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August 2, 2024 Montgomery, Ala – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) and 18 other attorneys general in opposition to the Biden-Harris administration's claim that state laws preventing de-banking are a "national security threat." Attorney General Moody and the coalition claim this is just another attempt to stoke confusion about state laws to advance extreme activist agendas. "Never in my life did I think that I would see a day in the U...
August 3, 2024 - on Friday, U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Katie Britt (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and 45 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Biden-Harris administration protesting its partial arms embargo against Israel. The senators urged the White House to stop kowtowing to Iran, stop jeopardizing the lives of American servicemembers, and to deliver the necessary weapons systems to Israel. "While your administration delays, Hamas...
Washington, D.C., August 1, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) released the following statement after voting against Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-New York) attempt to rush a tax package through the Senate that most Republicans viewed as being flawed. "I support several provisions in the tax package, including restoring full expensing of the research and development tax credit and the goal of supporting children and their families," said Sen. Britt. "However, I cannot support ramming t...
Trine Krebs is sometimes called "the leek woman," or even Miss Dry-Legume, of Denmark. The 48-year-old has for decades traveled around the country as, in her words, a "food inspirer," proselytizing about all things vegetables. "It's very important to have locally grown food," says Krebs, who has a 12-hectare farm replete with 50 different vegetables on the outskirts of Copenhagen. "It's something that I'm concerned about; what is seen in our landscapes." So when, in October 2023, the Danish gove...
The latest Census estimate shows that the City of Birmingham's population has continued to fall. The Census estimates that the current Birmingham population is down to just 195,400. This is down from 196,644 in 2023 and down from the 2020 Census count of 200,733. This decline is part of a long-term trend that has affected "the Magic City" since the middle of the 20th century. In 1960 Birmingham had 340,887 residents. It was the largest city in the state of Alabama (by far) and the 36th largest...
On Tuesday, multiple news outlets are reporting that presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States sitting Vice President Kamala D. Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Waltz's choice ends a whirlwind two weeks between President Joseph R. Biden (D) ending his campaign to be the Democratic nominee. Minnesota has not been won by a Republican since 1972; but a number of polls have shown that the state is in play for former President Donald J. Trump...
The average cost for a gallon of gasoline hasn't budged in at least a week nationwide. That story looks slightly different, however, in Midwestern states surrounding the Great Lakes region, where a refinery outage is pushing prices upward. The ExxonMobil refinery in Illinois suffered a power outage in a storm two weeks ago, which has kept it offline ever since. Exxon has yet to say when the facility might be back in operation. The company previously said the earliest it could be restored was by...
On Tuesday Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) appointed Alabama Power Company CEO Jeff Peoples as Chairman of the executive committee of the newly established Alabama Workforce Board. She also appointed Phil Webb, the President & CEO of Webb Concrete, as the chair the newly established Alabama Workforce Board. The Alabama Workforce Transformation Act was passed during the last legislative session in order to improve the quality of the Alabama workforce, lure more Alabamians into the workforce, and he...
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tuberville (R-Alabama) said that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are "the most socialist ticket in U.S. history." Sen. Tuberville commented on Vice President Kamala Harris's choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her pick for Vice President. Walz's tenure as Governor is best known for his weakness and failure to defend the people of Minneapolis after rioters attacked the city following the death of repeat felon George Floyd during an arrest. "@Tim Walz sat by while rioters...
NASA will provide update on ISS and the troubled Starliner today NASA announced that it will host a media teleconference at 11:30 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, August 7, to discuss ongoing International Space Station (ISS) operations, as well as an update on Boeing Crew Flight Test and NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission. This was the first manned mission for Boeing's Starliner (made in Alabama) and the mission has been problem plagued. Two astronauts were supposed to have returned to Earth on the Starliner...
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) applauded the Senate Commerce Committee for advancing the Illegal Red Snapper Enforcement Act, legislation led by Senator Britt, Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama). This legislation would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a standard methodology for i...
August 7, 2024 MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced the appointment of eight distinguished business leaders to the Alabama Growth Alliance. These include: Jimmy Rane, (the richest Alabamian), Business Council of Alabama (BCA) CEO Helen Duncan, Alabama Power Company CEO Jeff Peoples, and Regions CEO John Turner. The Governor's office describes the Alabama Growth Alliance as a key initiative aimed at supporting efforts to drive economic growth and innovation through the governor's...
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2024 – U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tim Kaine's (D-Virginia) recently introduced a bipartisan childcare bill. This package has already received substantial support from organizations that advocate on behalf of children, families, small businesses, and more. Sponsors say that the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act, together form the boldest bipartisan proposal to make child care more affordable and accessible b...
On Tuesday, NASA updated reporters on the ongoing Boeing Starliner situation. NASA said that they are looking at both sending stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back on the troubled Boeing Starliner as originally planned or sending them back with the crew of the Space X Dragon Crew9 mission. The Crew9 mission which was scheduled for August has been pushed back to September 24 to give NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX more time to prepare for mission possibilities. Crew9 was to...
Many families around the country have traditions involving restaurants, whether it's returning to the same spot year after year for birthdays, Sunday morning brunches at a favorite local diner, or Friday night pies at a neighborhood pizza place. While plenty of diners like to visit the same restaurants every year, every month, or even every week, others also want to try something new. Consumers today are "looking for new flavor experiences that excite their palates and provide a respite from...
On Thursday, August 8 the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham will hold their Annual Memorial Mass and Reception to honor the life of Father James E. Coyle. The 103rd Memorial Mass is held each year at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham, Alabama. The 103rd Memorial Mass will take place at 10:00 AM CST, and will be celebrated by Bishop Steven J. Raica. A reception will follow in the Cathedral Life Center. Father Coyle was murdered in broad daylight in Birmingham by a Ku Klux Klan member on...
August 8, 2024 (Muscle Shoals, Ala)-Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictment of a Florence man on four counts of capital murder. Travis Eric Fallows, 35, was served with the indictment against him on Wednesday and is being held without bail pending the resolution of this case. Following an investigation by the Attorney General's Investigations Division and the Muscle Shoals Police Department, Attorney General Marshall's Criminal Trials Division presented evidence to a Colbert...
August 8, 2024 - (Montgomery, Ala) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) joined a coalition of 16 states in filing a lawsuit to stop the Biden-Harris administration from allowing illegal aliens from to receive subsidized health care under the Affordable Care Act. The final plan, set to take effect November 1, would make more than 200,000 deferred actions for childhood arrival (DACA) recipients eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health plans, including 3,460 in Alabama. "The latest a...
August 8, 2024 – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama), as a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, secured a $20 million increase for the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Implementing a Maternal Health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. With Senator Britt's support, the total appropriated in the Committee's bill for the NIH I...
August 9, 2024 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) penned an op-ed in the Daily Caller about the importance of protecting veterans and taxpayers from mismanagement at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA has recently notified Congress that it is experiencing a $15 billion budget shortfall. "Why did the VA wait until the last minute to alert Congress to the shortfalls?," Tuberville wrote. "Did the VA know about the potential budget issues months ago - while Congress was drafting...
Amid a Supreme Court term that broadly diminished tools for holding powerful corporations accountable for their actions, one decision could have the opposite effect. The Marshall Project reports that the justices' ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma raises the bar for companies trying to shield their wealth by filing for bankruptcy when faced with lawsuits alleging harm. Bankruptcy is a complex legal maneuver filed in federal bankruptcy court that allows a person or entity to seek relief from...
Historically, drug discovery has been characterized by high costs, lengthy timelines, and considerable uncertainty. Traditional methodologies often rely on trial and error, involving extensive laboratory research, animal testing, and multiple phases of human clinical trials. This painstaking process can span over a decade and requires significant financial investment. Yet, the success rate for drugs to make it from discovery to market remains low, with only 10 to 15 percent of drugs actually...
Preterm births in the U.S. are on the rise—and experts aren't entirely sure what's driving the increase. Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore the rising rate of preterm births in the U.S. using CDC data. In 2022, 1 in 10 babies born in the U.S. were premature, an 8% increase since 2014 after a steady decline in the early 2010s. Babies born at less than 37 weeks of gestation are considered preterm; early term births, or those between 37 and 38 in utero, increased by 20% during t...
August 9, 2024 - a federal appeals court blocked President Joseph R. Biden's (D) latest student debt relief plan. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 3-0 ruling extends the pause in the program that it ordered last month. This updated ruling blocks Biden's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan until the court resolves the lawsuit. That could take months. The Court called the plan a "vast assertion of newfound power" and said that the Biden administration failed to show that there was any...
The graduating class of 2024 may have the most trouble finding a job postgraduation compared to the last five years of graduating classes before them. JobTest.org analyzed survey data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers to show how hiring projections for recent college graduates this year compare to previous years. NACE conducts a survey on hiring intentions for full-time and internship positions annually. Today's college graduates are entering the workforce as the labor...
