The Supreme Court of Alabama on Friday morning released a ruling on the remaining convictions against former House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn). Hubbard was originally convicted in 2016 on 12 of 23 ethics charges brought against him by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. One of those 12 convictions was reversed by the Alabama Court of […]

Most of the elected leadership in Alabama state government, dominated by Republicans, have outright rejected Medicaid expansion. They have argued such a move to expand Medicaid roles would be too much of a burden on state finances. The same will likely be true, even more so as lawmakers will be dealing with a significantly altered […]

Although there have been some hiccups in the early stages of the implementation of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus/COVID-19, known as the CARES Act, Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) says her office is available to lend support to individuals if needed. During an interview with Huntsville radio WVNN’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Roby discussed […]

7. Huntsville synagogue vandalized Conservative synagogue Etz Chayim was vandalized with racial slurs, one of the slurs being one used by Holocaust deniers and swastikas during Passover.  The Jewish Federation of Huntsville and North Alabama has released a statement, saying that anyone who would do this “is the lowest of the low.” The Huntsville Police […]

After a rocky start to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), economic stimulus money has finally started to flow to small businesses in the Yellowhammer State. How much money has reached its intended targets is still unknown. The Paycheck Protection Program is a $350 billion relief effort administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The money […]

The Yellowhammer State enters day 29 under Governor Kay Ivey’s order declaring a state of emergency. As a few other areas of the country, most notably New York City, are seeing the effects from more serious outbreaks, attention in Alabama is beginning to turn toward getting back to work. Just as (projected) numbers fueled the […]

In an interview with ESPN’s Maria Taylor this week, University of Alabama Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban discussed how he is coping with the temporary new normal of working remotely. In a clip posted on social media, Taylor first asked Saban if he uses FaceTime. “Yeah, we do Zoom, we do FaceTime,” Saban […]

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday called for the United States government to stop funding the World Health Organization (WHO), and demanded the organization’s leader resign. “The World Health Organization (WHO) is broken and corrupt. Its response to the Wuhan Virus pandemic was a failure of historic proportions,” said Sessions in a statement. Sessions […]

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle has issued a strong statement condemning the recent acts of vandalism at the Etz Chayim Synagogue in Huntsville. “This despicable act took place on the first night of Passover, one of the most important religious times in the Jewish year,” began Battle, in a statement released Thursday. “We seek to find […]

Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth (R-AL) on Thursday announced that the Alabama Small Business Commission Emergency Task Force has formed a new subcommittee on reopening the state’s economy. The subcommittee plans to present a plan to Governor Kay Ivey and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris by April 17. The subcommittee on reopening Alabama’s economy will […]

An Auburn University associate professor of animal sciences on Thursday urged the public not to self medicate with the drug Ivermectin to treat the coronavirus. A small study in Australia has shown Ivermectin to be effective in treating COVID-19 at the cellular level, but only in Petri dishes in sterilized lab conditions. Ivermectin is commonly […]

We are in the midst of a historic and unprecedented event. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 will be one for the history books. How will history judge our response to this crisis? Certainly, we as a nation and as a health system were unprepared for a pandemic of this magnitude. It has exposed the flaws […]

There will be a time in the future where countries will analyze the policy in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most governments, including the United States, took their marching orders from the medical and healthcare communities choosing widespread lockdown and shelter in place mentalities. These decisions were largely adopted based on pandemic models that have […]

A search engine that returns information about COVID-19 in Alabama has been added to the state’s coronavirus information hub, according to a release from Governor Kay Ivey’s office on Thursday morning. The function can be accessed at covid19.alabama.gov, where citizens can also find information on every aspect of Alabama’s efforts to respond to the ongoing […]

Birmingham-based Regions Bank on Thursday announced that it is working with EVERFI to provide more than 20 no-cost digital courses to K-12 students across the Regions footprint, including Alabama. EVERFI is known as a leader in social impact education innovation, and the latest announcement builds upon the Regions/EVERFI relationship that impacted more than 17,000 high schoolers, […]

Robins & Morton, a construction company based in Birmingham, has been selected by the Army Corps. of Engineers to convert a Miami convention center into a 450-bed field hospital. They have two weeks to complete the task. The selection of Robins & Morton was announced Wednesday at a press conference by representatives from the Army […]

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) will present the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television (APT) tonight, Thursday, April 9. This event, as previously reported by Yellowhammer News, is designed to help Alabama small businesses applying for federal stimulus funding under the new CARES Act. BCA will bring together experts in business, banking, accounting […]

The Alabama Department of Labor on Wednesday began attaching $600 extra dollars to most unemployment benefits in accordance with funding provided by the recent $2.2 trillion federal stimulus bill also known as the CARES Act. The $600 has been termed the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC). Per the Department, just over $40 million of FPUC […]

The coronavirus pandemic has prevented a set of unforeseen challenges that almost no government official in the upper echelons of an executive could have imagined. Included among those are challenges deciding the whats and when of closures, which could have profound economic impacts. In Alabama, State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville), while acknowledging his reluctance to […]

Business Council of Alabama is the go-to resource to ensure your small business gets its share of the relief funds. Join Business Council of Alabama president and CEO Katie Boyd Britt and a panel of experts Thursday night for the Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television. They’ll take your phone calls and answer your […]

7. Apparently, the coronavirus only strikes at night Mobile has put out a city-wide curfew from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. that prohibits anyone who isn’t going to their essential job from being out. Fairhope’s city council voted on whether to adopt this same curfew but voted it down.  Council President Jack Burrell said he […]

In recent days, some of the doom and gloom resulting from the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Alabama has given way to optimism. Among those with an optimistic disposition regarding the state’s handling of COVID-19 and the state’s economy is Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville). During an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Wednesday, […]

It has now been 28 days since Gov. Kay Ivey issued an order declaring a state of emergency in Alabama due to the coronavirus outbreak. For most, it feels much longer ago. Here is the latest info, by the numbers.

The irresponsibility of the media, national public health officials and China has effectively destroyed our economy, individual businesses and American lives. It is time to look for the exit ramp. On March 14, Ramsey Archibald, son of John Archibald, was responsible for a completely ridiculous piece of video that rightly scared the heck out of […]