One of the first public figures that spoke out about State Rep. Will Dismukes’ (R-Prattville) participation in a celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest on Saturday and subsequent post on Facebook was his colleague, State Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville). Garrett expressed his disapproval on social media, tweeting, “I cannot fathom why anyone in 2020 celebrates the […]

Ben Robbins announced his candidacy to seek the Alabama Republican Party's nomination in the special election for District 33 of the Alabama House...

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville announced Tuesday that it needs $1.5 million in public support or it will be forced to permanently close at the end of October. The organization has created a Save Space Camp campaign where members of the public can donate online to keep the iconic Alabama location afloat […]

The largest church in Alabama will be resuming in-person worship this weekend. The Church of the Highlands, led by Pastor Chris Hodges, announced this week that in-person worship will resume on Sunday, August 2, at the more than 20 locations it occupies across Alabama. Socially distanced seating and masks will be offered to each individual […]

Last week, I had a virtual conference with the leaders of the local school systems in our district. Starting a new school year is a difficult task in the best of times. Doing so in the middle of a pandemic with the disease spreading as it is now makes this normally difficult job truly daunting. […]

Incoming Auburn University freshman Max Johnson on Thursday won the 75th Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at Goose Pond Colony Resort in Scottsboro.

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan commented on the issue, saying those elected in Alabama are held “to a high standard of actions,” and criticized Dismukes for not explaining why he was at the birthday celebration

On Monday, State Rep. Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) unveiled an effort that bars Confucius Institutes from operating on publicly funded college campuses in Alabama. According to a release, Hanes has teamed up with the College Republican Federation of Alabama. The group passed a resolution urging colleges to reconsider their relationships with Confucius Institutes back in May. […]

Planned August celebrations to recognize Auburn University spring and summer 2020 graduates have been indefinitely postponed due to recent...

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket built in Alabama is in final preparations to launch NASA’s Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover.

It is stupid to have a birthday party for anyone that has been dead for a century-plus. It is incredibly stupid to have a birthday party for a long-dead Confederate general and former Ku Klux Klan leader. It is indescribably stupid for a state representative to participate in such an event, but here we are […]

The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board has banned every business with a liquor license from serving alcohol after 11:00 p.m. in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Enforcement of the new rule will begin Saturday, August 1. The serving of alcohol must cease at 11:00 p.m. and the consumption of alcohol […]

Two North Alabama cities have been named in a list of the best metropolitan areas in which to live after the COVID-19 pandemic.

A number of groups that aim to improve the business climate in Alabama are requesting responses to a survey on workplace health. Any employed person in the state of Alabama can take the survey here. “Our state’s labor force is the cornerstone of workforce development efforts, and this survey will help promote a healthier workplace […]

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan strongly criticized State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville), stopping short of calling for his resignation.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries has received reports of seeds being delivered unsolicited to residents across the state, with China...

Alabama's Marion Military Institute has been named as the seventh best community college in the United States.

State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) is once again drawing bipartisan criticism for posting pictures of himself with the Confederate flag.

All seven members of Alabama’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation wrote Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday asking her to rename the portion of U.S. Highway 80 that runs between Selma and Montgomery after civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who recently passed away. Members of Alabama’s congressional delegation want to name the highway […]

Simpson: Shouldn’t we hold the officials in charge of running and managing Alabama’s prison systems to at least a modicum of the same standards?

MONTGOMERY — An estimated 3,000 individuals made a trip to the State Capitol building on Sunday to pay their respects to Alabama native, civil rights icon and U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA). Lewis, who was born and spent the early years of his life in Troy, was honored over the weekend by the people of […]

Kelly Dunning, an assistant professor in Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, was part of a team that created and implemented a volunteer-driven citizen science project called “Nurdle Patrol,” which measured microplastic pollution across the Gulf of Mexico. The project’s open-access findings, “Measuring plastic pellet (nurdle) abundance on shorelines throughout the Gulf of Mexico […]

Hospitalizations have gone from 1,536 down to 1,425, and the drop in case numbers come 10 days after Governor Kay Ivey announced the statewide mask mandate

Earlier this month, Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl managed to earn a hard-fought four-and-a-half percent, 3,853-vote win over former State Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile), to win the Republican nomination for Alabama’s first congressional district election in November. In his victory, Carl only won two of the six counties in AL-1, Mobile and Washington. However, his […]