Despite the dangers, the trucking industry remains resilient during this pandemic at every stage. During the early weeks of the outbreak, America’s 3.6 million truck drivers ensured stores were stocked, hospitals were supplied, and first responders were equipped. While some Americans have taken steps to show their appreciation for truck drivers, most do not realize how essential the industry is to their daily lives until a crisis hits.
There's going to be weather; What happened at the State House and what's on tap today; Border mess: children and teen crossings surge; McConnell vows 'scorched earth' if Senate ends filibuster
One emerging theme in the Legislature this year is lawmakers pushing proposals which would alter, undo or turn upside down the state policies and procedures that have irritated them over the last year or so.
By TODD STACY, Alabama Daily News Last week, Twitter blew up with the news of yet another embarrassing misstatement from Alabama’s newly installed U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville. This time, based on an interview with Birmingham’s CBS42, Tuberville was said to have wanted to postpone the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden for several months until the...
So much of what has occurred these last few years in our politics can be attributed to cognitive dissonance, the psychological theory that explains why we often choose self-delusion over beliefs that conflict with our own.
Things are tough, no doubt, which is why I’m ready to burn down 2020 before I start celebrating 2021. Some Native Americans burn sage as part of a ritual to cleanse a space, so let’s fire one up and use it to light the fuse on the past year.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Gaynell and the entire Dixon family. He will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
Alabama hits record hospitalizations; Supreme Court seems skeptical of census plan; Beshear to retire; Boswell will lead Mental Health; Carl hires top staff; Meigs: Physicians are no longer on the front lines of this pandemic. You are.
Unlike many political leaders who espouse high minded principles, she pursued hers with what some considered reckless abandon. Thatcher took significant steps to push back the suffocating hand of state control and return the economy to a true free market. Government intervention was replaced with individual responsibility and human action.
It’s hard to consider, much less savor, good things when so many bad things are happening all around you. But it’s times like these when thanks given and appreciation shown because it’s those minor things, the ones that are often overlooked, that will carry us through this valley and get us back to the mountaintop.
Holmes, who died Saturday at age 81, served in the House for 44 years, more than half his life, a record that will probably never be broken. He was a controversial but, in my opinion, a lovable and entertaining figure in the House.
With so much news to absorb in recent months, it has been easy to overlook the continuing small business crisis in our state.
After wrestling with a public health emergency over the past months, Alabama consumers and businesses have learned that good, high quality and fast broadband internet is a necessity, not a luxury.
We must decide whether we are going to govern and live by the principles we say we believe in, or whether we are going to say one thing and do another.
By The Business Council of Alabama This week marks a major milestone for Alabama – and not just because we celebrate our sacred right to vote on Tuesday at the ballot box. Sunday, November 1, is the 35th anniversary of the Business Council of Alabama’s (BCA) founding. Formed in 1985 through the consolidation of the...
