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September 1, 2025 - MOODY, AL. - Starting September 1, Alabama shoppers will see immediate savings at the checkout line as the state's grocery tax drops from 3% to 2%, marking a major milestone in a long-running effort to ease the financial burden on families across the state. The change, enacted under Act 2025-305, applies to all SNAP-eligible food items, which include most groceries intended for home consumption. While local city and county taxes remain unchanged for now, the state's move...
Suicide risk rises in fall. Here’s what we can do about it. Every September, Suicide Prevention Month brings a flurry of hashtags, awareness walks, and online tributes. But here’s what often gets left out: suicide risk doesn’t peak during the holidays, as many believe; it actually climbs in the fall. This seasonal uptick isn’t just anecdotal. A study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that suicide rates consistently spiked across September and October across multiple countri...
Why many Black Americans are boycotting big-box retail stores: ‘Using my money to resist’ Rebecca Renard-Wilson has stopped shopping at Target and all things Amazon, including Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh. These days, the mother of two shops for the things she needs at farmer’s markets and small mom-and-pop stores, or she goes directly to the websites of products she wants to purchase. “I have options of where I put my money,” Renard-Wilson, 49, said. “Yes, Target’s convenient. Yes, Amazon F...
Montgomery, Ala.– Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, is providing an election integrity update to Alabama voters following the recent arrest of an Opelika mayoral candidate charged with perjury in connection to allegedly false statements on his statement of candidacy form. "The Secretary of State's Office remains vigilant in its pursuit of election integrity and the protection of your vote. We will continue to assist law enforcement in every way possible as they investigate and p...
September 2, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is turning up the heat on Capitol Hill, calling out what he describes as "unprecedented obstruction" by Senate Democrats in the confirmation process of President Donald Trump's administration. In a fiery statement released this week, Tuberville declared, "President Trump has delivered HISTORIC wins for America at a RECORD pace. And the Dems can't stand it. They have continued their UNPRECEDENTED OBSTRUCTION. Enough is...
September 2, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL. - In a major shift for U.S. military space operations, President Donald Trump is expected to announce today that the headquarters of U.S. Space Command will officially relocate to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision and reigniting a yearslong debate over the command's permanent home. The move places Space Command in Huntsville, a city long considered a top contender due to its deep ties to aerospace and defense industries. The decision marks a return to...
Coalition hopes to ‘accelerate’ career training, apprenticeships Hoping to promote the growth of career training and apprenticeships, a coalition including five governors and major labor unions has come together to align career training and push for national policy change. The American Federation of Teachers, the nation’s second-largest teachers union, and CareerWise USA, which runs apprenticeship programs for high-schoolers in five states, announced the Education and Apprenticeship Accel...
Do you need a home appraisal to qualify for a HELOC or home equity loan? While you've been focused on everything else life throws at you, your property has been working behind the scenes. Most people build equity as they pay down their mortgage and property values rise. Meanwhile, big expenses come up from time to time. Under the right circumstances, a home equity line of credit could help you reach your financial goals. A HELOC is a mortgage. The process may differ slightly from what you went...
Corporate credit card management essentials every team should know Between employees making unauthorized purchases, missing receipts that delay month-end close, and spending that spirals over approved budgets, an ineffective corporate credit program can become a daily source of headaches. Yet, when done properly, corporate card management can allow your corporate cards to streamline financial operations and improve cash flow. The difference between a card program that works and one that creates...
September 2, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall led a 21-state amicus brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the religious freedoms of the Amish community in rural New York. The State of New York has imposed massive penalties on Amish-only private schools because Amish parents hold religious beliefs against vaccinating their Amish children who attend these schools. The brief, filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, argues that when New York eliminated l...
September 2, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Office of Radiation Control has confirmed it is actively monitoring reports of imported goods contaminated with radioactive cesium-137 (Cs-137), including shipments of shrimp. While the presence of this isotope has raised public concern, ADPH officials emphasize that no contaminated products have entered the U.S. marketplace or food supply chain. In a statement released this week, ADPH reassured residents that...
BIRMINGHAM, AL - In a powerful show of support for biomedical innovation and federal research funding, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) welcomed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for a special presentation at the Hill Student Center. The visit underscored Alabama's growing prominence in clinical research and its critical role in addressing chronic disease. Senator Britt delivered remarks following Dr....
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 2, 2025 In a move that reshapes the trajectory of U.S. military space operations, President Donald Trump announced today that the headquarters of U.S. Space Command will officially relocate from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. The decision reverses a Biden-era ruling and reaffirms Huntsville's status as a national hub for aerospace and defense innovation. Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) welcomed the announcement, calling it "long overdue" and a correction...
September 2, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers from Colorado said that President Donald J. Trump's decision to relocate Space Command from Colorado to Alabama's Redstone Arsenal will weaken national security. Meanwhile Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) praised the decision. "Today's decision to move U.S Space Command's headquarters out of Colorado and to Alabama will directly harm our state and the nation" the Colorado lawmakers wrote. "We are united in fighting to rev...
A person holding a smartphone, with a donation application on the screen displaying a coin being dropped into a slot, a selectable donation amount set to Andrey_Popov // Shutterstock Tap to donate: How nonprofits can make giving mobile-friendly In July 1985, the iconic Live Aid concerts raised more than $140 million for the famine in Ethiopia. That event inspired decades of benefit concerts and showed how live gatherings can drive worldwide giving. Today, the biggest music festivals in the U.S....
September 3, 2025 - SHELBY COUNTY, AL., - The Alabama Farmers Federation has announced its endorsement of Rep. Kenneth Paschal for House District 73 in Shelby County. The district covers portions of Pelham, Alabaster, Helena and Montevallo. "Kenneth Paschal represents his district with unwavering dedication to the values of God and country," said John Deloach, president of the Shelby County Farmers Federation. "Growing up working on his grandparent's farm gives him firsthand knowledge of the...
CENTREVILLE, AL. - On Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, several cities throughout Alabama held their elections for mayor and other city positions. With various candidates celebrating their victories during their watch parties later that same day. However, in Centreville, the county seat of Bibb County, neither candidate for mayor could lay claim to the sweets of victory. For both the incumbent, Mayor Mike Oakley, and his challenger, Barry Cooner, ended up in a tie. As they both garnered 326 of the...
The right to refuse service to rude customers: Is it legal for a business? We’ve all seen the signs in businesses, retail shops and elsewhere that read, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.” But is that really true? Do business owners have the legal right to refuse service to a rude customer? The answer is complicated. And while you, your business, and your employees may have the right to refuse service to anyone, that right may be limited under local, state, and federal laws, NEXT...
What to do if you're subject to wage garnishment for student loan debt In 2020, the federal government paused collections efforts on defaulted federal student loans, part of pandemic relief efforts. While Congress said payments would start again in 2023, the pause remained in effect. This pause has now ended. The Trump Administration announced on April 21, 2025, that the Department of Education would start trying to collect on unpaid debt on May 5. Unfortunately for the approximately 5 million b...
Inside the race for copper: Can we mine enough to power the green revolution? Copper is a metal of the past. Its time has come and gone. Right? Not so fast. Many modern technologies have thrust copper back into the spotlight. EVs are just one of many examples. EV copper demand hit 1 million tons in 2024. By 2028? That number is projected to skyrocket to 2 million tons, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence estimates. As green technologies increasingly turn to electrification, copper has...
September 2, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a landmark decision with sweeping implications for presidential authority and immigration enforcement, a federal appellate panel on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the administration failed to demonstrate an "invasion" or "predatory incursion"-the legal threshold required to activate the centuries-old wartime statute....
September 3, 2025 - MONTGOMMERY, AL. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced major improvements to the Attorney General's Opinions Division, including the release of a modernized online search database and, for the first time in Alabama history, the digitization and online access to historic Attorney General opinions dating back more than a century. In May 2024, after hearing concerns from public officials about longstanding difficulties with the Attorney General's online o...
September 3, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) introduced Trump judicial nominees Edmund LaCour, Hal Mooty, and Bill Lewis, at their confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Tuberville recently joined Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama) in recommending these three individuals to President Trump to serve as federal district court judges in the State of Alabama. Tuberville has been highly critical of left aligned federal judges abuse their lif...
September 3, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a bipartisan effort to address the growing concerns over student loan debt and the rising cost of college, U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Jon Husted (R-OH) have introduced the Debt, Earnings, and Cost Information Disclosure for Education (DECIDE) Act. The legislation aims to provide students and families with clearer, more comprehensive financial data before committing to a four-year university. Purpose of the DECIDE Act The DECIDE Act seeks...
FAYETTE COUNTY, AL. - A storm of public outrage has erupted in Fayette County following Circuit Judge Samuel W. Junkin's decision to release convicted sex offender Timothy Vess Benton from prison and place him under house arrest through the county's Community Corrections Program. The move has ignited protests, raised questions about judicial discretion, and prompted calls for greater transparency and accountability in Alabama's criminal justice system. The Decision That Sparked a Firestorm On...
