way to deliver chemotherapy drugs to reduce side effects earned a dual enrollment student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and Bob Jones High School in Madison third place in the material science category of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2021 (ISEF). Kailyn Grant, a rising senior at Bob […]

With company founder Jeff Bezos on board, a Blue Origin spacecraft completed the company’s first passenger journey into space on Tuesday morning. The company’s New Shepard rocket carried Bezos, his brother Mark, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen past the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space. Funk is a renowned pilot who was […]

On Tuesday, former State Sen. Rusty Glover (R-Semmes) made it official and announced he was seeking the Republican nod for the State Auditor’s post up for election in 2022. Glover is vying for the seat currently occupied by Jim Zeigler, who is term-limited and could not seek reelection. The former Mobile County lawmaker joins State […]

The Wall Street Journal has named the Huntsville area housing market among the top 10 in the nation. The Rocket City and its surrounding area came in at No. 10 on the outlet’s Emerging Housing Markets Index. The Journal compiled the list in collaboration with Realtor.com. “The index identifies the top metro areas for home […]

7. Pentagon is still so woke, service members so racist In an effort to identify extremists within the ranks of the U.S. Military, the Pentagon has announced that they’ll be working with Moonshot CVE to go through data and determine which branches of the military have the most members who are becoming more extreme. Apparently, […]

Ford Taylor has gained a lot of wisdom in life from struggles he has overcome. In this episode, he shares some of those insights and how you can do the same thing. Most people don’t like to share their mess. Ford isn’t one of those people. He shares the raw truth behind some of the […]

The back and forth between General Mark Milley and former President Donald Trump over the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, including the events before and after, is far more telling than the media would have you believe. The prevailing narrative appears to be that Trump was attempting a coup and that Milley […]

The most basic responsibility of any elected lawmaker is to show up and vote, even when it’s tough. I’ve been in Congress for a little more than six months now, and I have lost count of the times I’ve had to vote against legislation that is bad for my district and bad for this country. […]

The University of North Alabama is celebrating 150 years of admitting women on their campus with the Year of the UNA Woman, which kicked off on June 1 with a website and the launch of UNA Magazine, produced entirely by women. Over the course of the next 14 months, the UNA Magazine will feature a […]