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An email from Alabama Democratic Victory distorts Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth's position on health and safety protocols, while fundraising...
Before anyone has even seen a single snap of Big Ten football, national sports media this week returned to its pandemic panic room and pronounced the conference’s season a failure. Sports media argued tirelessly during the summer months that it was not cheering for football to get canceled. However, following Nick Saban’s false positive coronavirus […]
PRATTVILLE — Two Trump administration officials and U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) gathered on Friday to announce a $37 million investment by the federal government in rural Alabama’s internet access. The investment comes in the form of grants and loans to internet providers that make expanding high-speed service to more rural customers economically feasible. According […]
Newly filed federal campaign finance reports could shed light on where the funding for the Alabama New South Coalition is coming from.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has added the Bald Rock Boardwalk in Alabama’s Cheaha State Park to the National Trail System. The Department of the Interior made the announcement Thursday in a press release. The Bald Rock Boardwalk, also known as the Doug Ghee accessible trail, is one of several dozen additions to […]
The power of consistency is real. “Habit stacking” is a mantra we preach at Iron Tribe. Every time you do something good (like attend a workout or meal prep), you must do it again. And then another time. Until it’s engrained in your mind and routine. The more we practice our good habits, the easier […]
Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump’s mics were muted during the first two minutes for each segment and it was on after that
Jones was marked as "not voting" for all five roll call votes taken in the U.S. Senate on Thursday. He also missed all of Monday's votes.
I don't think the state is going to become a liberal hot spot anytime soon, so it might be time to just start attempting to change people's minds by being honest about what you want as Alabama Democrats.
Remdesivir became the first drug to be fully approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating the coronavirus.
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06) on Wednesday interviewed on Talk 99.5’s “Matt & Aunie Show,” discussing the recent bombshell stories that have come out indicating that former Vice President Joe Biden was potentially involved in certain lucrative foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe this week announced the assessment […]
Alabama’s coronavirus statistics have climbed steadily over the last week after spending more than a month on a plateau. Over the last seven days, the state has averaged 898 new cases per day, a rate not experienced since the first few days of September. Especially troubling to experts, 16.06% of coronavirus tests administered in the […]
Late Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth’s office revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19, noting the diagnosis despite having followed CDC health and safety protocols. Ainsworth had been a critic of the mask mandate and other restrictions implemented by Gov. Kay Ivey and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris done in the name of preventing […]
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U.S. Senator Doug Jones' reelection campaign sent out a fundraising email from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Alabama state agencies launched this week an online dashboard that can show a user the pathway from public assistance into a self-sufficient career. The tool is referred to as DAVID, an acronym of Dashboard for Alabamians to Visualize Income Determinations. DAVID is a first of its kind joint project between the State of Alabama and […]
Legendary college football coach and native Alabamian Bobby Bowden, 90, has announced that he has triumphed over COVID-19.
A new program has launched in Birmingham to help members of the public bridge their political differences and find common humanity. One Small Step, a project from widely lauded radio producer Dave Isay, seeks volunteers with strongly held political beliefs who are willing to have a 4o-minute conversation with someone from the other side of […]
The Macon County Democratic Party has been putting up signs across the area that say “Racism is on the ballot,” and on the sign is a Confederate flag next to a Trump 2020 flag.
For years, the public has struggled to navigate the stipulations and bureaucracies of Alabama’s Open Records Law, whether it be a concerned citizen with limited resources or media outlets with the ability to take on government officials who repeatedly shrug off records requests. Section 36-12-40 of the Alabama Code states, “Every citizen has a right […]
The Supreme Court of the United States blocked curbside voting from being allowed in Alabama's November 3 general election.
Ratcliffe said Iran has sent “spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest and damage President [Donald] Trump."
Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth has tested positive for COVID-19, despite taking every possible effort to follow CDC health and safety protocols.
North AlabamaWorks announced Wednesday that Scott Russo of Mazda Toyota Manufacturing will serve as the new chairman of North AlabamaWorks’ board of directors. The group Russo now chairs is the regional workforce council for Alabama’s northernmost counties. North AlabamaWorks is a nonprofit that aims to develop and maintain the workforce in its area. Russo assumed […]

