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Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama is investing about $450 million to expand production at the Montgomery facility. Company officials and state and local leaders celebrated the expansion at an event recently. “Since its founding in Montgomery 24 years ago, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama has become synonymous with cutting edge design...
Her theory is that cemeteries hold the keys for understanding place, an ideal quality of guidebooks intent on attracting visitors to the state and educating them about its distant and recent past. And her methodology for choosing cemeteries based on their historical “eternal residents,” architectural features, folklore, and legends makes for an effective and intriguing narrative, painting Alabama in all her complexity. Whether you are moderately curious about cemeteries and burial rituals or a devotee of discovering overlooked and underappreciated cultural sites, this guide is a perfect place to begin.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined Kentucky in leading a 13-state brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Florida’s Individual Freedom Act, which restricts how public university professors may teach certain race- and sex-based concepts. The brief urges the court to review a July ruling by the...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Governor’s Commission on Screen-Based Instruction shared its findings of a survey at its meeting in Montgomery Tuesday morning. The survey, which included parents, teachers and administrators, asked about the benefits and drawbacks of technology in the classroom. Alabama already has the FOCUS Act...
A ballot measure that would amend the Alabama Constitution to essentially require the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in addition to allowing “student-initiated and student-led prayer” is projected to be approved by voters on Election Day.
Alabama’s parole rates fell this year after rising in 2025, according to a report released last month. The ACLU of Alabama’s Parole Watch reported that the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted parole to about 19% of parole applicants for fiscal year 2026, which ended on Sept. 30. That was down from 23% in […]
In Alabama, we believe in keeping our word. When someone works hard, pays their taxes, raises a family, and contributes to their community for decades, they ought to be able to count on the commitments made to them. That principle is especially important when it comes to healthcare for our...
Tommy Tuberville is the current U.S. senator from Alabama, elected in 2020. Before entering politics, Tuberville was a well-known college football coach, most notably as the head coach at Auburn University. Tuberville’s professional background is primarily in athletics and private business. He served as a football coach at multiple universities...
State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) says Governor-elect Tommy Tuberville’s Back to Basics agenda can pass the Alabama Legislature if the new administration builds the plan with House and Senate leadership from the start. Orr, the longtime Senate budget chairman who won a sixth term last week, laid out his expectations for the next four years […] The post Arthur Orr: Tuberville’s agenda ‘can be achieved’ if governor, legislature work ‘in concert together’ appeared first on Yellowhammer News .
A curious thing happened last Tuesday in Alabama—a whole bunch of people voted a straight Democratic ticket. And I mean a whole, whole bunch more than usual. In 2022, about 300,000 Alabama voters submitted a ballot with the little bubble for the Alabama Democratic Party filled in. A week ago, about 550,000 voters did that.
The Alabama Department of Workforce has awarded Broad Metro LLC a $2.5 million federal grant to reclaim abandoned mine land and support infrastructure work for Stadium Trace Village’s second phase, Secretary Greg Reed announced Monday. The grant, awarded through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization program, will support work...
The annual event since 1982 brings the community together to recognize the connection between agriculture and city life.
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry, alongside the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard volume requirements for 2027, saying it will help lower gas prices. Landry and the other governors say that the RFS requirements, which...
AUBURN, Ala. (WAKA) – In his victory speech in Auburn, Governor-elect Tommy Tuberville proposed using National Guard troops to fight crime in Montgomery. He told his crowd of supporters, “Folks, I’m going to clean up Montgomery, Alabama. I give you my word. I will make it safe to walk the streets of downtown Montgomery, even if I have to put the National Guard on every damn corner,” he said to applause and cheers.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – Montgomery County leaders are celebrating improvements at Elton Dean Park. The upgrades include a new ADA-accessible fishing pier and extended walking paths. The project was primarily funded through a $200,000 transportation grant, with the Montgomery County Commission providing the remaining funds. Officials say the improvements...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Seven railroad crossings in the Marbury and Deatsville areas will temporarily close for work beginning Thursday, Nov. 12, and continuing through Tuesday, Nov. 17. The County warns residents, businesses, school transportation providers, and commuters to prepare for disruptions and make alternate travel plans. Railroad Crossing closure...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (November 5, 2026) Families, students, neighbors, and friends are invited to JacksonFest on Saturday,November 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the lawn behind Jackson Surgery Center and Jackson Imaging Center. The free community celebration will bring together wellness resources, healthcare career exploration and family activities as Jackson Hospital celebrates80 years of service to Central Alabama.
MONTGOMERY – Governor-elect Tommy Tuberville today announced that Jordan Doufexis, his current Chief of Staff in the United States Senate, will serve as Chief of Staff to the Governor. The appointment marks the first official personnel announcement from Tuberville's Golden Age Transition Team. As Tuberville's Senate Chief of Staff,...
Nobody warned you that a drive to Grady, Alabama would change your entire opinion about where the best food in this state actually lives. Red’s Little School House is the kind of small town restaurant that makes every other dining experience feel like it was missing something important, and that something important turns out to be soul.
NexPoint Materials plans to close its polycarbonate resin and compounding plant in Lowndes County, Alabama, near the end of the first quarter of 2027, shifting that production to its facility in Mount Vernon, Indiana. The move will see the company transfer its Lexan-brand polycarbonate materials production out of the state entirely, ending decades of manufacturing at the site.
