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State Sen. Gerald Allen pre-filed a constitutional amendment requiring public schools in Alabama to play the national anthem at least once...
Alabama construction firm Robins & Morton and Encompass Health on Wednesday broke ground on a new rehabilitation hospital in Huntsville.
U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Wednesday joined Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his fellow caucus members in voting to filibuster a targeted COVID-19 relief bill that included billions of dollars for unemployment insurance benefits, small business relief and funds for urgent health care needs. The legislation failed to receive the 60 votes […]
Motion Industries, an industrial supplies company, is investing $11.2 million to expand its location in Irondale, a decision that will create 15 new jobs. The company is consolidating two extant facilities into a single, 104,000 square foot building. The two previously existing facilities are a fluid-power shop and a hose-and-rubber shop. “We are extremely excited […]
The Macon County Democratic Party has paid for and is distributing signs accusing the 2020 Republican general election ticket of "racism."
While I am blessed to currently serve in the Alabama House of Representatives, there are times I sense the old journalist within rising to the surface. Having spent three decades in the profession, completely abandoning the ink coursing through my veins can prove difficult. There is currently a critical issue we are witnessing at the […]
President Donald Trump is now requesting and insisting that U.S. Attorney General William Barr investigate former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden
Last week, the Jefferson County Commission voted to take the unprecedented step of opening its courthouses on Saturday for in-person absentee voting, a decision of which was in part driven by concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Claims of voting improprieties have since surfaced. However, those claims have been dismissed by Secretary of State John Merrill, […]
The coronavirus pandemic caught our entire society off guard in many different ways, particularly economically, given the abrupt nature of efforts by all levels of government to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. With government-imposed forced closures of many businesses came a spike in unemployment that resulted in those out of work seeking compensation. While the […]
Boeing has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Decatur City Schools Foundation for expanding STEM education throughout the school system.
Tommy Tuberville is not Roy Moore.However, U.S. Senator Doug Jones is still Doug Jones.I have been over this, multiple times.
An economic analysis done by two economists estimates that if the federally-mandated minimum wage were raised to $15 per hour, Alabama would lose 53,227 jobs over six years. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign and the national Democratic Party have made the $15 an hour minimum wage a plank in their economic platform. As recently […]
The Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.7 million grant to improve barge access at the Port of Epes in Sumter County.
For the seventh consecutive year, the University of Alabama was awarded record external funding for research and other sponsored activities.
Eula Battle, wife of Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and an irrepressible force for good in the city of Huntsville, passed away at age 65 after an extended battle with cancer. Eternally kind and armed with a laugh that was both infectious and generous, Eula made a friend out of almost everyone she came to know. […]
Most people in Alabama have heard of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Administration. Its name is a little misleading because emergencies by their nature aren’t so much managed as responded to, often after the fact. You can’t manage a tornado or an earthquake, for example, but you can and should respond to it. Hurricanes are […]
On Monday, Yellowhammer News reported an effort by the Alabama New South Coalition, which offered churches $6 per person for utilizing Alabama’s absentee ballot process and voting before October 29 in this year’s presidential election. “Anybody that vote [sic] early before October 29th your church will get $6.00 per person,” an advertisement published in the […]
A century ago, the Suffragettes finally succeeded in winning the right to vote for women. They would be thrilled to see the nomination of a woman so uniquely qualified to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court as Judge Amy Coney Barrett, were they alive today. It’s easy to imagine them storming the streets of America […]
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 […]
Internal polling from Tuberville shows that Jones is actually at 40%, while Tuberville leads with 55%,
An Alabama program to provide free internet access for low-income students reached a milestone last week. The Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students (ABC for Students) program has now provided internet access to more than 100,000 of the state’s students, according to officials at the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). The program became […]
Grow with Google’s Digital Coaches program, which provides digital skills training and coaching to help Black and Latinx small businesses...
U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) was elected with the overwhelming support of Black voters and has heralded himself as a champion of the Black community. However, Jones has not put his money where his mouth is when it comes to spending campaign cash. According to NBC exit polls, 96% of Black voters backed Jones in […]

