Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) announced Monday that he has promoted Alabama native Marshall Yates to serve as his new chief of staff. Yates has been working for Brooks since early 2017, most recently as his legislative director. He has previously held numerous roles on Republican campaigns and other conservative institutions. In a statement, Brooks described […]

Protective Life Foundation has made a $1 million commitment to support both immediate and longer-term coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts. The contribution, announced in a release last month by Protective Life Corporation, will be directed to community partners across its company footprint, providing relief, support and recovery solutions for those who need it most. Protective Life […]

Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon made waves early Sunday with a report he was instructing his deputies not to enforce certain provisions of Gov. Kay Ivey’s so-called “Safer at Home” order that continued to restrict some businesses and church worship activities. Moon’s announcement, first reported by the Cullman Daily News was greeted with accolades statewide, […]

7. Biden denies sexual assault allegation For a little too long, former Vice President Joe Biden stayed silent on the allegation that he sexually assaulted former Senate aide Tara Reade in 1993, and now for the second time he’s said that “it never happened.” Both times took place on MSNBC. While Biden has said that […]

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) achieved a record $109.7 million in research and development expenditures in fiscal year 2019 (FY19), according to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey. The university’s federal research expenditures have increased by 24 percent over two years. UAH had active contracts and research […]

Alabama is 11 days away from the expiration of Governor Kay Ivey’s “Safer at Home” order. The first full weekend under Ivey’s new public health order was welcomed by many businesses granted the freedom to reopen. Some did, some didn’t. At the Shoppes at Eastchase in Montgomery, it was reported that locally-owned stores began to […]

Lamar County Sheriff Hal Allred on Sunday said his department will not enforce the State of Alabama’s current health order. Governor Kay Ivey last week announced her “Safer-At-Home”order, which went into effect on Thursday, April 30, at 5:00 p.m. CT. That order continues to shutter in-person church services, as well as onsite dining and several other […]

State Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) does not mince words when describing the importance of expanding access to broadband in Alabama. “It is a significant statewide issue,” he told Yellowhammer News during a recent conversation. “I consider it a top five issue for Alabama’s future.” Calling broadband a “fundamental infrastructure component,” Reed can easily […]

While bookstores in Alabama were considered nonessential and mandated closed to the public for nearly a month, many owners turned to online sales and curbside deliveries to keep revenues streaming amid what had been more than a decade of steady book business nationwide. Publishers Weekly said Americans paid more than $5 billion to buy nearly […]

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and Alabama Democratic Executive Committee member Lisa Handback take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including: — Did Governor Kay Ivey do the right thing by opening up some of the state while ordering some business remain closed? — The Alabama legislature well meet to discuss budgets. Will […]

State Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy) on Sunday called on the Ivey administration to allow in-person church services and close contact businesses to reopen. In a video, Allen called on State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris to immediately rescind aspects of the current “Safer-At-Home” order, which went into effect on Thursday, April 30, at 5:00 p.m. […]

Would you try an unproven drug to treat COVID-19? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has understandably not approved any drug for this brand-new illness. A willingness to try suggests seriously rethinking FDA regulation of drug effectiveness. The FDA authority to regulate new drug safety dates to the 1930s, with effectiveness regulation added in 1962. […]

Although many in Alabama are not satisfied with the rate at which the state is resuming its return to normalcy in the wake of the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic, State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris indicated he remains certain he is making the proper determinations in plotting that course. Harris took to national TV […]

Orchestra Partners and REV Birmingham have partnered to launch The Parkside Trail, a temporary conversion of First Avenue South into a car-free, multi-use trail modeled after The Open Streets Project. Beginning Saturday, May 2, the First Avenue South corridor between 12th Street and 20th Street will be closed to vehicles and become a multi-use trail […]

The coronavirus may be keeping people at home, but it has not stopped nurses from providing prenatal and postnatal care to first-time mothers in need. The program, which has been in the Birmingham area for almost three years, connects nurses who support pregnant women having their first baby. The nurses provide weekly or biweekly home […]

After an abrupt end to the spring semester, Alabama’s colleges and universities started announcing their plans for reopening in the coming months. Here is a rundown of where things stand for several of the state’s colleges and universities. University of Alabama System Chancellor Finis St. John outlined his system’s intent to return to campuses this […]

Last week, Gov. Kay Ivey announced a loosening of restrictions on businesses and activities initially put in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. However, not included among those were opening of barbershops, hair salons, nail salons and massage parlors, indoor dining at bars and restaurants and worship services at churches and other religious institutions. […]

Add Twinkle Cavanaugh to the growing list of leaders sounding the alarm over China’s role on the world stage. “China has set out to weaken America, and it is has become more apparent that we need to take a more firm stand on protecting ourselves economically,” the president of Alabama’s Public Service Commission recently told […]

“I grew up in the house next door to where I live now so I know most of the residents,” said Darlena Battle, vice president of the Fountain Heights neighborhood association and who is in the Corporate Affairs department at Alabama Power. “I choose to remain in this neighborhood. I want to make a positive impact […]

When the University of South Alabama discovered USA Health and other health care providers faced a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the initial outbreak of COVID-19, the university reached out to the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and area businesses for help. “They found out what PPE they might need,” said David Rodgers, vice president of Economic Development at […]

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) on Saturday called on Governor Kay Ivey’s administration to reopen the state. Ainsworth has been an outspoken leader on prudently reopening Alabama’s economy, with his Alabama Small Business Commission Emergency Task Force’s “Subcommittee to Reopen the Economy” weeks ago releasing its “Reopening Alabama Responsibly Phase One” plan that would have seen […]

The corporations in the Yellowhammer State listed on the New York Stock Exchange have not received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) meant for companies with less than 500 employees, according to a database compared by the financial website FactSquared. Alabama is home to the headquarters of 16 publicly traded companies as of 2019, […]

As of Thursday at 5 p.m. last week, many businesses in Alabama were allowed to reopen with some conditions, as the state’s shutdown order resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic subsided. However, some things were not allowed to reopen just yet, including churches, restaurants and bars. During a radio interview with Huntsville’s WVNN on Friday, State […]

You might say William Carter has always had basketball in his sole. He has not only spent a lifetime playing and coaching the sport, he has devoted a large part of his life to collecting basketball shoes and sneakers because of his love of the sport and the great players of the game. Carter has […]