Congressman Bradley Byrne delivered a report to Gov. Kay Ivey outlining recommendations to reopen the economy in Alabama's First Congressional District...

The Alabama Farmers Federation announced the launch of Alabama FarmCorps, connecting farmers who need labor with military personnel looking for work...

Ala. Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the creation of a state-federal task force to investigate financial crimes related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Anyone in the Montgomery area can now nominate frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic to be publicly recognized as a hero...

Auburn University football coach Gus Malzahn on Tuesday evening took to social media to make light of a recent rule change by the NCAA that, if it were in effect in 2019, would have prevented a key Tigers field goal at the end of the first half of the Iron Bowl. Auburn won the 2019 […]

Magnet schools in Montgomery & Huntsville along with traditional schools from suburbs like Mountain Brook, Madison and Vestavia Hills dominated rankings of Alabama's best public high schools...

Medicaid expansion proponents have offered very little guidance in their approach to funding those costs, according to State Sen. Cam Ward.

Crimson Tide point guard Kira Lewis officially declared his intention to enter the NBA draft on Tuesday, ending his career in Tuscaloosa after two seasons. Lewis announced the decision on Twitter where he thanked, among others, his coaches, teammates and fans. Earlier in the spring, Lewis had taken the first steps towards entering the draft […]

The National Institute for Early Education Research ranked Alabama First Class Pre-K as the nation’s highest quality program for the 14th consecutive year.

Alabama Gov. Ivey said that the stay-at-home order will stay in place until the end of the month. 

I was in fifth grade on the first Earth Day. There was an abandoned earth mover in the woods near my elementary school, and Mrs. Fields’ social studies class painted it with bright colors to improve our visual environment. It was 1970, Richard Nixon was president, and later that year would establish the Environmental Protection […]

The countdown to reopening Alabama’s economy is underway. Between now and then, state and local officials and business owners will continue to address the ways in which operation will have to change in order to contain the spread of COVID-19. Eight days. The stay-at-home order issued by Governor Kay Ivey expires in eight days. At […]

The notorious Drake Passage between Antarctica and South America was pummeling our research ship with 25- to 30-foot waves and gale-force winds gusting to 60 knots. Our team of 24 American scientists and science support staff had departed the U.S. Palmer Research Station on the western Antarctic Peninsula on March 16, 2020, aboard the RV […]

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed the “Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Health Care Enhancement Act,” a $484 billion measure that provides additional funding to further assist small businesses, hospitals and frontline medical professionals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The legislation, which now goes to the House, passed the Senate via unanimous consent. This came after […]

Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong offered a positive outlook for his county’s fight against COVID-19 and outlined some of the measures the county is prepared to implement in anticipation of a return to work. At a Tuesday news conference conducted jointly by the county and the City of Huntsville, Strong expressed his belief that […]

Congressman Robert Aderholt on Tuesday delivered a letter to Governor Kay Ivey summarizing his district's recommendations on reopening Alabama's economy.

MONTGOMERY — As information about the new coronavirus comes at a furious pace, at times offering conflicting and confusing advice, the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology, the Medical Association of Alabama and the American Academy of Ophthalmology want to share what we know right now about protecting your vision and your health during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

As Gov. Kay Ivey and her administration continue to work through the process of reopening Alabama’s economy, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) urges a continued “measured approach.” Earlier on Tuesday, Ivey told the media she was still working through a timeline to reopen, warning that there was not enough testing capability in Alabama. “We’re […]

Governor Kay Ivey has announced that she does not plan to reopen up the state today or anytime this week. In fact, when asked, public health officials made it clear they were going to try to abide by the Trump administration’s guidelines of 14 days of declining new coronavirus infections and ample testing. With this […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has opened a parking lot on campus to provide “Drive-in Wi-Fi” for UAB students and K-12 students who need access to a Wi-Fi network. UAB Information Technology has launched a website, go.uab.edu/freewifi, highlighting free Wi-Fi access points in the Birmingham area. “We want to do everything we can to ensure students at UAB and […]

Governor Kay Ivey did not announce a timeline for reopening Alabama's economy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Our nation is under attack from an invisible enemy. We are at war with the coronavirus. It has brought our powerful economy to a halt and millions have lost their jobs. It has closed our schools and forced almost every American to live under state government mandated stay at home orders. Worse, […]

A new coronavirus stimulus package, “phase 3.5,” will be a $470 billion package that’ll include funding for coronavirus testing, hospitals, economic disaster loans, and the Payment Protection Program, and details should be finalized today. 

As Congress closes in on a deal to provide additional relief funds for small businesses, the stimulus money cannot come too soon, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). NFIB, which touts itself as the nation’s leading advocate for small business, released the results of a survey revealing that 80% of businesses still […]