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  • Alabama Shuts Down for Jefferson Davis’ Birthday—Despite Outrage Over Confederate Tribute

    Alabama Shuts Down for Jefferson Davis’ Birthday—Despite Outrage Over Confederate Tribute

    June 2, 2025

    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…

  • Northern Lights Could Grace Alabama Skies Tonight Amid Rare Solar Storm

    Northern Lights Could Grace Alabama Skies Tonight Amid Rare Solar Storm

    June 1, 2025

    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…

  • A New Dawn for Ensley: Redevelopment of Historic High School Site Signals Hope for Community’s Future

    A New Dawn for Ensley: Redevelopment of Historic High School Site Signals Hope for Community’s Future

    June 1, 2025

    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,…

  • Historic East Lake Branch Library Reopens After Renovation, Preserving Birmingham’s Architectural Heritage

    Historic East Lake Branch Library Reopens After Renovation, Preserving Birmingham’s Architectural Heritage

    May 31, 2025

    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…

  • Alabama Congressman Co-Sponsors NIH Study of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ in Widely Ridiculed House Bill

    Alabama Congressman Co-Sponsors NIH Study of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ in Widely Ridiculed House Bill

    May 30, 2025

    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…

  • Twinkle Cavanaugh Resigns as Alabama PSC President to Join Trump Administration’s USDA Team

    Twinkle Cavanaugh Resigns as Alabama PSC President to Join Trump Administration’s USDA Team

    May 29, 2025

    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…

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