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January 10, 2025 – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a narrow 5-to-4 decision, declined a Trump defense team motion to block sentencing in President Donald J. Trump's (R) criminal sentencing. The sentencing in the New York care is scheduled for Friday morning. The Court denied President Trump's emergency request. The majority wrote that Trump is not facing jail time and he can still appeal the conviction. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Sam Alito sided with Trump. Chief J...
January 10, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, AL – Winter has descended on the northern half of Alabama. Birmingham, Huntsville, Cullman, Florence, Gadsden and the surrounding communities are waking up to a snow-covered landscape more appropriate to Minnesota than to the Heart of Dixie. Forecasters were predicting three to five inches of snow and from what we can tell at dawn – here in St. Clair County – they nailed it. Please stay off the roads as rain fell for two hours in much of the area prior to the tem...
Governor Ivey returned to Montgomery late yesterday evening after a productive visit to Mar-a-Lago with President Trump and her fellow Republican governors. The governor is making clear Alabama is eager to support the Trump agenda and ready to work with the president to continue advancing Alabama. During the few-hour visit, the governor keyed in on areas like border security and immigration, economic policy and education. Governor Ivey shared the following comment: "I am grateful for President...
Donald Trump (R) is set to be sworn in as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. After succeeding Trump in 2021, President Joe Biden (D) signed 42 executive orders in his first 100 days in office, 21 of which directly aimed at revoking Trump administration actions. Ballotpedia tracked five Biden executive orders, enacted in the first five months of his presidency, that revoked 14 Trump executive orders that aimed to reform the administrative state. Trump's 2024 campaign agenda said that a...
January 10, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today praised the Senate's bipartisan 84-9 vote to advance the Laken Riley Act on the eve of what should have been Laken Riley's 23rd birthday. "Today's vote on the Laken Riley Act is an important step forward in making our country safer, but there's still more work to be done to get this commonsense legislation across the finish line," said Senator Britt. "Laken's horrific murder should never have happened. While we c...
January 10, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and 42 of their GOP colleagues in introducing the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry, while still following that state's laws. In February 2023, Sen. Tuberville cosponsored this legislation upon its original i...
Property taxes are an unavoidable part of owning a home. They are generally wrapped into the mortgage payment to ensure that your home doesn't incur a lien, or worse—foreclosure. And even after your mortgage ends, property taxes are a lifelong homeowner expense. These taxes pay for local amenities, such as schools, infrastructure, police, and fire support, among other local services. How much you owe will vary from place to place and may even change over time. And while there may be discounts an...
A new UCLA study has confirmed Los Angeles' ambitious wastewater recycling initiative would strengthen the city's water security amid growing climate challenges and potential natural disasters, LA Post reports. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, examined the city's Pure Water L.A. project. It's a $6 billion infrastructure investment aimed at recycling all of the city's wastewater for drinking water by 2035. The project would generate more than...
Cinnamon is a ten-month old female Pit looking mix, about 40 lbs. She was found with another dog dumped out on a county road and brought to us. She is a very happy and smiley girl; cuddly, loving and sweet. Great with other dogs & loves going for walks. Our adoption fees are $100 for dogs & $50 for cats under one-year-old; cats over one-year-old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations,...
Americans have more options than ever when they need financial advice—financial websites, social media influencers, newspapers, and magazines. But the most popular place Americans turn first is still financial professionals like CFPs, CFAs, and CPAs, according to the 2024 Policygenius Financial Planning Survey. However, while 26% of Americans would turn to financial professionals first, younger generations often turn to other sources. For example, adult members of Generation Z are 65% less l...
Twins, triplets, and other multiples have long caught the attention of "singletons," or those of us born without a built-in best friend by our sides. Twins—and the media—annually descend on Twinsburg, Ohio, for the Twins Days Festival; quintuplets get a shout-out in their local paper when they graduate from the same college; and who could forget "Jon & Kate Plus 8," the TV show that followed every twist and turn of a family with sextuplets. After the 1981 introduction of in vitro fertilization a...
January 13, 2025 – MONTGOMERY, AL – Pastor and school master Dean Odle announced that he is running for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Odle previously ran for Governor in 2022 – finishing behind Kay Ivey, Lindy Blanchard, Tim James, and Lew Burdette in what was a crowded Republican primary field. "When I ran for Governor of Alabama from 2020-2022, I was right about every topic I addressed," said Odle. "I brought the receipts. Yet I was labeled a "conspiracy theorist" by th...
January 13, 2025 – the 118th Congress is over and the 119th has begun. Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is back for his third term; but much has changed. He no longer represents the Second Congressional District. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) takes over in the redrawn CD2. Rep. Moore is now representing the court redrawn CD1 – replacing Congressman Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) whom he defeated in the Republican primary. Most of the people in Mobile moved from CD1 to CD2. The Elmore and Autauga Cou...
January 13, 2025 – After President-elect Donald J. Trump (R) suggested that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of Mexico, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) introduced a bill renaming the body of water -which coastal Alabama adjoins – the Gulf of America. "Today, I officially introduced my bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America," Rep. Greeme said recently. "Mexican cartels currently use the Gulf of Mexico to traffic humans, drugs, weapons, and God knows what els...
January 14, 2025 – President Donald J. Trump (R) will return to the White House in just six days and failed special prosecutor Jack Smith resigned from his position on Friday; but on his way out Smith released a report claiming that Trump was guilty of actual crimes and that if he had been given a chance that he could have convicted Trump before a jury. President-elect Trump slammed Smith for the release of the highly partisan report. "To show you how desperate Deranged Jack Smith is, he r...
In the fast-paced, ever-competitive corporate world, the conversation surrounding the importance of having a positive, non-toxic, and healthy workplace continues to rise. However, healthy workplaces have been overlooked over the past few years, and workplace toxicity has emerged as a critical factor in driving employee departures, LA Post reports. According to MIT Sloan research, more than 24 million American employees quit their jobs between April and September 2021. The study used employee...
January 14, 2025 - Brierfield, AL - Sen. April Weaver (R - Brierfield) announced on Tuesday that she has been selected as a member of the Club for Growth Foundation's 2025 Fellowship class. Since 2020, the Foundation's Fellowship program has become a powerhouse for cultivating leadership across sectors as it is uniting a nationwide network of influential voices who are committed to promoting the principles of economic freedom and limited government. "The Club for Growth Foundation is honored to...
January 14, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trump nominee for Secretary of Defense was subjected to a battering confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) questioned Hegseth about his plan to improve military recruitment numbers. Tuberville sad that the Pentagon should be focused on winning wars, not on pushing a woke agenda. "Thanks for being here today-and with your family," Sen. Tuberville said to Hegseth. "I know this is tou...
Americans' love affair with the single-family home has been changing. As incomes are slowly creeping up, but home prices and mortgage rates remain prohibitive, more and more renters are looking for their own win-win property scenario: How could they enjoy the space a single-family home provides and also avoid the stress that comes along with affordability, mortgage rates fluctuations, and maintenance? Enter the house rental. The average house rental in U.S. build-to-rent communities boasts 2.5...
Despite predictions that the domestic box office would take a huge hit in 2024 thanks to the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes that dominated much of the second half of 2023, Hollywood recovered just fine. At the close of the year, total ticket sales came in at just 3.9% less than in 2023, totaling $8.56 billion. It was the second-highest domestic gross in five years. Many of the bigger titles that boosted those ticket sales came out either over the summer—like "Inside O...
January 15, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) spoke on the Senate Floor recently to provide an update on the Laken Riley Act. She discussed the path forward for her legislation and called on her colleagues in the Senate to stay focused on delivering safety and security for the American people through this commonsense, targeted, and bipartisan bill. "Last week, the Senate took a big bipartisan step toward honoring the life and legacy of Laken Riley-answering her loved...
January 15, 2025 – JERUSALEM, Israel – multiple media outlets are reporting that Israel and Hamas have finally reached a ceasefire and hostage release deal. The impending return of President Donald J. Trump (R) in just five days likely helped hasten the outcome. President-elect Trump posted on his Truth Social account, "WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. THANK YOU!" The fate of the hostages had been a key sticking point in the negotiations as Ham...
Amaryllis Castillo gets to work at 7:45 a.m. for her job as a certified home health aide. The mother of two, who is 26 weeks pregnant, works a six-hour shift caring for elderly patients, taking them to activities and out for lunch. At 5 p.m., she clocks in for her second job providing customer service, which she works until 9 p.m. She does that from home, which allows her to be with her children, who are 12 and two. But despite working these two jobs—for a combined 50 or more hours a w...
Though AI has dominated the conversation in business thinking in the past year, the fastest growing small businesses for 2025 mostly fall under future-proof opportunities that have little to do with AI. Despite new AI innovations for small businesses, the uncertainty around AI replacing jobs remains. Burgeoning job opportunities this year typically fall into two categories: The desire to "AI-proof" a job by reskilling the workforce, and occupations that require skilled and specialized labor...
8 ended on a high note, with the unemployment rate relatively unchanged at 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Jan. 10. Unemployment rates were higher in November than the prior year in 308 of 389 metro areas, though they dropped in 60 areas and remained unchanged in 21 areas, the BLS reported. The lion's share of job growth remained in government, social assistance, and health care, with openings in nursing, residential care facilities, and home health care leading employment...
