Buc-ee’s travel center in Mississippi is moving along. Slowly, but it’s moving. In the nine months since the company held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site on Menge Avenue at Interstate 10 in Pass Christian, it has moved a lot of mountains, including mounds of dirt. A new overpass over I-10, development plans and all […]
HARVEST, Ala. (WHNT) — Crestwood Medical Center will soon open North Alabama’s first-ever freestanding emergency department in what’s being called a medical milestone for the Tennessee Valley. “I think it’s awesome for them to accomplish this and to give something back to the community,” Harvest resident Alberto Guerrero said. Decatur Police Chief says department reviewing […]
The Alabama Legislature failed to pass heavily debated gaming bills on Thursday, the final day of the state’s legislative session. The Alabama House voted in favor of the Conference Committee Report the ongoing gaming bills April 30, and House Bill 151 passed by a by a vote of 72 to 29 and House Bill 152 […]
The afflicted terrain and the old federal highway running through it define the mise-en-scene of wealth, poverty and despair along Alabama’s Black Belt. So-called for both the rich soil and the labor that worked it, the region begins on U.S. Highway 80 at the hamlet of Cuba, 20 miles east of Meridian, and stretches across […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters are set to cast their ballots Tuesday to decide party nominees for the state’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court to boost the voting power of Black residents. The outcome of the hotly contested runoffs will set the match for the closely watched November race. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to Attorney […]
Editor’s Note: If you are in the US and you or a loved one have contemplated suicide, call the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to connect with a trained counselor. Outside the US, a worldwide directory of resources and international hotlines is provided by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, and you can turn […]
The most interesting and paramount race on the ballot in the March 5 primary was the one for the new open 2nd Congressional District. This gerrymandered new district was created by the federal courts to produce a new Democratic/Black district in the Heart of Dixie. The Democratic nominee will be favored to win this seat […]
An unwise bill introduced in Alabama to allow public schools to hire paid or volunteer chaplains should be voted down. House Bill 59 would permit chaplains to “provide support, services, and programs for students” in public schools. The chaplains, unlike the bonafide counselors they might replace, would not be required to undergo certification by the state […]
Alabama lawmakers are moving fast to approve measures this week to protect in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month’s state Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos have the rights of children under the state’s wrongful death law. Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, is expected to sign […]
Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling last week that frozen embryos fertilized in test tubes legally qualify as living, breathing human beings sent Republicans scrambling to clarify their positions so as not to lose votes from women in the 2024 elections—and John Oliver wasn’t about to let them get away with it. On Last Week Tonight, Oliver […]
Several fertility clinics in Alabama have paused in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments following a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that says frozen embryos are considered “children” under state law. And now Alabama lawmakers are working on proposed legislation that would protect IVF in the state. The decision, which was issued last week in response […]