BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A new national report highlights Alabama as the only state offering enough additional pay to recruit teachers both into hard-to-staff subjects and into hard-to-staff schools. The National Council on Teacher Quality pointed to Alabama’s TEAMS program, which pays qualifying middle- and high-school math and science teachers on a higher salary schedule. TEAMS […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Republican gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville doubled down on his threat to send the National Guard to Alabama’s cities to curb crime in a new ad released Tuesday. Calling Montgomery a “war zone” and Mobile and Birmingham “dangerous,” Tuberville pledges in the law enforcement-centered ad that criminals will “pay the price for hurting […]

WASHINGTON — Despite widespread support in the House, the Senate failed to advance legislation Wednesday aimed at shielding Americans from electricity costs associated with data centers. Senate Democrats blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act from moving forward 57-43. But four Democratic senators – Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and Jon Ossoff and […]