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March 11, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Did you know that tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease, remains one of the leading causes of death in the world? Daily, TB claims approximately 4,100 lives, and close to 27,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Global efforts to end TB have saved 79 million lives since 2000. Significant progress has occurred, but to be even more effective, more people need access to effective treatment and new TB infections that were missed...
With heightened immigration enforcement making headlines, manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture workers are at the highest risk of being affected by ICE raids. As a result, many companies are wondering: Are these policy shifts leading to increased absenteeism among workers? To answer this, TeamSense, a provider of automated absence-tracking software specializing in manufacturing and logistics, analyzed its workforce data to understand how absenteeism trends are shifting nationwide and in...
Since his reelection, President Trump has followed through on campaign promises to impose tariffs on America's biggest trading partners—Canada, China, and Mexico—in an attempt to further his terms on trade, borders, and drug trafficking crackdowns. But the tariff threats, reversals, deals, and reprisals are leaving consumers, businesses, and economists experiencing whiplash about what's going to happen next. Tariffs are import taxes on foreign goods, but it's not foreign companies who pay the...
The first mention in a novel of the All-American pastime, baseball, comes not from "The Old Farmer's Almanac" or some such publication; but rather from the novel, "Northanger Abbey", by the British author, Jane Austen. As the heroine of "Northanger Abbey", Catherine Morland, is described in her childhood in chapter one of the novel as preferring "cricket, baseball, riding on horseback, and running about the country . . ." to the domestic arts such as tending a garden and drawing. While Jane...
When Don Wildmon with his marked Southern accent decided to call to task the television network executives in the 1970s, the entertainment media giants of the time simply dismissed him. After all, this Wildmon fellow was from Mississippi, which meant he "was dumb". And not only that, as a Methodist Minister, Wildmon was a Southern preacher. Which the television network executives of the 1970s took to mean that Wildmon "was double dumb". However, "double dumb", or not, Donald E. Wildmon...
March 11, 2025 - HOOVER, AL - Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl announced his full support for President Donald J. Trump's proposed executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. This decisive action aligns with the Party's long-standing commitment to returning educational authority to state and local governments, ensuring that policies are tailored to the unique needs of individual communities. "The Alabama Republican Party fully supports President Trump's plan to...
March 10, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill that will unleash homegrown American energy by securing nationwide access to year-round E15 gasoline. On day one in office, President Trump signed an executive order expanding access to E15 gasoline and making clear that E15 is key in unlocking America's energy-independent future. He also created the National Energy Dominance Council, which has called to use national assets like b...
March 10, 2025–Linda "Lindy" Blanchard has been nominated by President Trump to be America's Ambassador to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). On behalf of the Gazette, congratulations! Lindy is one of the earliest Ambassadors to be appointed by the administration-I think she's eight or ninth-which is a mark of distinction. Presidents have about 4000 positions they appoint, and it takes months and months for those slots to be filled. For Lindy to get the nod this early is truly i...
On this day in 1965, in Selma, all white Alabama State Troopers, acting on the orders of Gov. George Wallace (D), aided by local law enforcement and citizen volunteers, used tear gas, clubs and brute force to prevent peaceful voting rights marchers from crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The march had been organized by Rev. Joseph Lowery, future Congressman John Lewis and local leaders who had planned a Selma to Montgomery march to protest the state of Alabama's systemic disenfranchisement of...
Stretching a paycheck beyond the basics is becoming harder for many Americans. After covering taxes and essential expenses, the disposable income that is left impacts a household's ability to save, invest or stay afloat. But high prices of housing, food, childcare and more can keep households struggling, leaving many families with little or nothing to spare at the end of the month. Furthermore, in most large U.S. cities, the median household income falls short of what's needed to support a...
Officially designated National Rosie The Riveter Day by the U.S. Congress in 2017, March 21st this year falls on a Friday. And the American Rosie The Riveter Association, which was founded by Dr. Fran Carter, a longtime resident of Birmingham, Alabama, is encouraging everyone to visit a Rosie the Riveter and take her to lunch, plan a restaurant outing with Rosies, veterans, and family members, and plan a brief program for schoolchildren and residents at a senior center to recognize all Rosie...
On March 10, 1945, an estimated 100,000 Japanese died in Tokyo after 334 US B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bombs. In the 1930s, Army Air Corps planners studying at the Air Corps Tactical School at Montgomery's Maxwell Field developed the principle of high-altitude daytime precision bombing. While the British abandoned precision daylight bombing for nighttime fire-bombing in 1942, the U.S. Army Air Corps targeted individual factories, railyards, refineries, ports,...
March 9, 2025 – Body camera video of the last minutes of Otis French Jr. by Bay Minette police officer was released to Twitter. On August 22, 2023 – French, a 32-year-old Black man, was killed after the White Bay Minette police officer, Brandon Thompson, pulled him over near his home because a blinker light was out on his vehicle. Officer Thompson was giving French a warning ticket for the mechanical violation; when he asked French to get out of the car. Then things just went completely out of c...
March Madness is full of surprises. Every year, lower-seeded teams pull off upsets and shock the basketball world. These teams, called "Cinderellas," go on unexpected runs, beating big schools and making history. The NCAA Tournament is perfect for underdogs. It is single-elimination, meaning one bad game can end a top team's season. Cinderella teams take advantage of this. They play without pressure, gain confidence, and become fan favorites along the way. In this article, BangTheBook looks at...
March 5, 2025 - The 2018 film "I Can Only Imagine" about the inspiration behind MercyMe's chart topping song by the same name was such a success financially, after all it earned more than twelve times its budget, that The Kingdom Story Company is now filming the sequel to the movie for Lionsgate called "I Can Only Imagine 2". It is tentatively set for release in the spring of 2026. While the film, "I Can Only Imagine" was directed by both of the Erwin brothers, who originally hail from...
Amid economic uncertainty and a slowdown in hiring—particularly for technology and professional services sectors—the H1-B program has once again become a focal point in the debate over American jobs and immigration policy. The program allows foreign workers in specialty occupations to be employed by U.S. companies. Proponents argue that the program strengthens the U.S. economy in many ways by expanding the talent pool, complementing the native-born workforce, and attracting immigrant wor...
One quick online search or scroll through social media and you'll find an endless amount of weight loss advice. But it's hard to know what's backed by science and what's a waste of your time—or worse, what's downright dangerous. Below, Hers separates the fad from fact and busts some common weight loss myths. Myth 1: Losing Weight Is All About Willpower Willpower is a hopefully small part of weight loss, but it's not the only thing at play. If your weight loss efforts don't work or you regain s...
As anybody who has managed a workforce of substantial size already knows, Alabama has a drug and mental health problem; but the state and the University of Alabama are teaming up to help employers deal with this challenging element of the state's workforce. The state is offering businesses free training to help supervisors identify and respond to mental health and substance abuse issues within the workforce. The University of Alabama's VitAL partnership uses education and training to help...
March 10, 2025 - MOBILE, Ala. - Today, the Connie Hudson for Mayor Campaign introduced its campaign management team. The campaign leadership team includes Wiley Blankenship as Campaign Manager, Aqualyn Kennedy as Communications Director, and Dr. Raoul Richardson, PHD. as Community Outreach Director. Wiley Blankenship is well known in our coastal area for his work building one of the greatest advocacy groups in south Alabama. This month, Wiley left his position as President and CEO of Coastal...
March 10, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, has joined 20 other conservative Secretaries of State in writing to the Trump-appointed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, requesting that needed improvements to the Systematic Alien Verifications for Entitlements (SAVE) program become a priority of her administration. SAVE is a service provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services branch of the Department of Homeland Security and used by...
Securing car insurance is required in nearly every state—except New Hampshire. When it comes to micromobility vehicles like electronic bikes, scooters, and mopeds, however, the same insurance rules don't always apply. Still, as sales for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles have grown over the years, so has awareness of their risks—and the number of insurance policies for these alternate modes of transportation. E-bike sales reached over 1 million for the first time in 202...
Gasoline prices have remained relatively flat compared to this time last month, but the cost to fill up the tank has declined by more than 25 cents per gallon since last year. The national average fuel price is about $3.11, with McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, seeing the cheapest metro-area prices at $2.41 and Lihue, Hawaii, with the most expensive at $5.17. After a monthlong pause on tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, the Trump administration proceeded this week to impose 25% tariffs on...
Gasoline prices have remained relatively flat compared to this time last month, but the cost to fill up the tank has declined by more than 25 cents per gallon since last year. The national average fuel price is about $3.11, with McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, seeing the cheapest metro-area prices at $2.41 and Lihue, Hawaii, with the most expensive at $5.17. After a monthlong pause on tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, the Trump administration proceeded this week to impose 25% tariffs on...
Gasoline prices have remained relatively flat compared to this time last month, but the cost to fill up the tank has declined by more than 25 cents per gallon since last year. The national average fuel price is about $3.11, with McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, seeing the cheapest metro-area prices at $2.41 and Lihue, Hawaii, with the most expensive at $5.17. After a monthlong pause on tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, the Trump administration proceeded this week to impose 25% tariffs on...
In October, four companies collectively paid nearly $7 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly failing to properly inform investors of a cyberbreach affecting their companies, a liability American businesses have not previously faced. The companies were compromised in a cyberattack targeting their IT software provider in 2019. The attackers could insert a backdoor into a software update, circumventing existing security measures like encryption...
