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Three Alabama groups have partnered to create the Invest Early Alabama Film Festival, an event focused on early childhood education that will run digitally during January 2021. Invest Early is a joint project of the Alabama School Readiness Alliance, the Alabama Association of School Boards and the Business Council of Alabama. PNC Bank is the chief financial sponsor […]

Travel departments within The New York Times and the Smithsonian Institute are marketing escorted tours to civil rights landmarks in Alabama.

Small business owners in Alabama will soon be able to apply for loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) again after the federal government recently approved a new round of funding for the program along with changes to how it is administered. Businesses that received a loan in the first round of the program will […]

U.S. Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) on Wednesday announced another round of appointments to his Capitol Hill staff.

Alabama ranks in at “No. 6 in the nation per capita for coronavirus cases on average over the last seven days

Earlier this year, at the very end of the 2020 regular session, State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) along with several other co-sponsors pushed SB334, legislation that limits the powers of the State Health Officer and puts a 14-day limit on the length of time the governor can declare a state of emergency under the Alabama […]

The number of COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals continued to break records this week, and one of the state’s foremost experts on infectious diseases is warning the state’s largest hospital may need to enter “crisis mode” if numbers keep spiking. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of UAB Hospital’s Division of Infectious Diseases, briefed reporters on the […]

This is my last weekly report as your congressman. Serving you in Washington these last seven years has been a great honor, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity you have given me. I never once walked out on the floor of the House of Representatives when I wasn’t in awe that I […]

Walker County-based Jasper Lumber Company has formed a partnership with the Canadian business Tolko Industries that will facilitate a $45 million expansion creating 60 new jobs. News of the partnership was announced Tuesday by the Office of Governor Kay Ivey. Jasper Lumber’s sawmill will see its capacity triple with the new investment, which will include […]

University of Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith has been named as the AP player of the year for the 2020 college football season.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve $2,000 stimulus checks for adults across the country. This was done at the request of President Donald Trump as he’s continued to put pressure on representatives to increase stimulus payments.

State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville) is seeking to take action to learn from what some would say is a mistake from the early stages of the state government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. At the outset, Gov. Kay Ivey, at the behest of State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris, mandated certain so-called nonessential businesses closed […]

Even though it has been discussed by some of the Alabama House of Representatives’ more conservative members, the formation of groups similar to what the U.S. House of Representatives has in the Freedom Caucus has been discouraged by the body’s leadership in past years. Seemingly for that reason, no such group has come to be […]

Christians are being persecuted all over the world. In India, that persecution is very prevalent, and it can lead to death or arrest. Bishop Mathew Meagher is on the front lines of sharing the gospel in Hyderabad, India, and he has seen that oppression first hand. Mathew is the founder and CEO of Grace TV […]

The CASH Act would increase stimulus checks to $2,000 per eligible adult. This proposal has been championed by President Donald J. Trump.

A state program that provides internet access to families with K-12 students has been extended into 2021 by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey. Federal legislation providing a second wave of coronavirus relief was passed by Congress last week and signed on Sunday by President Donald Trump. It paved the way for the extension by moving the […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide’s incendiary 2020 offensive unit continues to gain recognition for its dominant performance in the regular season. Five players — including Heisman finalists quarterback Mac Jones and wide receiver DeVonta Smith — earned first-team All-American honors from the Associated Press on Monday while offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian was announced as the winner […]

Alabama’s worst local media outlet is in the middle of a series praising “Alabamians who made a difference in 2020,” and this weekend they bestowed that honor on a guy who makes YouTube videos and — allegedly — incites riots. Jermaine Johnson is regionally famous, and apparently marginally funny for some people. He has two […]

Congressman Mo Brooks opposes President Trump's request for significantly increased direct stimulus payments to the American people.

The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) announced on Monday that economic developer Ron Kitchens will be the organization’s new president and CEO. Kitchens has spent the last 15 years at the helm of Southwest Michigan First, an economic development organization in Kalamazoo with around 30 employees. Before landing in Michigan, he held economic development roles in […]

Check out these five quirky and unique ways that Alabama celebrates New Year's Eve, from a peanut drop to a meteor strike.

Gov. Kay Ivey awarded about $5.8 million to Alabama entities from nationwide Volkswagen (VW) settlement funds.

President Donald Trump had threatened a veto for the $900 billion coronavirus stimulus bill but now it appears that he will sign the bill