Will Davis: It’s time to end the Diversity Visa Lottery program
Following the terrorist attack in New York City on Halloween, by a radical Muslim that killed eight people, President Donald Trump has been leading...
Bye bye birdie — creepy bird sculpture relocated in Alabama from...
For over a decade, a creepy 13-foot tall bronze dove statue has graced the the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College.
Named "Violata Pax Dove" or the...
Amazon threat causes shakeout in the health care industry
Amazon.com Inc. is casting a long shadow over the health care industry.
The prospect of the giant internet retailer entering the business is beginning to...
Bradley Byrne: Honoring our veterans
On November 11, we will celebrate Veterans Day and honor those who have served our nation. This is a day set aside to share...
Kay Ivey: To beat hunger, we’re all on the same team
In about three weeks, one of the best rivalries and college sporting events in the nation will take place right here in Alabama: The...
Martha Roby: Honor veterans in your hometown
In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, the armistice ending World War I was signed. Originally...
Alabama Arise opposes new GOP tax cut plan
A statewide nonprofit policy think tank that advocates for low-income families in Alabama has come out in opposition to the newly unveiled GOP tax...
Birmingham named one of Livability.com’s best places to retire, 2017
Today’s seniors are in search of a lifestyle as diverse and dynamic as they are. While many folks will choose to remain where they’ve...
Year-to-date Alabama home sales up 6.5 percent through September
Sales: Alabama home sales totaling 4,689 units during September were a decrease of 1 percent from the same month a year ago. Year-to-date, 2017 sales remained 6.5...
SPLC pushes back against Kay Ivey’s Drug Task Force decision
On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the state will use $1.3 million in federal grant money to establish a new statewide drug task force...
Personnel note: Balch lobbyist Williams Stiers jumps to Maynard Cooper
After 20 years with Balch & Bingham, William Stiers has joined another Alabama firm, Maynard Cooper & Gale.
The University of Alabama grad brings with him over 30 years...
Alabama delegations weighs in on GOP’s massive tax cut plan
As congressional Republicans unveiled a sweeping tax reform plan on Thursday, Alabama’s congressional delegation by and large came out in support of it.
While 5th District...
Will taxpayers statewide be on the hook for new beach bridge?
Usually, local Town Halls are primarily about issues only relevant to those in that area. That’s not always the case. An upcoming Town Hall meeting...
Kay Ivey awards $1.3 million to establish new statewide Drug Task...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is convening a new drug task force that will operate throughout the state in cooperation with local and state law...
Birmingham Southern, UAB ranked among top Ala. universities in survey
With years of state budget cuts to higher education adversely affecting the cost and quality of schools and research showing that public institutions can...
Terri Sewell promotes ACA health care open enrollment period
Alabamians who wish buy insurance on the individual market could start signing-up for plans Wednesday and Alabama's 7th District U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell wants...
Daniel Sutter: A merger for a stronger future?
Troy Bank and Trust and First National Bank of Brundidge recently announced a merger. Both are community banks, meaning locally owned banks with assets...
Mike Rogers: Making our broken tax code simpler and fairer for...
As most folks across East Alabama have seen in the news lately, President Donald Trump and Congress are working together to help make our...
Grant program to provide healthy foods to underserved Alabama communities now...
In 2015, the Alabama legislature passed a law, the Alabama’s Healthy Food Financing Act, to establish a statewide program to provide financing to increase the...
Newt Gingrich throws support behind Roy Moore’s Senate bid
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has picked up the endorsement of yet another big name in Republican politics in his bid to be...
