MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, June 2, Alabama marks Jefferson Davis’ Birthday, a state holiday that shuts down government offices and schools to honor the president of the Confederacy. The observance, falling on the first Monday in June, is a painful reminder for many residents that Alabama still officially celebrates a man who led a failed…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the second time in just over a year, residents of Alabama may catch a glimpse of the northern lights tonight as a powerful geomagnetic storm pushes the aurora borealis unusually far south. The northern lights, typically reserved for far northern latitudes, could be visible low on the northern horizon in Alabama…

ENSLEY, Ala.— For more than a century, Ensley High School stood as a pillar in its neighborhood, a landmark of Birmingham’s once-thriving industrial heart. Founded in 1901 to serve a community built around the massive U.S. Steel and American Cast Iron Pipe Company plants, the school’s three-story brick building, designed by architect David O. Whilldin,…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The East Lake Branch Library, a cherished architectural landmark in Birmingham’s East Lake neighborhood, is set to reopen its doors Monday following extensive renovations that honor its nearly century-long history and safeguard its distinctive design. Originally established in 1914 in a modest 25-by-50-foot room on the second floor of the East Lake…

WASHINGTON — A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives directing the National Institutes of Health to study “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has drawn widespread criticism for its apparent frivolity and political posturing, with Alabama’s own Rep. Barry Moore among its co-sponsors. The measure, H.R. 3432, dubbed the “Trump Derangement Syndrome Research Act of…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh is stepping down as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission to take on a key role within the Trump administration. She will become Alabama’s state director for rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a position that highlights Alabama’s outsized influence in national agricultural policy and its…