It’s been nearly two weeks since the state of Alabama ordered so-called non-essential businesses closed, which has had a profound impact on the state’s economy, particularly small businesses. Some small business owners have since cried fouled, noting the one-stop-shop big-box stores that sell groceries and other so-called essential items are allowed to stay open while […]

The employees of On Duty USA have ceased making CDB oil and are instead turning out hand sanitizer by the pallet to meet demand created by the requirements of life in a pandemic. With an office in Birmingham and a manufacturing facility in Kentucky, On Duty USA was founded by Alabamian and U.S. Navy veteran […]

It’s like a recurring nightmare. Thankfully, that bad dream has only occurred once every 10 years or so. Unfortunately, it’s not a dream. For the charter boat fleet and inshore fishing guides along the Alabama Gulf Coast, the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 virus has caused flashbacks to the spring of 2010 and the Deepwater […]

The novel coronavirus has changed many aspects of our day-to-day lives, including trips to the grocery store. Instead of popping by the supermarket to grab what you need for tonight’s dinner, many are now second-guessing their trips and wondering whether it is even safe to go into a store and be exposed, not only to other people, […]

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) on Thursday night hosted the first-ever Small Business Exchange on Alabama Public Television (APT).

Children across Alabama can stop worrying about the impact of the coronavirus on their Easter Sunday holiday because Governor Kay Ivey has declared the Easter Bunny as “essential” during the ongoing pandemic. As such, the bunny can continue to make his yearly deliveries across Alabama as citizens celebrate Easter. In a tweet posted Friday afternoon, […]

Boeing employees in Huntsville are stepping up to 3D-print face shields to ensure frontline medical professionals have what they need to fight coronavirus.

An assistant professor at Auburn University’s veterinary school is set to begin testing vaccine candidates designed to protect against COVID-19. The project is a collaboration with the University of Georgia. The Auburn professor, Dr. Constantinos Kyriakis, has degrees in veterinary medicine and virology. According to a release provided by Auburn, the trial vaccines he is […]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Friday shared with the public an Easter message deeply rooted in her Christian faith. In a video, Ivey begins by acknowledging the strange COVID-19 induced circumstances in which many Alabamians find themselves this Easter season. “I know it is easy to be discouraged with everything that is happening in our […]

The Supreme Court of Alabama on Friday morning released a ruling on the remaining convictions against former House Speaker Mike Hubbard.

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 […]

A new Fox News poll shows that President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are tied with 42 percent each among registered voters, which is a big change from March when Biden leads Trump 49-40 percent. 

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 […]

"And they were sending them all to Miss Terry, aight. She fired me. She said, 'I'm not dealing with your stuff anymore.' So I had to do it on my own."

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 announced that the Alabama Small Business Commission has formed a subcommittee on reopening the state’s economy.

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 […]

Regions Bank announced that it is working with EVERFI to provide over 20 no-cost digital courses to K-12 students in Alabama...