Tag: Alabama

June 21, 2022

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks has run his race for Senate on former President Donald Trump’s election lies, refusing to accept the outcome of the 2020 contest. He’s campaigned alongside the organizers of the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the storming […]

April 8, 2022

The Alabama state legislature has passed a sister bill to Florida’s parental rights law that bans lessons or specific discussion of sexuality and gender identity for children from kindergarten to fifth grade. The bill, which originally aimed to standardize public […]

March 23, 2022

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race in a major blow to the Republican congressman’s campaign. In a statement, Trump cited Brooks’ performance in the race, poor campaign staffing […]

November 1, 2021

A judge who oversees elections in an Alabama county was removed from office after being accused of racist, sexually inappropriate behavior that included demeaning comments about women and saying George Floyd “got what he deserved” when an officer in Minnesota […]

September 1, 2020

The latest coronavirus update from the team at Johns Hopkins University tracking the daily changes in data related to the COVID-19 pandemic shows that as of Tuesday, there have been more than 6 million confirmed cases of the virus in […]

August 19, 2020

Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama made a daring educational decision in June: She would fund a statewide student testing and technology program to help public universities and colleges reopen for in-person classes. Now, as Alabama college students start those classes […]

December 28, 2017

Roy Moore is calling for a new special election in Alabama because of alleged voter fraud. On Wednesday he filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Montgomery, Ala., calling for a delay in certifying the results of the Dec. […]

May 29, 2017

Alabama recently became the first state in the nation to employ a selfie verification system that officials hope will cut into tax refund fraud. The Alabama Department of Revenue is encouraging taxpayers to download an iOS app that can be […]

May 19, 2017

As part of rocket development, aerospace engineers extensively test booster components before they are assembled into a larger launch vehicle. To that end, NASA has built two big test stands at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama to test its […]

August 6, 2015

(iStockphoto) It’s not just your phone, city and car: Farmers are going smart, too. The threats of drought, blight and global food shortage have kindled a movement to bring Internet of Things concepts to the farmfront, and the men and […]

June 24, 2015

Some Alabama schools are requiring students to buy their own devices and bring them to school. (iStockphoto) Some schools in Alabama are requiring students to bring their own computing devices. The move highlights a growing willingness by schools to embrace BYOD but leaves […]

April 7, 2015

Alabama’s Gov. Robert Bentley established a 38-member task force made up of representatives from academia, the insurance industry, the medical field and state agency leaders to look at the use of telemedicine and extending medical resources to rural areas, according […]