BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Medicare Open Enrollment in Alabama, 2026 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers seniors, people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and people with disabilities several insurance options, including Medicare Fee-for-Service, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare prescription drug plans. The costs a  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Sept. 25 -- The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology issued the following news: * * * Health in Our DNA: How Genomics is Shaping Everyday Life By Sarah Sharman On a humid afternoon in North Alabama, the parents of a young girl sat in their living room, hospital paperwork spilling over the coffee table. Their daughter had been to specialist after specialist. One doctor suspected epilepsy. Another, a rare metabolic disease. Weeks became months, then years, as tests yiel  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2025, at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. NOMINEES a. Jennifer Lee Mascott, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit b. Robert P. Chamberlin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi c. Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama d. Bill Le  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Sept. 26 -- The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology issued the following news: * * * Together Through It All - Hope, Positivity, and the Power of Community By Abbie Ruesy Sometimes the world feels vast and overwhelming. Other times, it feels remarkably small; full of connections that crisscross in ways you couldn't possibly plan, and where chance encounters become lifelines. The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology campus was intentionally designed to increase the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Reston, Virginia, has donated $50,000 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Business to establish a new Cloud Center of Excellence. The program is designed to provide students with cloud-computing education and training, aiming to expand the pipeline of skilled cyber professionals. The new center strengthens a 15-year collaboration between the university and the technology company. According to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 25 Alabama Counties as Natural Disaster Areas * This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including th  more