When reliable testing for COVID-19 became a national priority earlier this year, one company in Huntsville was already set up to take on a leading role. Diatherix was equipped to offer testing through its cutting-edge technology, and it was able to do so in a way conducive to effective treatment of the virus by providing […]

The Democrats’ radical immigration agenda poses an existential threat to the United States. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support amnesty, citizenship, and public benefits for illegal aliens. They want a big increase in the number of green card allotments for the relatives of naturalized citizens and current green card holders. They want to keep the […]

The last few weeks have been very interesting for Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth. During a church gathering, he contracted the coronavirus and then passed it to his wife. Although he was not entirely asymptomatic, he did not require any medical treatment. He is now headed back to work and ready to do the people’s […]

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R-AL) is continuing his leadership in calling on Congress to regulate tech monopolies’ control over the flow of information and political discourse in America. In a tweet on Wednesday, Marshall commented on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony that day to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This comes after Twitter blocked […]

Wednesday is National First Responders Day, and the importance of America’s tremendous first responders is even more magnified this year as the nation continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. In Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey’s administration recently established the Health Care and Emergency Response Providers grant program. This enabled first responders, including private ambulance and other […]

Eighty years ago this week, hurricane season ended when the Royal Air Force won the Battle of Britain by stopping the Nazi war machine at the edge of the English Channel. Before the summer of 1940, Hitler had derided Great Britain as a nation of shopkeepers. Göring’s seemingly superior Luftwaffe pilots were outdone by the […]

MONTGOMERY — State officials gathered on the steps of the capitol Wednesday morning to announce the details surrounding three new mental health crisis care centers to be built around the state. AltaPointe Health in Mobile, the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority and WellStone Behavioral Health in Huntsville will be receiving grants from the State of […]

The Briarwood Christian duo of Tucker Smith and Hayden Marbut on Saturday won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors. The National Championship victory is the third-straight title for Smith and the first for Marbut. The Alabama duo secured two smallmouth bass for 7 pounds, 14 ounces […]

The U.S. military’s F-35 fighter jets, a squadron of which is scheduled to arrive in Montgomery in 2023, have hit a speedbump on the road to full production. According to a Bloomberg News report, a key combat simulation for the new jets has not yet occurred due to “difficulties finishing technical preparations.” That simulation must […]

7. Alabama man known for charitable deeds asking for help with green card The Huntsville man who has made a name for himself by starting a charity to mow lawns for veterans and the elderly for free, Rodney Smith, was born in Bermuda, but he’s now trying to gain his permanent residence in the United […]

This year has been filled with challenges for all of us. Ever since the U.S. was struck by an unprecedented pandemic, we have dealt with a sputtering economy, and more recently Alabama and other states near the Gulf have been hammered by coastal storms. These challenges have each forced us to be flexible and adapt […]

When Governor Kay Ivey in 2018 became the first Republican woman to ever be elected governor of Alabama, she took the stage to the country staple “This One’s for the Girls” ringing out in the background. However, Ivey’s status as a role model for girls across Alabama has very much been in the forefront during […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared a State of Emergency on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta’s landfall, which is expected on Wednesday evening. Mobile County, specifically the area around the town of Dauphin Island, has been identified as the area of Alabama most likely to bear the brunt of the storm. Though currently a […]

COVID-19 has upended our economy and educational system and made high-speed internet more indispensable than ever for all Alabamians. We have an urgent need – and with it, a generational opportunity – to fully wire our state’s rural areas where one-quarter of residents still don’t have broadband connectivity at home. Saying we should have universal […]

The Birmingham Police Department this week retired its storied Mounted Unit. A ceremony was held on Monday in which the department said goodbye to the retiring unit’s mounted patrol horses: Blue Boy, Doc and Gumby. A social media post by Birmingham PD advised the move was made due to “budgetary restraints.” The unit, founded in […]

Reshad Hudson, who for the last two years has served as the state government reporter for a chain of TV stations in Alabama, has been promoted to national correspondent in Washington, D.C. Hudson, an Alabama native, was lauded by politicians on both sides of the aisle for being scrupulously nonpartisan and having a tireless work […]

U.S. Steel announced on Tuesday that their new electric arc furnace, the most advanced of its kind, has undergone a successful implementation and start-up at the company’s plant in Fairfield, AL. The new furnace “will have an annual steelmaking capacity of 1.6 million tons,” according to a release from the company. Douglas R. Matthews, a […]

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Alabama State Director Chris Beeker this week announced several major new investments by the administration of President Donald J. Trump in projects across the Yellowhammer State. The largest investment is going to Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically black college (HBCU). “It’s exciting to help increase […]

Rodney Smith, a Huntsville resident born in Bermuda who has started a charity mowing the lawns of veterans and the elderly for free, is asking for help from the public after his application for a green card was denied. Smith legally immigrated to the United States 15 years ago and is now trying to become […]

Baldwin County voters will soon head to the polls to cast their vote for president, Congress, some statewide offices and a few proposed amendments. As your congressman and a Baldwin County resident, there is one local amendment I encourage my fellow Baldwin County voters to support: Local Amendment 2. On the backside of this year’s […]

Hello friends and welcome back to the Alabama Workforce Superhighway! Our last stop was the AlabamaWorks Virtual Workforce Conference in September. The conference gave us a lot to think about on the drive ahead. It was great to be among workforce professionals again to share and discuss where we are as a state and, just […]

Last week, State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) revealed to Alabama Daily News he had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and had immediately quarantined himself after learning of his diagnosis during a meeting in the State House in Montgomery. During an interview with Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Gudger explained how he had dealt […]

7. New York Post has endorsed Trump The New York Post, who recently broke the Hunter Biden story, has endorsed President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Throughout the opinion piece that was released, the Post mentions the unemployment rates before the coronavirus pandemic, rising wages, job creation and the economic health of the country. […]

Since COVID-19 started to bare down on the U.S. in March we have been told that the ultimate solution would be an effective vaccine providing immunity to the vast majority who receive it. But, in almost the same breath we were told anti-viral vaccines take years to be developed and tested to show their safety […]