The U.S. also revoked a license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil as part of the interim deal. That had allowed Iran for the first time in years to conduct oil sales openly on the international market for U.S. dollars. Iran long had been suspected of selling sanctioned crude oil at below-market prices to China.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama lawmakers have fully funded the state’s projected cost of operating public school buses for the coming year, providing school systems with a historic increase that could free millions of local dollars for classrooms, technology, school security and aging facilities. Lawmakers provided $532 million for transportation operations in the fiscal year 2027 […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Laura Lester, the founding CEO of Feeding Alabama, will retire later this year after 13 years leading the nonprofit and 20 years working in food banking. Lester helped launch Feeding Alabama, the state association representing Alabama’s eight Feeding America food banks, as its first staffer and CEO in 2013. She started out […]