MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday convened for the 10th day of its 2021 regular session. Both chambers worked off of respective special order calendars that contained a mixture of controversial and non-controversial bills. The House gaveled in at 1:00 p.m. and adjourned for the day at 6:30 p.m.; the Senate got in at […]

Fresh off of winning the SEC regular season championship for the first time in 19 years, the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday completed a sweep of Auburn for the first time in six years after defeating the Tigers at home 70-58. Jayden Shackelford led the way for Alabama in Tuscaloosa, as the talented sophomore guard […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives met Tuesday and passed six pieces of legislation, including bills that would increase oversight of executive branch agencies and update language in the state’s policy on sex education. After convening shortly after 1:00 p.m. the chamber spent much of the next five hours in extended debate on two […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would prevent the state government from designating which types of businesses were allowed to stay open in situations such as the one experienced during the advent of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020. Sponsored by Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville), HB103 would […]

MONTGOMERY — On a party line vote, the Alabama Senate on Tuesday passed SB 10, the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. Sponsored by Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville), the bill would ban the performance of medical procedures and the prescription of puberty-blocking medications and sex-change hormones used as transgender therapies for minors, with certain exceptions. […]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Lynda Blanchard on Tuesday called upon the Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns, and Elections Committee to vote down a bill that would legalize no-excuse absentee voting in the state, among other alterations of Alabama’s elections laws. The committee is set to meet on Wednesday regarding HB 396, which is sponsored by State Rep. […]

Dr. Seuss is under fire on his birthday. March 2 is the anniversary of Dr. Seuss’ birth, as well as the annual Read Across America Day. Started by the National Educational Association in 1998 as a way to promote children’s reading, the holiday is traditionally seen as being held in conjunction with Dr. Seuss’ birthday, although […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday afternoon gave a favorable report to SB 259, which is sponsored by Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road). This bill would allow the legislature to call itself into a special session through a joint proclamation by the Senate president pro tem and the speaker of the House. […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday gave a favorable report to SB 235, a bill that would ban curbside voting in the state. The legislation is sponsored by Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook). No Democrats were present for the committee meeting, and the favorable report came on an uncontested voice vote. […]

The rate of new coronavirus cases in Alabama is holding steady at a rate far below its previous peak, and hospitalizations from the virus have continued to decrease in recent days as a decision on the state’s mask mandate rapidly approaches. Alabama averaged 657 new COVID-19 cases each day for the last week. That average […]

Last week, Secretary of State John Merrill raised a lot of eyebrows when he gave an endorsement to legislation proposed by State Rep. Laura Hall (D-Huntsville), which would allow no-excuse absentee voting. However, Merrill is distancing himself from the no-excuse absentee voting provision of Hall’s legislation. During an appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday a set of 21 road improvement projects that will receive state funding as part of the 2019 Rebuild Alabama Act that raised the gas tax. The projects are being made possible by the Annual Grant Program, a provision of Rebuild Alabama that takes $10 million of the annual […]

Alabama Power Company in recent days was the focus of a joint webinar organized by the Edison Electric Institute and the National League of Cities (NLC), as the kick-off to NLC’s Emerging Tech Webinar Series. The webinar featured a remote panel discussion moderated by John Smola, director of Business Transformation and Administration for Alabama Power. Panelists […]

7. Trumps get vaccinated According to one of former President Donald Trump’s advisers, Trump and former first lady Melania Trump got their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine before they left the White House this year. This is the first news that Trump received the vaccine. Of course, their second doses were administered while living […]

The Alabama House will consider a bill on Tuesday, backed by the chamber’s leaders, that would create a joint legislative committee with the authority to approve contracts, leases and agreements made by the executive branch. Sponsored by Rep. Mike Jones (R-Andalusia), chair of the powerful Rules Committee, HB392 comes in the wake of Governor Kay […]

Congressman Jerry Carl (AL-01) on Monday filed his first-ever piece of legislation, titled “The American Heritage Protection Act of 2021.” The Republican freshman representative from Mobile noted that his bill comes after the D.C. Facilities and Commemorative Expressions Working Group (DCFACES) last fall recommended 150 sites in our nation’s capital be either removed, contextualized or have […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday will convene for the 10th day of its 2021 regular session. There is also one committee meeting scheduled for the day, as well as one subcommittee meeting. Read about what occurred last Thursday on the ninth legislative day here.

Robert Ri’chard grew up in South Central Los Angeles in a very challenging environment. He had to make disciplined choices at an early age that would help determine his future and get him to where he is today. Robert, an actor, entertainer, entrepreneur and mentor, lives with purpose every day. In this episode, we discuss […]

Former Birmingham Mayor William Bell officially launched on Monday his campaign to take back the office he held from 2010 through 2017. Bell, 71, was prevented from earning a third term in office when Randall Woodfin, then-president of the Birmingham City School Board, beat him at the ballot box in 2017. In his nearly three-minute […]

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Monday delivered his maiden speech on the floor of the United States Senate. In his remarks, which spanned more than seven minutes, the freshman senator thanked the people of Alabama for sending him to Washington, D.C., spoke about his background as an educator and mentor, and emphasized that he […]

Federal regulators in recent days approved a third vaccine product for use by the public, a decision that is set to enhance Alabama’s vaccination efforts. Developed by the pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the newly approved vaccine is administered in a single dose. The other two approved products, from Pfizer and Moderna, require […]

MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Alabama’s ability to overcome the complex challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to economic development earned the state a Top 10 ranking in “Site Selection” magazine’s annual Governor’s Cups analysis. Alabama ranked No. 9 among the states in job-creating economic development projects per capita, a measurement that places smaller states on a […]

There are two movements in this country right now when it comes to voting: Open the system up and have no accountability Make the system secure and trustworthy If you want a system where no one is ever kicked off the voter rolls, where voter ID is forbidden, where there are 15 days of voting, […]

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Alabama state director Rosemary Elebash on Monday called on the Alabama House of Representatives to pass State Rep. Jamie Kiel’s (R-Russellville) bill that would effectively erase the distinction between “essential” and “non-essential” businesses during a pandemic or other declared emergency. HB 103 as amended was given a favorable report […]