Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED has held the 2020 edition of its annual “Pay It Forward” program, which aims to provide black college students with opportunities to celebrate achievement and further their success. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) students from 16 schools throughout Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED’s six-state footprint submitted applications earlier this year. […]

Birmingham-based HPM was ranked number 22 on ENR’s Top 50 Program Management Firms, a list of the top U.S. construction management firms. The ranking is based on agency fees for multi-project construction programs. HPM took the largest jump in the rankings of any firm during the last 12 months. “This significant jump in ENR’s rankings […]

NASA has awarded its Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs or initiatives to Dr. Michael S. Briggs, an assistant director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Dr. Briggs, who is a senior principal research […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) once again faces criticism over his positions on immigration issues. Entitled “Border,” a new video ad by One Nation was launched on Tuesday, reminding Alabama voters that Jones opposed funding a wall on the United States-Mexico border and that the senator voted to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration that an […]

On August 18, the U.S. will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to our Constitution which guaranteed women’s right to vote. The women’s suffrage movement in our country began in the 1840s as women abolitionists saw the parallels between the effort to free enslaved Americans and their own desire to […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded a total of $7 million to aid mental healthcare programs that serve the state. The money will be split across two programs, with $6 million going to community health provider agencies and $1 million for the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s (ADMH) Crisis and Recovery Services program. The […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) is set to be a featured speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. MSNBC reported that Jones will speak on the first night of the convention, this coming Monday, August 17. Other speakers that same night will include U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The […]

University of Alabama junior Mac Jones and Auburn University sophomore Bo Nix, both quarterbacks, have come out in support of the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. Prominent elected officials from across the country, including President Donald Trump, and major leaders in the college football world, including University of Alabama head […]

With the threat of COVID-19 still present, many have questioned if the turnout for the November 3 election could suffer due to the fear of potentially contracting the coronavirus. However, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is expecting the opposite. During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Merrill said […]

7. Baldwin County Schools react to petitions calling for punishment At Daphne High School, a group of cheerleaders took a picture together with a T-shirt that said “I Love Redneck Boys” on July 4, and a fellow student started a petition that gained 10,000 signatures calling for the school to take disciplinary action. Baldwin County […]

Count former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville as a supporter of the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. Prominent elected officials from across the country, including President Donald Trump, and major leaders in the college football world, including University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban, on Monday voiced their […]

Emphasizing its agenda of “climate justice,” the California-based environmental group Sierra Club announced its endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday. In a release touting its intent to elect what it termed “climate champions up and down the ticket,” Sierra Club’s executive director Michael Brune outlined the desire of his group to […]

Alabama is obviously not immune from the racial strife gripping the United States. In recent months, we have seen statues come down, a state representative attended a birthday party for Nathan Bedford Forrest, small riots and acts of vandalism. Like most Americans, Alabamians have generally accepted that the Confederate memorials all over the state on […]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday announced two recent Alabama arrests by its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division. According to a release, HSI made the pair of arrests in the Yellowhammer State on July 22. Agents of the HSI Birmingham office reportedly arrested Christian Martinez, 32, a Salvadoran national and U.S. fugitive, on two […]

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban on Monday afternoon weighed in on the player-led #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. In an interview with ESPN, Saban commented on the movement that is in part led by Crimson Tide star running back Najee Harris. The movement, less than a day old, […]

Business Facilities magazine has ranked Birmingham and Huntsville as two of the most business-friendly cities in the United States. Birmingham was ranked as the number one most business-friendly mid-sized city, and Huntsville took the number one ranking for small cities. The same magazine ranked Alabama as the fourth-most business-friendly state in the nation, behind Texas, […]

President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted his support for the #WeWantToPlay movement, of which University of Alabama star running back Najee Harris is a prominent leader. The movement, brought to light after a Sunday evening conference call among players involved, is attempting to save the 2020 college football season. The Big 10 and Pac-12 on […]

University of Alabama running back Najee Harris is a leader in the #WeWantToPlay movement to save the 2020 college football season. On Monday, the Big 10 canceled its fall football season, according to reports, and the Pac-12 is expected to follow their lead. That leaves the SEC, ACC and Big 12 as the remaining Power […]

The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship (AOA) announced Monday a new program for those seeking to develop marketable skills and enter the workforce quickly. The pre-apprenticeship initiative will use “a combination of curriculum, on-the-job training and simulated work experiences” in order to “allow a person to gain access to a specific industry and improve existing skills,” […]

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL), State Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and State House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) have requested that an additional presidential debate be scheduled ahead of November’s general election. The Republican legislative leaders jointly sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates asking for a fourth debate on top […]

Parents and other observers have many understandable questions about how their local school districts are responding to the challenges presented by COVID-19. At this juncture, I don’t think it’s helpful to lay much blame on anyone. There will be plenty of time for that in the future, and when the dust settles, we’re likely to […]

Alabama businesses of all sizes will have the opportunity to connect and learn from industry experts on a wide array of topics from economic development to marketing your business in a post-COVID world. The Business Council of Alabama is excited to present Engage Alabama: A Virtual Business Summit on August 26-27, 2020. The two-day virtual […]

7. This would make more sense if there was a VP pick for Biden Even though presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t made, or announced, a final decision on who his running mate will be, the defense of that pick is already underway, referring to the coming criticism as sexist and […]

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has abandoned plans to outsource employees after President Donald Trump interceded on their behalf last week. The authority earlier this year announced its intentions to outsource one out of every five of its information technology jobs, resulting in at least 200 in-house IT jobs being shipped out. President Trump last […]