Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories

Former State Rep. Barry Moore’s (R-Enterprise) margin of victory in the Republican primary runoff for Alabama’s second congressional district caught a lot of political watchers off guard. Moore, who was outspent by a significant margin in his contest against Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman, won by 20 points and carried 12 of the 15 counties in […]

Governor Ivey imposed a statewide mask mandate last week as Alabama’s intensive care units (ICUs) approached capacity. We have experienced unprecedented restrictions on freedom to prevent COVID-19 from overwhelming our healthcare system. The COVID pandemic will hopefully lead us to recognize that healthcare is an economic good. Economists would identify a lack of hospital or […]

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As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to be a top focus throughout the country, it is important we do not forget about the selfless service members who dedicate themselves to protecting us all. Throughout my time in Congress, I have considered it a tremendous privilege and responsibility to represent a district that is home to […]

During an appearance on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” on Friday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized the Justice Department for the timing and nature of a report released last week highlighting deficiencies throughout the Alabama Department of Corrections’ prison system. According to a report released last week, “systemic unconstitutional conditions” exist throughout Alabama’s prison […]

The world’s next Nelson Mandela, Bryan Stevenson or Booker T. Washington might just hail from Montgomery, Alabama. Indeed, a generation of remarkable young men is being trained at Valiant Cross Academy, where daily learning is steeped in discipline and self-worth. It seems fitting that the state capitol is home to a school that provides outstanding education while providing boys with strong […]

Modeled on its successful trauma response system, the Alabama Department of Public Health will partner with the University of Alabama at Birmingham to improve a similar system for improved response to stroke across the state. This pioneering effort is a five-year statewide quality improvement initiative that aims to transform the acute stroke care system by coordinating prehospital and inter-facility […]

Jim Bob Rutlin has come home at last. Rutlin is one of the first residents of Union Village, an innovative community in Talladega for low-income blind, deaf and deaf-blind individuals. “It gives me a sense of independence,” said Rutlin, a blind part-time Braille transcriber at the library at the Alabama School for the Deaf.  “It says […]

Known around the world as the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. pastored, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is ingrained in American history. Now known as Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the house of worship has long been a main attraction for travelers from around the world when visiting Montgomery. King became pastor of […]

Incoa Performance Minerals is investing $110.85 million in a new calcium carbonate facility in Theodore that will employ 74 workers over the next five years. The company will sell to U.S. markets high-quality calcium carbonate, a product used as a filler in a variety of products from antacids to paint.

A team of scientists, including Jun Ebersole of the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, announced Wednesday the discovery of two new species of prehistoric shark that lived in the southeastern U.S. millions of years ago.

For someone who really doesn’t care for insects, Hailey Sutton has put her fears behind her to share Alabama’s great outdoors via her increasingly popular “Hiking with Hailey” segments on Montgomery’s WSFA-TV. Sutton, who hails from Red Oak, Texas, has been in Alabama for less than a year after her first TV gig in Montana. […]

U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) on Friday expressed his desire to extend the extra $600 the U.S. government is currently adding to the compensation received by Americans on unemployment. “Unemployment benefits need to be extended. I would favor the 600 but what I really would favor is something that can pass Congress,” said Jones in […]

President Donald Trump is far outpacing his presumed 2020 election opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, in fundraising from Alabamians. Since the beginning of 2019, Trump has received 43,607 contributions from the people of Alabama for a total of $2,554,586.42. In that same timespan, 7,137 contributions from Alabamians have been sent to Biden, totaling $669,471.02. […]

Birmingham-based Southern Research recently announced a significant expansion to its ongoing support of COVID-19 vaccine development.

Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey on Friday gave an update about the reopening plans for public schools across the state. Mackey was speaking remotely during a virtual event hosted by Senator Doug Jones (D-AL). All public school systems across the state have been required to offer a virtual option for the upcoming school year to […]

U.S. Rep. John Lewis will lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday, as part of a "Celebration of Life" for the civil rights icon.

Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan issued a statement supporting the cancellation of the 2020 Republican National Convention celebration in...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a scathing report condemning conditions and conduct of personnel at Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facilities throughout the state. According to the document issued jointly by all three of Alabama’s U.S. Attorneys, Alabama’s prison system was in violation of the Eighth Amendment, citing numerous examples of […]

The Alabama Department of Public Health has added 2,283 coronavirus cases in one day, breaking the previous record of daily cases at 2,164

With a little over 100 days to go until Alabamians go to vote in this year’s general election, they will have an opportunity to reelect incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) or the Republican nominee former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville to represent them in the U.S. Senate for the next six years. Coming […]

Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill has been elected as the Southern Region vice president for the National Association of Secretaries of State.

The Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) notched one more win in what is likely the final chapter of a nearly two-year legal battle over the treatment of its employees under the state’s ethics law. Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid issued an order on Wednesday saying that employees paid from “self-generated” funds are not considered public […]