7. Trump wants people to die, apparently U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that since President Donald Trump is holding rallies during a pandemic, he’s “deliberately killing people,” even though Biden will start campaigning again. Murphy continued on to say that his actions are “sending a clear message that the CDC should be ignored,” adding, […]

It is a presidential campaign issue that no one would have seen coming a year ago, but House Democrats under the leadership of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are demanding additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service. Their reason: The USPS is not equipped to handle the potential onslaught of vote-by-mail ballots coming this […]

Alabama-based Full Moon Bar-B-Que and Ajlo Foods recently announced the restaurant will be expanding into the Rocket City for the first time later this year. The location at 1009 Memorial Parkway in Huntsville will be Full Moon BBQ’s 16th total location, all of which are in the Yellowhammer State. The new restaurant will be housed […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Was Governor Kay Ivey right to extend all of Alabama’s coronavirus orders, including the mask mandate? — How have Alabama’s schools and universities handled the coronavirus so far? — Who did […]

Digital academic coaching company Pack Education and its partners recently announced the kickoff of Ignite Powered by Pack Education, a virtual academic advising pilot program to provide support to students at the University of South Alabama, Bishop State Community College and Coastal Alabama Community College. Pack Education, a subsidiary to digital health coaching company Pack […]

Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft almost exited California last week over a dispute regarding their drivers’ legal status. In 2019, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 5 (A.B. 5) making the companies’ drivers employees and not independent contractors. A judge stayed an August 20 compliance deadline. Politicians’ efforts to restrict contractors could arrest the development […]

Bronze Valley Accelerator has hired Haley Medved Kendrick as its director and has announced startups from Birmingham, Alabama and throughout the Southeast can apply for the program. Kendrick comes to Bronze Valley Accelerator with a background in economic development and building public-private partnerships in Birmingham’s technology sector, most recently as executive director of Innovate Birmingham. […]

Nick Saban knows how important football is to the greater community. He saw it growing up in his small hometown in West Virginia and he’s seen it on a higher level as the head coach at the University of Alabama. And while he appreciates what it means to fans, alumni and the community at large, […]

A national movement in protest of racial injustice is providing a timely launch of a digital platform that aims to highlight the positive work that young people across the country are doing in their communities, hoping to inspire others to do the same. “Shape the Culture” is the brainchild of 17-year-old Jordyn Hudson, a senior […]

One of downtown Birmingham’s largest vacant buildings could see new life as 192 workforce housing apartments after a $30 million renovation. The five-story, 140,000-square-foot former American Red Cross building at 2225 Third Ave. N. has been vacant since the organization moved out in 1999. The development team behind the $24 million revitalization of the American […]

A young student who is blind grins from atop a horse, feeling for the first time an entirely new rhythm. Elsewhere on the campus of Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), a child who is deaf plays a drum, nodding with the beat, lost in the sensation. Another student, an adult going through vocational […]

Former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), the Republican nominee in Alabama’s Second Congressional District, has apologized for a Facebook post he made on Saturday morning. The post, which was deleted by the afternoon, featured a meme showing two unarmed victims of mob violence from earlier this summer, followed by a picture of Kyle Rittenhouse carrying […]

While the likelihood of a special session before the legislature is scheduled to reconvene in February 2021 remains extremely low, chatter continues in and around state government about the possibility. Several items went unresolved from the 2020 regular session, including Alabama’s prison crisis and issues related to the pandemic, including state taxation on federal relief […]

Alabama Power Company on Friday afternoon announced three leadership changes aimed at bolstering already-strong customer experience and community support operations. Effective immediately, Tony Smoke has been elected senior vice president of Marketing and Economic Development; Myla Calhoun has been named vice president of Birmingham Division; and Tequila Smith has been elected vice president of Charitable Giving. “These individuals […]

Recently, the number of daily new Coronavirus cases has declined nationwide. Several experts credit an increase in mask wearing for this recent decrease. Governor Kay Ivey implemented the statewide mask order on July 16, and Alabama has seen a sharp drop in the percentage of positive tests over the past month. The number of daily […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) this week announced that he will introduce the “Diversity in Defense Act” in Congress’ upper chamber. This legislation is a companion to a bill already introduced in the House and would codify amendments included in the House-passed version of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) aimed at increasing […]

Alabama Power has begun replacing old streetlights in Mobile as part of a joint project to increase neighborhood security and visibility. Alabama Power and the city of Mobile announced in June an agreement to replace more than 20,000 streetlights with LED fixtures. The new lights are brighter and require less maintenance than the older, high-pressure […]

Over the last five months, a program based at The University of Alabama helped thousands of small businesses in the state successfully tap into federal disaster funds to preserve jobs and stay open during the coronavirus pandemic. The Alabama Small Business Development Center led an effort to assist businesses to learn about the federal disaster […]

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn wants to see his Tigers football team going hard the next few weeks so they’re hardened for an all-SEC season. Malzahn said after Saturday’s scrimmage at Jordan-Hare Stadium that he intends to hold up to four scrimmages prior to the start of the conference-only season kicking off on Sept. 26 against […]

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) held its Reignite Alabama Finale to the Alabama Launchpad Response Pitch Competition Thursday, awarding a total of $150,000 in funding to four businesses that have developed innovations to address challenges presented by COVID-19. The event, produced within the headquarters of the EDPA with no live audience, was streamed […]

WEDOWEE, Alabama – Charlotte, North Carolina-based JELD-WEN Inc., one of the world’s largest door and window manufacturers, plans to expand production at its plant in Randolph County, creating up to 40 new jobs at the facility, officials announced this week. The expansion at the Alabama facility stems from JELD-WEN’s decision to move the assembly of […]

The Alabama Conservation Advisory Board approved a three-day extension of the red snapper season and tabled a motion to change the season dates and bag limit for wild turkeys at its recent meeting in Mobile. Chris Blankenship, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), recommended a three-day extension of the red […]

The University of Alabama System on Friday released data that seems to show its comprehensive return-to-campus efforts are working. Through its online dashboard, the System unveiled the latest COVID-19 testing numbers from the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Alabama Power Company on Friday announced that Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers, senior vice president of medicine and dean of the University of Alabama School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been elected to the company’s board of directors. Vickers is an internationally recognized pancreatic cancer surgeon, pancreatic cancer researcher and […]