In the past two years, the National Firearm Industry Trade Association has seen more new gun owners. In 2020, 40% of all firearm purchases were made by first-time gun buyers. In 2021, that percentage was 30%. But despite increased sales, supply chain shortages and inflation, one small town Alabama company is producing high quantities of high-quality ammunition.
You are probably not familiar with the name William Kingdon Clifford. He was a philosopher who lived in England 150 years ago. He was...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) addressed the Alabama Reading Summit this week, held in Clanton. The Summit is hosted by the Alabama Literacy...
In a few days, we will be moving 260 miles north to Birmingham, Alabama. So I got my last Florida haircut. I’m picky about who cuts...
The Alabama Ways and Means Education Committee will meet on Tuesday to consider the fiscal year 2022 Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget....
Alabama House Democratic Caucus held a press conference earlier this week to promote their legislative agenda. The Caucus featured...
Listen to 1819 News' CEO Bryan Dawson on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss Ukraine and its potential effect on Alabama,...
Reactions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were immediate, and – at least for two of the candidates for Senate in Alabama – consistent:...
“The money has to come from somewhere.” That bit of financial common sense comes from Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)...
A few weeks back, a convoy of trucks left the west coast of Canada, bound for the nation’s capital of Ottawa. The convoy’s express...
A bill to eliminate the state grocery tax in Alabama may still have a chance in the Alabama legislature, albeit a small one. Many...
The Alabama Senate passed the fiscal year 2023 State General Fund budget (SGF) on Thursday. The state has an archaic budgeting system...
Drug overdose deaths have reached another record high. In the 12-month period ending in September 2021, it is estimated that 104,288...
Why doesn’t the youth care about foreign policy? Why didn’t we weep over the horrors in Afghanistan and why is our blood not boiling,...
The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday clarifying that under Alabama law emergency medical services (EMS)...
The Alabama House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to ban the abortion drug – RU486 - in Alabama. House Bill...
Alabama AL Senate passes bill prohibiting gender surgery/therapy for minors under 18 AL truckers to meet in Cullman this Saturday and...
Speaker of the House McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) spoke to reporters Thursday about the legislative session at the halfway point. “We have...
Listen to 1819 News' Editor-in-Chief Ray Melick with Joey Clark as they discuss HB2 and the Parents Choice Act. If you're in Montgomery,...
Dmytro Bulakh awoke early Thursday morning to the sound of explosions. The pastor of Grace Church, located in Kyiv, Ukraine, went outside...
A bill that sought to allow midwives to perform births after the mother has had a C-section is being indefinitely postponed by its...
Right now, nearly every American is feeling the effects of out-of-control inflation and other economic problems. My guess is that most...
I found myself doing something strange as I was listening to the House debate recently on HB 2, better known as the “anti-riot bill;”...
U.S. Senate candidate Brandaun Dean is urging Democrats to organize candidate forums so Democratic voters can properly vet their Senate...
This opinion piece is a follow-up to my editorial which was published on January 27 about diversity outreach. That piece was entitled,...
On Wednesday, the Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund committee voted to advance the fiscal year 2023 State General Fund...
The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday requiring that a child who seeks to go to first grade must either...