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Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after a career as a head football coach at Auburn and three other major college programs, announced Tuesday that he is running for governor of Alabama next year -
The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide by teaching computer skills to older rural Alabamians. Trump calls the plan racist and is acting to end it. The act also distributed laptops in rural Iowa and worked to get people get back online in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones. -
The 2025 hurricane season starts this weekend. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say there’s a sixty percent of an above average number of major storms this year. Up to five named hurricanes are expected during the season. -
A new Alabama study of hurricane-affected homes sends a clear message to insurers and homeowners nationwide: climate-resilient construction methods can protect homes, and save a lot of money. The first-of-its-kind analysis, released this week, reviews thousands of insurance claims linked to Hurricane Sally, which struck Alabama's coast in 2020 with wind speeds up to 105 miles per hour. -
Donald Trump threatened a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a 25% tariff on smartphones unless those products are made in America. Alabama has a stake in the outcome. -
Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones is reportedly interested in running for Governor of Alabama, as is former Secretary of State John Merrill. Another name may be U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville -
The group launched by Elon Musk to cut federal spending in the second Trump administration is targeting some U.S. Census Bureau surveys it claims are "wasteful," worrying users of federal data who are already concerned about the health of the nation's statistical infrastructure. While this goes on, tests next year for the 2030 census are slated for six places including Huntsville -
Rural Alabamians southwest of Huntsville will have drive longer distances for health care starting today. Lawrence Medical Center in the town of Moulton says it’s closing its emergency room. Residents of this Lawrence County community will have to travel to Decatur or Huntsville for treatment. -
Fans of an Alabama jazz pioneer are celebrating his life this week. The first ever so-called Sun Ra* Festival runs through Saturday. Birmingham native Herman Blout changed his name to Sun Ra and went onto to inspire modern musical groups like Outkast, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, and Widespread Panic. -
With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don't think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton. -
The Alabama based Southern Poverty Law Center is out with its annual study known as the Year in Hate and Extremism report. The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped slightly in 2024, not because of any shrinking influence but rather the opposite. -
Memorial Day is next week and that means the start of Alabama’s summer tourism season. Budget cuts from the new Trump administration and beach safety may seem miles apart. But concerns are being raised about how safe Alabama’s beaches may be when visitors flock to the state’s Gulf coast. The Washington Post reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scrambling to fill forecasting job ahead of the June first start of the Hurricane season. APR explains these forecasts are also for Alabama beach goers and the lifeguards that look after them
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An Alabama state judge ruled that a lawsuit accusing Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed. The consolidated lawsuits filed by eight families say that the Alabama Department of Corrections illegally allowed the University of Alabama at Birmingham to study the organs of their deceased incarcerated relatives without the consent of the next of kin. -
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis. Towana Looney's doctors removed the organ on April 4 after her body began rejecting it. -
China has announced countermeasures by raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday. This may further worsen the situation for Alabama exports to the communist nation. The U.S China Business Council says Alabama sent $4 billion in consumer products to Beijing in 2024. That doesn’t count $4 million in exported Alabama services that may soon face tariffs as well. -
An Alabama teen who narrowly survived a fierce shark attack last year said she hopes a proposed alert system before state lawmakers can help keep others safe in the water. Lulu Gribbin, now 16, was one of three people bitten by a shark last year, during a string of attacks off the Florida Panhandle. -
Former University of Alabama student Nick Dunlap had seen some big numbers start creeping into his game before he arrived at the Masters. Nothing could have prepared the Huntsville native for the amount of strokes he'd take in eighteen holes -
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed Senate Bill 40, also known as the Houston Hunter Act, into law. The act, named after Army veteran Houston Tumlin and Marine veteran Hunter Whitley who both lost their lives to suicide, aims to prevent veteran suicides by placing holds on firearms between individuals and federal firearm licensees and creates the Storing Ammunition and Firearms to Enhance Resilience Together Program. -
NeighborFest is a free festival that will highlight community connections and homeownership in Birmingham. The event, hosted by the City of Birmingham and GROWTH Homes aims to equip attendees with home buying knowledge through workshops and offering information on the process. NeighborFest will also have live entertainment, food vendors and a marketplace. -
The Trump administration’s new Secretary of Education is settling into her new job. Linda McMahon says part of her agenda is winding down this cabinet level agency as Donald Trump vows to dismantle it. That has educators and the general public watching to see what happens next to program like Title IX that guarantees equal treatment for women in sports and education. One person who might be impacted is easy to spot, with her sombrero, handlebar moustache, and bib overalls… -
Alabama exports to China may almost double in price soon. The communist nation is vowing to impose an eighty four percent tax on U.S. imports in retaliation to Donald Trump’s fifty percent tariff. The U.S. China Business Council says Alabama exported four billion dollars in products to China last year. -
The dust is barely settled on the college mens basketball season and now Alabama football is back in the limelight. The Crimson Tide’s modified spring scrimmage known as A-Day is this Saturday. It’s a practice session now instead of a full-blown game. While Alabama fans line up to watch this weekend’s modified A-Day game, the gears are turning on what may be a changing landscape in college athletics. -
Alabama lawmakers voted to put new regulations on pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to curb the closure of small pharmacies across the state. The state House of Representatives voted 102-0 for the proposal that will require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse independent pharmacists at least at the state Medicaid rate for prescription drugs. The bill now goes to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey. -
Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South attempt to stem high maternal and infant mortality rates. The "presumptive eligibility" legislation states that Medicaid will pay for a pregnant woman's outpatient medical care for up to 60 days while an application for the government-funded insurance program is being considered.
