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Airbags, advanced driver assistance features, and high-strength materials mean that the safest cars today are far better at protecting people from injuries than ever before. Although most new cars compare well to their predecessors, some stand above the rest. The safest cars for 2025 offer excellent occupant protection and also do a good job of preventing accidents from happening in the first place. Based on testing data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, or IIHS, and the National...
Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. High mortgage rates are also making monthly payments more expensive; as of December 19, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sits at...
Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. High mortgage rates are also making monthly payments more expensive; as of December 19, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sits at...
Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. High mortgage rates are also making monthly payments more expensive; as of December 19, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sits at...
December 20, 2024 – the U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution (C.R.) sent to them by the U.S. House of Representatives just hours earlier. This avoided a partial government shutdown before Christmas and kept the government funded until March at which time the Congress will have to take up another C.R. or an omnibus to keep the government funded until the next Congress imposed fiscal cliff. The state of Alabama does not work like this, no rational business works like this and historically t...
December 25, 2024 – Today is the 25th day of December. This is the feast day of Jesus of Nazareth's birth - Christmas. It is a federal and state holiday so banks, government offices, courthouses, schools, and almost all businesses are closed today. Of all the legal holidays, this is the one based solely upon a religious feast day. Christmas was not originally a formal holiday and government offices used to be open on December 25. Most Christian denominations at the time of the American R...
December 20, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C., – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) spoke on the Senate floor with Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee, and Tim Kaine (D-Virginia), advocating on behalf of American companies, specifically Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials Company, to ensure the U.S. does not stand idly by as foreign governments trample on U.S. citizens and interests. Senator Britt also denounced reports by the Wall Street Journal that the lame duck Biden a...
December 25, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said that he "will be going on offense" in the next Congress now that Republicans have retaken control of the United State Senate and President Donald J. Trump (R) will be in the White House. On January 2 the next Congress will be sworn in. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) will be surrendering the majority leader position to Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota) as the GOP now has a 3 seat majority, whereas Democrats h...
December 19, 2024 - Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) announced that her language authorizing a 100% federal cost share for Selma's Army Corps of Engineers River Erosion Project was included in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024. WRDA passed the Senate today with a large bipartisan majority. Having previously passed the House, it will now make its way to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. "Throughout the past few years, we have been working close...
Every now and then, a new song releases and dominates radio airwaves, Spotify playlists, and, of course, the esteemed Billboard Hot 100 chart—and in terms of those types of hits, 2024 has been pretty impressive. Morgan Wallen and Post Malone's collaboration "I Had Some Help" became the first major hit of the year. It spent six weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was named the official song of the summer. The single was succeeded by another country-pop track, Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," w...
The world has witnessed a boom among ultra-wealthy people since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but cracking the top 1% of earners in the U.S. has become less attainable than ever. Knight Frank's 2024 Wealth Report shows that the wealthiest 1% of individuals in the U.S. are each worth at least $5.8 million. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve economic data shows that, in 2022, the wealthiest households joined the ranks of the 1% with a minimum of $11.2 million. That's down slightly from 2019 when adjusted...
If you've hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you're not alone: Many landlords now use a single company's software—which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information—to help set rent prices, The Markup reports. Federal prosecutors say the practice amounts to "an unlawful information-sharing scheme," and some lawmakers throughout California are moving to curb it. San Diego's city council president is the latest to do so, proposing a ban tha...
December 28, 2024 – a proposed bill would increase regulations and penalties on persons engaged in the selling of seafood in Alabama. House Bill 1 (HB1) was pre-filed with the Alabama Legislature on July 24 by state Representative Chip Brown (R-Hollister's Island). The State of Alabama already requires anyone buying and selling seafood in the state of Alabama to purchase a seafood dealer license from the state of Alabama. This bill would tighten that regulation and assess a fee on certain s...
The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before. Stacker compiled a list of cities...
The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before. Stacker compiled a list of cities...
December 28, 2024- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) addressed concerns from Alabama reporters about the mysterious drones that were flying in numbers over New Jesey and other places. Tuberville said that "the American people deserve answers on this." "It's kind of typical of the last four years," said Sen. Tuberville. "The animals are running the zoo. The American people deserve answers on this. Last year we had a Chinese spy balloon fly all the way across the c...
The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before. Stacker compiled a list of cities...
The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before. Stacker compiled a list of cities...
The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties. The typical home value in the United States was $358,761 in November, 2.3% higher than the year before. Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before. Stacker compiled a list of cities...
December 28, 2024 – the Alabama Legislature will soon be back in session and one of the issues that they will have to confront is legislation to give the governor and attorney general the authority to appoint an interim police chief in any municipality where there is a threat to public safety. House Bill 14 (HB14) is sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Montgomery) and cosponsored by Rep. Cris Sells (R-Greenville). This was introduced on July 8, 2024. This bill would authorize the Attorney G...
December 28, 2024 – MONTGOMERY, AL - the Alabama Legislature will soon be back in session and one of the issues that they will have to confront is whether or not to pass legislation to ban modifying trucks so that the height of the front bender is four inches or more higher than the height of the rear fenders. House Bill 17 is sponsored by State Representative Ron Bolton (R-Northport). "This bill would create the Alabama Squat Truck Law," the bill synopsis says. This legislation would p...
December 29, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C., - former President Jimmy Carter (D) has passed away after a lengthy illness. He was 100. U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) released a statement following the announcement of the death of the former President who served from 1977 to 1981. "From his time tending to his family farm in our neighboring Georgia to being leader of the free world, President Jimmy Carter lived a life deeply rooted in faith and service above self," said Senator Britt. "As a native...
While it may not seem obvious at first, the obesity epidemic and economics have a direct connection to each other, especially when it comes to spending categories like healthcare, food, and fitness. One study places annual healthcare costs related to obesity at $173 billion. But the rise of weight loss medications could shift these economic trends. The use of semaglutide as treatment for obesity has skyrocketed over the last five years, which could mean major changes in how people spend and...
Think you can pull over and park in a bus lane to grab your morning latte? Think again—at least in cities using computer vision technology to catch and fine drivers who block bus lanes. As cities across the U.S. invest in new bus lane infrastructure to speed up travel times and prevent delays, drivers continue to flout the red (or green) paint, Next City reports. One 2023 study from Philadelphia's SEPTA recorded 36,000 violations during a 70-day pilot on two bus lines, with half of all bus s...
When immigration agents raided chicken processing plants in central Mississippi in 2019, they arrested nearly 700 undocumented workers—many of them parents of children enrolled in local schools. Teens got frantic texts to leave class and find their younger siblings. Unfamiliar faces whose names weren't on the pick-up list showed up to take children home. School staff scrambled to make sure no child went home to an empty house, while the owner of a local gym threw together a temporary shelter for...
