Citing a Yellowhammer News article outlining the significant losses UAB Hospital is facing, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume remarked that the facility is suffering under measures originally intended to ease the COVID-19 burden. UAB Hospital is projected to lose about $70 million per month under restrictions preventing elective procedures and many other clinical […]

Alabama rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed the first national security space mission for the U.S. Space Force last month. ULA released footage of the launch showing stunning views of the Earth and space from a camera perched atop the rocket. From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, ULA’s Atlas V rocket […]

The Hyundai manufacturing plant in Montgomery is resuming work on a partial basis this week after being shut down for over four weeks due to coronavirus precautions. The plant will operate one shift per day for the remainder of the week, and will resume operations at full capacity next week, according to reports Monday from […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital will soon deploy a mobile coronavirus testing unit that will drive to Birmingham neighborhoods and provide testing to local citizens. “Not all patients in Birmingham … want to or can come to a downtown drive-thru testing site. So we want to be able to go to them, and […]

Senator Doug Jones told Alabamians not to "listen to the politicians" regarding the coronavirus pandemic, before specifically referring to President Trump.

It is widely expected that Governor Kay Ivey will take to a podium tomorrow and announce that Alabama is about to be open for business — sort of. Make no mistake, it is time to start rolling towards a full reopening of Alabama’s economy but it won’t happen overnight. Alabamians did what they were asked […]

With Governor Kay Ivey’s stay-at-home order set to expire in three days, the number of Alabamians who have filed unemployment claims during the COVID-19 shutdown has now eclipsed 344,000. The latest round of unemployment data from the Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) shows 66,432 of the state’s residents filed a claim during the week ending […]

U.S. Representative Mo Brooks’ (R-Huntsville) longtime chief of staff Mark Pettitt will retire from his position by June 5, according to a release from Brooks’ office on Monday. Pettitt has served as the head of Brooks’ staff since 2011 when the congressman first entered the House. The two men have known each other since they […]

Medical Place, a BCA member based, has donated $100,000 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for coronavirus (COVID-19) related research.

The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reopened Monday, allowing small businesses in Alabama to apply for loans to keep themselves afloat during the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The program had been closed after exhausting its initial supply of money, and the reopening was delayed due to congressional infighting. The program now has […]

Gov. Kay Ivey is set to make an announcement Tuesday regarding how the state will reopen its economy, according to the majority whip of the Alabama...

Birmingham-based HPM recently announced the hiring of industry veteran Bruce Quisno as the company’s newest senior program development manager, according to a release from the company. Founded in 1997, HPM provides comprehensive guidance to clients on the construction and development process and offers “a one-stop approach to complete program management and owner’s representation.” HPM says […]

"By the end of the fiscal year, which is September 30, we will have lost about $230 million," UAB Medicine CEO Will Ferniany advised.

As election politics have taken a back seat as Alabama grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl, a candidate for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s First Congressional District election, is using his campaign platform to urge action against China. In a letter released to the public on Monday, Carl called on Alabama […]

Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus and dies is listed as a coronavirus death, no matter the actual cause

Alabama is a mere three days away from the expiration of Governor Kay Ivey’s stay-at-home order. In the weeks and months to come, there will undoubtedly be a study of how effective the state’s measures have been using data such as confirmed cases, reported deaths, unemployment, hospitalizations, bankruptcies, business closings and tax receipts. On the […]

Do not let coronavirus fears keep you from medical care, say emergency room physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “One unfortunate result of the novel coronavirus pandemic is that people are scared to go to an emergency room when they have a medical issue that requires emergency care,” said Erik Hess, M.D., interim chair […]

Shawn Fitzwater was confident his latest mural wouldn’t hang around very long. “If I got in trouble over it,” the owner of Fitz Hand Painted Signs said, “I could easily cover it up.” But a funny thing happened on the painter’s trip to buy whitewash. The feel-good message of his mural – We Are All In This […]

As an active volunteer with the Alabama Power Service Organization, Erica Wells typically would have her hands full right now. “This time of year is normally very busy for us volunteering at events,” Wells said. “I’m used to doing that. I get that from my parents. I’m used to doing something.” That all changed last month […]

Jackson closes the show with a “parting shot” at Alabama's "elite" media who aren't really all that elite, they are irrelevant and wrong about everything.

It will not be one single thing that determines when Alabama will open back up for business, but several different things according to State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris. On this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” when asked by host Don Dailey about Alabama’s neighbor Georgia moving forward with reopening, Harris explained […]

We have experienced unprecedented economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing policies. Twenty-two million Americans lost jobs in four weeks. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis projects potentially 30% unemployment and a 50% decline in GDP by June. This looks like a depression, but is it really? A recession or depression is […]

Like many state governments, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has made COVID-19/coronavirus statistical information available on a dashboard website, complete with the statewide totals and county-by-county totals. Last week, the ADPH changed how it classified virus deaths, which, according to reports, was done to conform to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) National […]

During the COVID-19 outbreak, many companies are wrestling with the challenges of travel bans and social distancing practices, but one Birmingham firm is offering a way to keep business operations going through mobile augmented reality technology. Help Lightning’s high-tech solution allows technicians to remotely guide on-site equipment repairs and perform other mission-critical tasks for customers […]