Stephen Boyd’s weekly Capitol Hill briefing for Alabama’s business, financial, defense and government affairs executives.
Stephen Boyd’s weekly Capitol Hill briefing for Alabama’s business, financial, defense and government affairs executives.
B.B. Comer fought powerhouse Fyffe all the way in the Class 2A state finals before falling, but this isn't a one-time deal for this program. Head coach Adam Fossett has built something to last. They've got a lot more winning to do.
Auburn hiring Hugh Freeze as head football coach isn't about escort services or second chances — it's about a school willingly overlooking a pattern of transgressions that have embarrassed his employers going back to his days as a high school coach.
Wouldn't it be nice if the College Football Playoff expansion happened this year instead of somewhere down the road?
Southeastern Louisiana came to Jacksonville State with a better team than its 3-3 record would've indicated, so the Lions' 31-14 win isn't a shock. Still, if Rich Rodriguez could have a do-over, he might make a couple of different decisions.
The casual fans love the wrecks, just like casual hockey fans love the fights. I believe the real race fan loves races like Sunday's, even without a dozen cars running into each other.
Rev. Hugh Morris says, "If you don't vote, you don't have the desire to stay free. Freedom is the power to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint."
The 14th annual Art Extravaganza has concluded successfully. We at the Aljerald Power Memorial Lodge/Plank Road Station may be small in numbers, but we are many in support, and that’s why the event was so successful.
Sure, Alabama has dominated in the Nick Saban, but "Dynasty by the Numbers" uses stark data to show you exactly how dominant the Crimson Tide has been.
When Bill France Sr. told Bill Ward, “Get me 1,000 acres near a freeway and I’ll come look,” the landscape of this corner of Alabama forever changed.
Tonight's 20-17 victory at Florida State one of the best wins in Jacksonville State history. And, it's one of the best wins for the man who deserves a lion's share of credit: head coach John Grass.
Just moments after Tank Bigsby waved good-bye, speeding past the Akron defense on a date with the end zone, came the clearest sign that there’s something anew on The Plains.
College football dynasties past and present convened in Atlanta Saturday to show us the future doesn’t look any different.
ATLANTA — This won't last forever, of course.
Alabama, like the rest of the nation, is facing a surge in crime the like it has not seen in years. There have been a lot of factors for the uptick in violence, including the pandemic and the civil unrest the country has seen this past year.
"We have seen families in utter chaos, angry, confused, and hurt when we ask what their loved one would want medically in a state of such severe illness. In the midst of all this, their family member lies in bed powerless, too sick to make decisions at this stage in their life."
Nothing is more demoralizing and sickening than seeing in the media where we have had yet another mass shooting.
The state of Georgia is getting push back against legislative efforts to strengthen the integrity of their elections.
The Alabama Senate approved a record $7.6 billion education budget that was $400 million more than the previous year. Not only was it the largest budget to fund education in state history, but it also included a 2 percent pay raise for all public school employees.
It has now been a year since March 13, 2020, when the first reported case of the coronavirus was made public in Alabama.
They’re permanent members of a transformational club: African-Americans who integrated the very universities that symbolized the privileged within our once-segregated society.
Talladega Superspeedway would be an ideal site to use as a COVID-19 vaccine distribution center.
In 1971, I had the opportunity to ride my bicycle around Europe for nine months, staying in youth hostels and cheap hotels. It was a great adventure!
