MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: * * * STEM Takes Flight: Florida College Academy Hosts National ACE Program Launch Students, educators, and community leaders gathered in Temple Terrace, Florida, as Civil Air Patrol kicked off a new year of its national K-8 Aerospace Connections in Education STEM program. The sky was the limit at Florida College Academy (FCA) in Temple Terrace, where students helped Civil Air Patrol lau  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Ban Gender Transition Surgeries on Minors * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in co-sponsoring the Chloe Cole Act, which would ban the chemical and surgical mutilation of children and provide detransitioners whose healthy body parts have been damaged by these procedures with legal recourse. As the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville, Blackburn Probe D.C. Mayor on Sister City Relationship with Beijing * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in sending a letter to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on the status of the District's Sister City relationship with Beijing after the agreement was removed from the city's website in August without any formal   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins Legislation to Protect SNAP Benefits for 750,000 Alabamians * WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today joined Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation, the Keep SNAP Funded Act, that would fund SNAP during a government shutdown, in light of Democrats using struggling American families as "leverage" in their political games. Under the bill, Congress woul  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Leads Bipartisan Effort Urging Department of Justice to Act on Illegal Offshore Gaming Operations Harming America's Youth * U.S. Senator Katie Britt, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 11 of her colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take robust action on illegal offshore gaming operations  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, John Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Vet Unaccompanied Alien Children, Prevent Placement of UACs with Criminal Sponsors * WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) introduced the Kayla Hamilton Act, which wo  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Oct. 28 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH CAHS alumnus Mark Chandler forges uncommon path from the humanities to U.S. national security and intelligence career By Russ Nelson Mark S. Chandler, an alumnus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, took a fascinating route from the UAH College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to forge a 38-year career in U.S. national security and intel  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development released the following testimony by Lars Powell, executive director of the Center for Insurance and Research at the University of Alabama, from an Oct. 21, 2025, hearing entitled "Innovation in U.S. Housing: Solutions and Policies for America's Future": * * * Thank you, Madam Chair Britt, ranking member Smith, and committee members, for the opportunity to speak  more