U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) on Tuesday came out in support of a constitutional carry bill that was recently introduced in the Alabama House by State Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals). Sorrell’s bill, HB405, would allow citizens of Alabama to carry a concealed pistol on their person without a permit. The National Rifle Association (NRA) […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed a two-bill package that would create “Aniah’s Law,” an expansion of the criminal offenses where a judge could deny a defendant bail. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) and is named in honor of Aniah Blanchard, a 19-year-old Homewood resident […]

Necessity is the mother of invention. But in Birmingham, a father-and-son team has devised an innovative app to help businesses effortlessly manage ongoing construction and facilities maintenance projects. KMS, formerly Kemp Management Solutions, has spent the past decade growing the company while helping much larger businesses flourish, including Regions Bank and peer banks. When the […]

England should make it clear that all political violence is wrong, his failure to do this shows the hypocrisy on the American left

The United States could be approaching herd immunity, which occurs when enough people become immune to a disease to make its spread unlikely, according to Suzanne Judd, Ph.D., an epidemiologist in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Based on the number of vaccinations that have already been administered, as well as findings […]

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama launched production on the 2022 Tucson SUV, setting a milestone for the Montgomery plant.

Balch & Bingham announced the addition of Brandi Russell as the firm's chief diversity & inclusion officer and director of talent management.

Birmingham-based Regions Bank is expanding access to its PPP loan application portal to allow more small businesses to apply for the funding.

If Alabamians in November 2022 have the opportunity to vote and approve the gambling constitutional amendment proposal currently under consideration in the legislature, it could change the state in profound ways, according to State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville). Monday on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Chambliss called the bill the “most transformative” legislation we could […]

2020 was a record-breaking year for the U.S. housing market and Alabama was no exception. 

Governor Kay Ivey declared that February 22 was Supermarket Employees Day, and after a ceremony, she spoke with reporters and mentioned support for State Senator Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) lottery and gambling bill

This week will be a pivotal week for State Sen. Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) comprehensive gaming legislation, which, if it can reach a three-fifths majority in both chambers of the legislature, will allow Alabamians to vote on a gambling package that would allow for a lottery and the proliferation of casino gaming in various places around […]

Australia-based Austal Limited on Monday announced the resignation of Craig Perciavalle, the president of its American subsidiary Austal USA.

Governor Kay Ivey ordered flags to half-staff in Alabama to honor and remember the more than 500,000 Americans who have died due to COVID-19.

A Birmingham man pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering Birmingham Police Department Sgt. Wytasha Carter and attempting to murder two other officers during an encounter in January 2019. The defendant, Jeremy Elwin Owens, will serve three life sentences in state prison and has no chance for parole. Owens, 33, avoided the death penalty for his […]

The Air Force's decision to name Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal as the permanent headquarters of U.S. Space Command is under investigation.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that Revive Plus, the state government’s grant program that provided aid to small businesses and other institutions, has used up all available funding. Revive Plus was created with $200 million of the federal funds sent to Alabama in the CARES Act. It allowed small businesses, non-profits and faith-based organizations […]

Voters in Alabama are smart. Despite what you hear from certain circles in California, Washington, D.C. and beyond, the people of this state have a keen sense of what is best for their families, their quality of life and what will create the type of economic opportunity they seek. This is why it is time […]

HUNTSVILLE — The days of residents driving around the Madison County courthouse square looking for a parking spot to conduct personal business with the County are no more. The time and energy wasted standing in lines at overcrowded offices — no more. Beginning March 1, getting licenses, automobile plates, seeing the tax assessor or paying […]

During an interview that aired on last week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” Gov. Kay Ivey seemingly dismissed members of the Alabama Legislature considering efforts to add a check to executive authority during an emergency as Alabama approaches a year of being under a health state of emergency for COVID-19. Ivey seemed to […]

Late last year, Governor Ivey urged school districts in Alabama to reopen schools and allow students the option to return to the classroom, while many school districts across the country continued with virtual learning. Alabama was ahead of the curve on what recent CDC guidance made clear – with reasonable health precautions like distancing and […]

The DoD's inspector general is probing the Air Force's decision to make Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal the permanent U.S. Space Command HQ.

Georgia's Stacey Abrams over the weekend became the latest leftwing firebrand to call on Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to unionize.

Hospitalizations and cases of the coronavirus have fallen drastically in Alabama since a peak in January, with hospitalizations now down 69%