MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 2 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: Today, Governor Kay Ivey joined Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox to announce their participation in the National Governors Association (NGA)'s Disagree Better initiative. In Alabama's 2018 General Election, Governor Ivey and Mayor Maddox ran against each other for governor. The governor and mayor have a tremendous partnership today and have come together on issues ranging from rebuilding th  more

AUBURN, Alabama, March 2 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University is Alabama's host for the National Scrollathon, a country-wide, collaborative visual arts project led by award-winning artists Steven and William Ladd, aiming to unite Americans in celebration of the country's 250th birthday in 2026. Pieces produced from all 50 states will go on view at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: "THE IVF RECEIPTS" -> In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, new reporting points out that "the list of GOP Senate candidates who have taken the position that life begins at conception is long--and Democrats plan to remind voters frequently about the similarities between that position and the language used in the Alabama IVF opinion." And reporting across Senate battlegrounds detaile  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 2 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: March 1 marks the first anniversary of the completion of Holland & Knight's combination with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, bringing together two highly regarded law firms to offer clients a broader scope of services and experience, a deeper bench and expanded geographic coverage. The combination created one of the nation's strongest healthcare practices. Additionally, it strengthened the firm's capab  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump's Supreme Court picks led to the devastating Alabama Supreme Court IVF ruling; MAGA Mike Johnson tried to walk back his extreme IVF agenda despite co-sponsoring the Life of Concept Act with NO exceptions for IVF; Senate Republicans  more

HELENA, Montana, March 2 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: A new editorial in The Daily Montanan excoriated Senator Steve Daines for his spineless political views, described as, "both hard right and yet extremely malleable, based on whatever direction the political winds blow." Well, the political winds are howling after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos created through invitro fertilization are children. Daines and the NRSC are now   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: An Alabama Supreme Court ruling pausing IVF treatments reminds Ohioans that IVF and reproductive rights are once again on the ballot in 2024. The Ohio Supreme Court will likely oversee cases involving the implementation of Issue 1, including GOP Attorney General Dave Yost's argument that portions of Republicans' extreme six-week abortion ban remain constitutional. Republicans in the state legislature have also intro  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 2 -- Samford University issued the following news release: Six members of Samford University Cumberland School of Law's National Trial Team competed in the inaugural Online National Championship, Feb. 23-25. All three of the law school's teams were recognized and one team advanced to the semifinal round. Three of the students received a Best Advocate award. The Online National Championship was born in 2024 out of the need to provide additional, affordable trial compe  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, March 2 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Ann Marie Martin Dr. Eric Smith, professor of English at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), received the 2024 Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Distinction in Literary Scholarship from the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama (ACETA). This award is given annually to a living, outstanding literary scholar who is from Alabama or has worked primarily in Alabama or has focused mainly on   more

MOBILE, Alabama, March 2 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: Dr. Kuang-Ting Hsiao, professor and graduate coordinator in the William B. Burnsed Jr. Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Alabama, recently was named as one of 124 Senior Members of Class 2024 by the National Academy of Inventors. Hsiao also was elected as a 2024 Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials. 2024 National Academ  more