State News

By Mike Cason The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed five bills intended to help more people join the workforce. The bills are part of the “Working for Alabama” package Gov. Kay Ivey and other state officials […]

BY STUART DYOS The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, also known as WIC, has increased their income guidelines and qualifications and more Alabamians now qualify for the food assistance.  “WIC works with […]

By Dennis Pillion Alabama water systems impacted The four systems with PFAS tests that reached over 40 parts per trillion, or more than ten times the new limit, since 2020 are: Centre — a small city […]

By Heather Gann UAB employees are among the many who may be surprised to find how a recent U.S. Labor Department decision may impact their pay and benefits. Specifically, any salaried worker earning less than $55,000 […]

NEWS RELEASE Tuskegee University’s campus improvement drive got a major boost Monday as the university announced an anonymous donation of 20 million dollars towards several campus programs. This marks the second time in four years […]

By Trisha Powell Crain  The Alabama Board of Education has approved the state’s first non-college-based alternative teacher preparation program, a move the schools chief said could help with the state’s teacher shortage. Iteach was one of […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Alabama’s bill to define the sexes passed the House 77 to 24 on Thursday and is now winding its way through the Senate. Two legislators abstained. The bill, HB111, defines the terms “male,” “female,” “boy,” […]

Craig Monger Lawmakers are slated to deliberate this week on legislation to repeal the 2023 law creating a loan program for universities in financial straits after its designed recipient, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), closed its doors […]