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A new round of grants from the federal government will pay out $78 million across 12 states and 13 tribal nations, hoping to reduce energy bills for rural people and create new renewable energy projects, the Biden administration announced. The money will help fund 19 projects in Alaska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Maine and elsewhere, funded by the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed into law by President Biden in 2021. The amount of money being pumped into renewable energy sources over th...
Charging an electric car can seem like a daunting task. Charging locations can be unreliable and sparse, and range anxiety remains a common fear for new electric vehicle (EV) drivers. But Tesla makes charging easy for its drivers. The automaker now offers a healthy lineup of cars, from the entry-level Model 3 to the range-topping flagship Cybertruck. All Tesla vehicles use the same North American Charging Standard (NACS) charge port and can be charged at home or on the road at a Tesla...
Weather experts have warned that the 2024 hurricane season could be especially destructive. The U.S. could see five to eight hurricane impacts, three to five of those major, according to the forecasting service WeatherBELL Analytics. Homeowners in some hurricane-prone states already face the highest home insurance rates in the country. Astronomical costs from hurricane damage claims contribute to Florida's average annual home insurance rate of nearly $11,000. Louisiana, the second-most...
Southeastern Conference football cranks up the 2024 season starting this weekend - August 31. The Alabama Gazette panelists ranked the SEC and found Georgia to be the class of the SEC. 4 of the 5 panelists picked Georgia to finish the regular season in first place in the SEC. Luisa Reyes was the lone vote picking Alabama. Texas was second, followed by Alabama. Historically that would be a disappointing year for Tide fans, but with the 12 team playoff format this year, third place will get you a...
(August 28, 2024) Last week Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s then-VP running mate, said "The hesitation we have right now in joining forces with Trump is that he has not apologized or publicly come out and said Operation Warp Speed was his fault.” Shortly thereafter, Bobby Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed President Trump. Over the weekend, while the Dems were scrambling to recover from the shivving RFK Jr gave to Kamala’s campaign, one of the things they tried to latch onto was Shana...
Vacations are, in theory, a break from the daily grind — a chance to unwind, explore new places and recharge mentally and physically. In practice, though, vacations can also bring about stressors and even take an unexpected toll on mental health. Research shows that planning a trip, traveling to your destination, and being on vacation elicit stress for many travelers. According to a 2012 national study, the most stressful part of vacation for many people is planning, especially for those t...
Hollywood has long had a vision of what a great American town looks like. From "It's a Wonderful Life" to "Pleasantville," the cities emblazoned in our minds as nurturing spots to settle down and raise families all have a triad of things in common: single-family homes, low crime, and great schools. With the median home price creeping to $420,000 this spring, more Americans are wondering where they can get a slice of that dream, so moveBuddha crunched the numbers to see where it's still in...
More than 30 million school-aged children's menus will change in fall 2025 to reflect the latest dietary guidelines recommended by the U.S. government. Their new fare will limit added sugars in cereals and yogurts—increasingly over time—and reduce sodium in school breakfasts by 10% and lunches by 15% starting July 1, 2027. "Like teachers, classrooms, books, and computers, nutritious school meals are an essential part of the school environment, and when we raise the bar for school meals, it emp...
Over the past few weeks, cases of rabies in wildlife have exposed several pets. In the city limits of Hokes Bluff in Etowah County, a raccoon positive for rabies was found inside a fenced yard. Three dogs in the yard were exposed to rabies. In early August in Sylacauga, Talladega County, a bat positive for rabies was found on a front porch and a cat was likely exposed. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reminds the public that rabies is a viral disease that can be fatal if...
With summer unofficially over this week and Labor Day soon, election season will really begin in earnest. The November election is just around the corner, which means the candidates are about to spend all of their campaign funds to get out the vote. And with over 3.8 million voters in the Alabama, there is a lot of work to do in the coming weeks. With the election on November 5th, there is a little more than eight weeks for these candidates to persuade voters that they are the right person for t...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $2.975 million to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Maternal Mortality Review Program (MMRP) over five years through the ERASE MM Grant to expand support to Alabama's Maternal Mortality Review Committee (AL-MMRC).). The AL-MMRC was established in 2018 under the leadership of the ADPH Bureau of Family Health Services. The committee is composed of experts and stakeholders who are familiar with the unique aspects of...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AUG. 28, 2024) – Team TERMINUS from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, successfully launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designed by the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC). The student packages were launched as part of the NASA RockSat-X program, a flight that soared to an altitude of 100 miles from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops I...
On Saturday, NASA announced that it was concerned enough with the problems on the Alabama made Boeing Starliner that when it leaves the International Space Station (ISS) NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will not be on board. Instead Butch and Suni will wait for SpaceX to send up one of their Dragon spaceships. Butch and Suni will join that crew and remain at the ISS until their return in February. The two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on June 6, expecting...
On Monday, longtime TV and radio sports journalist John Longshore spoke to the Montgomery Kiwanis Club about the upcoming college football season. Longshore predicted that after 2026 there would be another round of conference realignment and that the SEC would not take Clemson and Florida State because Florida and South Carolina like being the only SEC teams in their respective states. Longshore said that the SEC's long-term expansion interests are in Notre Dame and North Carolina. Longshore...
The Alabama Gazette panel unanimously voted to pick Alabama and Auburn to win their SEC openers. The Tigers will be hosting Alabama A&M on Saturday; while Alabama will host Western Kentucky. The SEC game of the week is Georgia hosting Clemson. The panelists all predicted that Georgia would win; though Luisa Reyes said that she would not be surprised if Clemson wins. The panelists are all predicting that Notre Dame will defeat Texas A&M at College Station. All the panelists also agreed that...
The Alabama Department of Public Healt currently accepting proposals to collaborate with qualified organizations in Alabama to affect social norm changes around tobacco use and protect youth from nicotine initiation and exposure to secondhand smoke. The program anticipates awarding up to nine grants ranging from $50,000 to $75,000. The required scope of work will include promoting community environments that protect elementary, middle, and high school-aged children from exposure to secondhand...
Divorce rates say a lot about who we are as a society. Trends in how unions dissolve reflect the social, economic, and cultural characteristics that define our time. Divorce rates have shifted over time, introducing new insights into why modern couples decide to end their marriage. LegalZoom reports that there are two ways to measure divorce rates: - Crude divorce rates measure the number of divorces per 1,000 people - Refined divorce rates measure the number of divorces per 1,000 married...
You may have heard that red cars have the highest insurance costs. This is often stated as a fact, with the explanation that police officers view people with red cars as more reckless and likely to speed. It is important to know that this is a misconception. Red cars cost the same to insure as any other color car and are not more expensive to insure. In fact, it is only in certain instances that you may expect your car insurance rates to increase as a result of the color of your car. In this...
Ribs are a staple of game day cuisine, and every chef has their own secret recipe. Am I going to share mine with you? No. What part of "secret" do you not understand? What I will do is give you a darned good recipe you can use as-is. Then, once you've done a few slabs of ribs, use this as a starting point for developing your very own secret recipe. This rub works well on pork, beef or lamb, but it's good on chicken, too. It's best for "long and slow" cooking methods like grilling, smoking or bak...
With the annual Buckmasters Expo in the rearview, Buckmasters founder and CEO Jackie Bushman is leading the organization into the modern era with numerous changes, including its address. Buckmasters headquarters moved from the eastern edge of Montgomery to the Sterling Centre on Carmichael Road about six weeks ago, indicating a significant shift in the organization's operations. "We have condensed our staff," said Bushman recently as the arena for the Bulls & Buckmasters event was being set up...
However many reasons we have for loving our grandparents, scammers have a whole lot more. That's why fraudsters and hackers are increasingly relentless in targeting a demographic that is often trusting of financial institutions, perhaps too embarrassed to report a loss and at a disadvantage where digital technology is concerned. Seniors offer an easy jackpot for scammers, to the tune of $3 billion in losses annually. They are often homeowners, sitting on top of savings, and in good credit....
Screech. Boom. Crash! In today's fast-paced world, car crashes feel like simply a fact of life. In 1913, before cars dominated the roads, there were only 1.3 million vehicles registered and 4,200 deaths associated with them, according to the National Safety Council. Fast-forward more than a century to 2022, when the latest data is available, and registered vehicles have soared to 283 million, with 46,027 people dying and 5.2 million getting injured on the road. The General analyzed National...
(August 30, 2024) After Thursday’s CNN interview, I almost feel sorry for Kamala Harris’ campaign team. They’ve had a Herculean task set before them—to turn the least popular VP in recent memory into a viable Presidential candidate in less than 100 days. Yes, they’ve had lots of help—a billion or two in free publicity and image glow-up from the mainstream media, tens of millions of dollars of foreign (primarily Chinese) and dark money thrown at them through ActBlue, and a cavalcade of Hollywoo...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AUG. 30, 2024) – Ashok Silwal, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been chosen to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) scholarship to study stream interaction regions (SIRs) in the heliosphere. SIRs accelerate energetic particles, impacting the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere....
(Montgomery, Ala.) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in demanding answers from the nation's top asset managers to determine if they are neglecting their fiduciary duty to their clients. The letter sent to 25 of the nation's top asset managers raises concerns that the asset managers may be violating their fiduciary duties to their clients by supporting environment shareholder proposals recommended by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), w...
