May is faith based initiative month for the Department of Veteran Affairs. On Wednesday, the Montgomery V.A. Office hosted its first Veterans’ Resource Fair and Town Hall at True Divine Baptist Church. “We try to educate our veterans on how to file on the proper forms and basically how to use and train them on that system that we have…
A $236,339 grant awarded by Gov. Kay Ivey will improve the state’s ability to take dangerous drivers off the road and make Alabama highways safer. The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences will use the grant to upgrade alcohol-testing devices to a system that checks for alcohol content on two levels, reducing the chance that results can be legally refuted. Funds…
Alabama historical officials say researchers have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States. A statement issued Wednesday by the Alabama Historical Commission says remains of the Gulf schooner Clotilda have been identified and verified after months of assessment. The commission’s executive director, Lisa Demetropoulos Jones, calls the discovery “an…
Today, TechMGM, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s (MACC) initiative to connect and leverage Montgomery’s unique technology assets, announced a partnership with the Air Force Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate Program Executive Office to host a new Air Force software development project that will offer private sector collaboration called BESPIN. Signifying a shift in the way the Air Force approaches software…
The Alabama Senate on Tuesday approved, by a 30-0 vote, the General Fund budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, which starts October 1st. The FY20 General Fund – the budget for all non-education state spending – sets aside an additional $7 million for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to hire 50 new state troopers, increases the Department of Corrections’…
Lake Martin boaters will find a new “No Wake” zone when they visit the lake this summer. The zone was created at the bridge where Ridge Island Way crosses over to Chimney Rock Island, or what’s commonly known as “The Bridge To Nowhere.” “Obviously, there were discussions following the recent crash in that area. Even prior to that, the area…
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Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile) has introduced a bill in the Alabama Senate to repeal the state’s extreme abortion ban. “There are consequences for every decision we make as legislators, and for every vote we cast there are ramifications,” Sen. Figures said. “However, some of these effects are unintended and I truly believe this has been the case for SB314….
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved legislation to put doctors in prison if they don’t try to save babies “born alive” after an attempted abortion. Representatives voted 66-18 for the bill Tuesday. The bill now moves to the Senate The bill by Republican Rep. Ginny Shaver says doctors would face 20-year prison sentences for failing to provide reasonable care…
GETTING HOTTER: In the days ahead our afternoon highs continue to climb, and you can expect mostly sunny, hot days as highs will be heading into the mid and perhaps upper 90s by the end of the week. Rain chances are near zero, and not really worth mentioning in the forecast. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: The upper-ridge will hold as we…
