7. Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato has condemned death threats and racist comments directed at a Muslim city council candidate, Tanveer Patel, as the FBI and Hoover Police Department investigate the claims.
6. A single poster’s racist comments on social media targeting Indian restaurants and businesses in Huntsville brought on a newspaper article referencing “trolls” and other comments implying the community is racist and intolerant; but it is clearly not because there is just one poster and hundreds of detractors attacking that poster.
5. A judge has denied the Trump Department of Justice’s request to unseal records related to Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case, citing the need to protect grand jury secrecy and the lack of significant new information; this is the third attempt that has failed, and the judge called the information “hearsay.”
4. Texas’s redistricting of congressional maps has been passed by the Texas House of Representative to help the GOP gain U.S. House seats; the response by California has already overcome a Republican challenge to that state’s redistricting process, and this is all setting up U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) demanding Democrats flood the state to send white people running.
3. The dean of students at the University of West Alabama has admitted to using loopholes to continue funding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming despite laws to the contrary, saying, “We can’t directly fund DEI programming, so we have been looking for loopholes.”
2. Gov. Kay Ivey has stated that Alabama is prepared to lend support if needed as more states send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., while Governor-elect National Championship Winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has declared it is time to “teach these blue cities some discipline.”
1. Alabama’s economic outlook for 2025 projects continued growth despite larger economic uncertainties, this is driven by manufacturing and technology, but workforce shortages continue to be an issue.
Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN
