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Auburn head men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl on Friday was announced as a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year.
As Alabama continues to enjoy having record-low unemployment given a robust economy, one of the problems some industries are facing is an inability to find workers required. With the race for the U.S. Senate in the primary runoff stage between former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions underway, […]
Now that the race for the Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race is down to two, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville, the campaign rhetoric is expected to immediately heat up with just 25 days to go until Republicans head to the polls once again to […]
Governor Kay Ivey has established a task force to deal with the imminent arrival of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus. The group is mostly composed of high-level officials from the government of Alabama’s executive and legislative branches. It also includes health experts from Alabama’s universities and high-level private sector executives whose industries will be […]
Tuberville vs. 'the swamp': Ad hits Sessions over 'portraying himself as Donald Trump’s best friend'
Former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville rolled out a video ad doubling down on his core campaign theme of running against "the swamp."
U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) called the comments “inappropriate,” but added that “people who know Chuck know he was not threatening violence of any type.”
The Alabama Technology Foundation (ATF) is hosting its first-ever conference this spring in Montgomery. From April 22-24 at the Renaissance in Alabama’s capital city, people interested in the future of technology in the Yellowhammer State will be able to gather and better inform themselves. The gathering has been named the “Alabama Business Technology Conference.” The […]
Turning Point USA founder and executive director Charlie Kirk will hold a book signing event on Thursday in the Birmingham metropolitan area.
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) said Thursday in a news release that he is “pleased” with the passage of the emergency supplemental funding package he helped author that will provide funds to help fight the spread of the coronavirus and treat victims. The effort passed the House of Representatives Wednesday by a vote of 415-2; […]
The Alabama Legislature on Thursday held a joint session of both chambers to honor the famed Tuskegee Airmen, including Brigadier Gen. Charles McGee.
Throughout the day on Wednesday, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was criticized for remarks he had made outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. that appeared to be an attack on Supreme Court Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. “I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, […]
Fledging, a young computer hardware company based in Birmingham, announced a new device charger on Thursday that they claim is smaller and more efficient than the rest of its competitors on the market. The name of the charger is the VITE. The company is seeking to crowdfund the device’s manufacture and distribution. Fledging says that […]
Club for Growth Action, the federal super PAC associated with the Washington, D.C.- based Club for Growth, is going up with a 30-second spot critical of Mobile County Commission Jerry Carl, a Republican candidate for Congress in Alabama’s first congressional district. Carl finished ahead of former State Sen. Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) by 1,226 votes out […]
Iron Tribe started in a Homewood garage because some friends wanted to improve their fitness – together. A decade later, Iron Tribe has grown to 30 locations in 11 states, including eight gyms in Alabama. The mission remains the same: create fitness communities that change lives. No matter your age or fitness level, find your […]
The failure of Amendment One is a story of idealism trumping reality. On Tuesday, residents of Alabama denied Amendment One. The constitutional amendment, which would have shifted the State Board of Education from popularly elected positions to ones appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate, received a “YES” vote from only 25% […]
Trump shared the results of the primary on Twitter, while slamming his former Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Republican Jerry Carl’s campaign for Congress received an endorsement from former competitor Wes Lambert on Wednesday. Lambert, a restauranteur who lives in Spanish Fort, finished fourth place on Tuesday night in the Republican primary for Alabama’s First Congressional District. Carl, a Mobile County commissioner, placed first in the primary by a slim margin over former […]
U.S. Senator Doug Jones voted against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and then received thousands in campaign cash from pro-choice activists.
Those who are mad at Sessions over his recusal are already mad at him and those, who like I, believe his recusal was OK will not hold that against Sessions
Alabama senior U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced Wednesday that he and a bipartisan group from both houses of Congress have struck a deal to spend $7.767 billion to fight the coronavirus and help treat its victims. The funds are more than triple the original request by the Trump administration, which was $2.5 billion. According […]
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Alabama’s economic development successes in 2019 earned the state a pair of Top 10 rankings in “Site Selection” magazine’s annual Governor’s Cups analysis. Alabama ranked No. 6 among the states in projects per capita, a measurement that places smaller states on a more level playing field in the “Site Selection” analysis. The […]
Wiregrass businessman Jeff Coleman and former State Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) are heading to a runoff in Alabama's Second Congressional District.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Glassdoor both published rankings recently that mentioned the Birmingham area of Alabama as one of the nation’s hottest job markets. WSJ did a number of calculations on America’s 53 metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 people, and Birmingham came in with the 12th lowest unemployment rate at 3.0%. Glassdoor.com, […]

