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Couple riding bikes in Santa Monica. Joshua Resnick // Shutterstock Best place to live in every state What do you look for in an ideal town? Proximity to trails, lakes, and beaches? How about top-ranking schools for your children? Would you prefer a professional or college sports team nearby, or do you prefer museums and art walks? While Americans opt to move for a variety of reasons, June 2026 data shows that many have decided to stay put for now. According to Harvard University's State of the...
A Jefferson County Circuit Court judge has dismissed Ken McFeeters' lawsuit challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's eligibility to appear on Alabama's November gubernatorial ballot, marking yet another failed attempt by McFeeters to block Tuberville's candidacy. 🏛️ Background of the Case Ken McFeeters, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate who finished a distant second to Tuberville in the May primary, filed the Jefferson County lawsuit in July. His complaint argued that Tuberville did...
August 20, 2026 – On World Mosquito Day, Cook's Pest Control is reminding homeowners that even though summer is coming to an end, mosquitoes still pose a serious public health threat. As of August 18, the CDC has recorded 222 human West Nile virus disease cases nationwide. The cases spread across 32 states, including five deaths. West Nile activity typically peaks in late summer and early fall, meaning mosquito activity remains a concern even as summer winds down, especially here in the S...
As a young adult, I remember fishing the riverbank at Mr. MacDonald’s farm. (Yes, Old McDonald had a farm. Lol) He was an older man whose property ran along the river. I don’t remember how we first discovered this place, but it seemed to not upset him when we set up camp at his place. Many of those days he would come by and check on us and tell us a few stories about days gone by. One of his tobacco barns stood only a few yards from where we fished, and it seemed no matter what time of year it...
The Daughters of the American Revolution, commonly known as the "DAR", has 3,000 local chapters worldwide. With over 190,000 members in the genealogical society for descendants of American Patriots who fought in America's war for independence, known as The American Revolution. Traditionally, the organization has been for ladies only, but in recent years the leadership of the society has looked the other way when males who transitioned joined the organization using altered birth certificates and...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham today announced a leadership transition within UAB Athletics. After 11 years of service, Mark Ingram and UAB have agreed to part ways. "Mark has played an important role in the growth and evolution of UAB Athletics," said UAB President Ray L. Watts. "During his tenure, UAB Athletics achieved significant milestones, including major facility investments, a successful transition to the American Conference, and continued support for our stud...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville highlighted the importance of domestic manufacturing, workforce development, and Alabama's industrial competitiveness during remarks at the ribbon‑cutting ceremony for the newly expanded Epsilon Industries facility two weeks ago. The event marked a major milestone for the Tuscaloosa‑based manufacturer, which has added new production lines and increased its footprint to meet rising national demand for advanced electrical and industrial com...
I visit the National Institute for Standards and Technology website occasionally to reset my wristwatch. I’ve resisted the current trend to wear a watch that monitors my heart, calories and what my neighbors are watching on TV. My current Seiko was a gift from my mother-in-law nearly 30 years ago. It’s still serviceable, though gaining about 10 seconds every two weeks. Quite a record. It should last me until heaven. Visiting this site lately reminded me of being accused of not being able to tel...
This year marks the 650th anniversary of one of the most consequential constitutional innovations in Western history: legislative impeachment. Born in the Good Parliament of 1376, this mechanism fundamentally altered the relationship between executive power and legislative accountability. What began as a pragmatic solution to medieval corruption has endured as a central safeguard of constitutional governance, ultimately shaping the structure of the United States Constitution. The Good...
In a decisive move aimed at reshaping the political landscape of the Deep South, the Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee elected State Senator and Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton as the new chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party. The high-stakes organizational vote, which took place in Montgomery, concluded with Singleton securing a commanding victory over incumbent chairman Randy Kelley. Singleton garnered 165 votes (72.7%) compared to Kelley's 62 votes (27.3%). The...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and 22 of their colleagues in celebrating the passage of a Senate resolution designating August 1, 2026, as Gold Star Children's Day, which recognizes children of fallen service members. America's Gold Star tradition began in World War I. When a service member deployed, his or her family would often hang a banner bearing a blue star outside the home. If the loved one was killed in combat the family r...
AUSTIN, Texas - Veterinary officials and livestock producers are sounding the alarm as confirmed cases of the New World screwworm continue to expand across parts of Texas, marking the most significant U.S. spread of the parasite in decades. The flesh‑eating larvae, known scientifically as Cochliomyia hominivorax, pose a severe threat to cattle, horses, wildlife, and even pets, prompting state and federal agencies to intensify surveillance and containment efforts. The New World screwworm is i...
There are moments when leadership means listening, studying the facts and proceeding carefully. Then there are moments when the facts have been studied, the opportunity is staring you in the face and continued hesitation becomes its own form of risk. Alabama has reached that moment with artificial intelligence and data centers. Senator Tommy "Coach" Tuberville is right. We should not be talking about putting Alabama's technology future on 3hold. We should be talking about how quickly and...
The forward-deployed engineer model: What's working so far A year into the forward-deployed engineer model, Superhuman, Infor and Leaping AI agree on the upside: Deployments that once took months now take weeks. They are also learning what it takes to sustain. Thomas Baucom’s calendar perpetually looks like “a bad game of Tetris.” Working as a forward-deployed engineer (FDE) at productivity platform Superhuman, he’s often on back-to-back calls talking to customers across industries, hearing...
Flock Cameras and Hyperscale Data Centers Are "We The People Versus The Oligarchs and The Big Mules – A Community Discussion at Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church A community discussion before an audience of half of a hundred was held yesterday at the New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The topic of discussion was "Flock Cameras and Data Centers, what is the concern?" As a bipartisan discussion, the presenters consisted of the well-known Republican advocate, Ann E...
August 15, 2026 - Federal public‑safety grants tied to surveillance systems - including Flock Safety ALPR cameras, Motorola Vigilant systems, and similar technologies - typically range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars nationally each year, depending on the grant program. The most concrete, documented federal figure directly connected to ALPR access is the FBI's $36 million nationwide ALPR contract solicitation, but this is federal procurement, not local grants. Local a...
August 10, 2026 - POINT CLEAR, Ala. - Fresh off an all-night voting session in Washington, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) took the stage Saturday morning at the Grand Hotel to pitch a sweeping pro-growth agenda to the state's top business and political leaders. Tuberville is the Republican nominee for governor of Alabama. Speaking at the powerful Business Council of Alabama's (BCA) annual Governmental Affairs Conference, Tuberville outlined plans to cut state taxes, champion the...
Little bear lake located in Vernon Hills. Gregory C Sanders // Shutterstock Best places to live in America What makes somewhere an ideal hometown? The answer has changed throughout the decades. In recent years, southern states have welcomed an influx of new residents, but a significant amount of would-be movers are now looking elsewhere. In fact, many American citizens have set their sights outside of the country altogether. As noted in a February 2026 report from the Wall Street Journal, in...
How to write an accounts payable policy your team will use If you're a controller inheriting a policy from the last finance lead, the cost of leaving it untouched shows up fast. Invoices might get approved in chat tools. Vendors may send bills to whoever they have an email address for. The document may still sit in a shared drive, but it no longer reflects how the team works after enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems change and workflows shift. An accounts payable (AP) policy works if it...
The First Amendment did not emerge fully formed from the minds of James Madison and our founding fathers. Like most great constitutional principles, religious liberty evolved over centuries through a series of political experiments, legal compromises, and the hard-earned, practical lessons of trial and error. Perhaps the most overlooked turning point occurred not in Philadelphia or Williamsburg, but in the German city of Speyer five hundred years ago this month. Long before philosophers articula...
The Democrat Party Has Left Traditional Democrats without a Party For those Democrats who worked in factories, served in the military, attended church on Sunday, joined labor unions, supported the police, stood with Israel and believed that an honest day's work deserved an honest day's pay; uhey were the Democrats of Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy. They loved America, defended freedom and understood that socialism was the enemy our nation had spent decades defeating. Those traditional...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On August 11, 2026, a federal grand jury in Montgomery returned a second superseding indictment adding a defendant and additional charges in the case involving the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The second superseding indictment, which was unsealed today, charges Heidi L. Beirich, 59, of Palm Springs, California, along with the SPLC, with new charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally...
Can brain fog actually be a sleep problem? Few things are more frustrating than sitting down to a familiar task and realizing the mind is no longer keeping up with what is going on. People call it brain fog, and growing concern about trouble thinking clearly has drawn closer attention from researchers. Researchers led by Yale School of Medicine examined more than 4.5 million American Academy of Neurology survey responses collected over 10 years and found that reports of serious trouble with...
Back-to-school shopping expected to cost parents $863.86 in 2026 Parents always brace themselves for the list of required school supplies, new shoes, clothing, electronics and boxes of tissues that come knocking on their door. Finder examined how back-to-school spending is predicted to hit a new record high this year. Back-to-school spending estimates for 2026 are in Parents with kids in elementary through high school are expected to spend an average of $863.86 per family on back-to-school...
What time of day is the sun most dangerous? UV exposure hour by hour Not all hours of sunlight carry equal risk. The angle of the sun relative to Earth's surface determines how much atmosphere UV rays must travel through before reaching the skin. Early morning and late afternoon sun travel a longer path through the atmosphere, with more atmospheric particles absorbing and scattering radiation. Midday sun travels nearly straight down through a much thinner atmospheric column, arriving with...
