WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following testimony by Chris Cox, deputy chancellor for instruction, research and development at the Alabama Community College System, from a Dec. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Building Pathways: Advancing Workforce Development in the 21st Century": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Blunt Rochester, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following written testimony by Joel Stadtlander, director of human resources at ArcelorMittal Calvert, from a Dec. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "Building Pathways: Advancing Workforce Development in the 21st Century": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today about workforce more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Palmer Delivers Opening Statement at Environment Subcommittee Hearing on the Current Statutory and Regulatory Landscape of PFAS Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled Examining the Impact of EPA's CERCLA Designation for  more PR

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Civil Air Patrol Chaplain Commissions into the U.S. Navy Civil Air Patrol service often starts close to home, yet its influence frequently reaches far beyond a single unit or state. On Sept. 30, Civil Air Patrol Capt. Dan Robelen was commissioned as a chaplain in the United States Navy during a ceremony held at a meeting of CAP's Kevin A. Adams Memorial Composite S more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 22 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * FDA approves oral version of weight-loss drug semaglutide, UAB researchers react * An oral formulation of semaglutide has received United States Food and Drug Administration approval for a new drug or biologic under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. The University of Alabama at Birmingham served as one of the clinical trial sites, led by W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., professor in the UAB School of Healt more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Dec. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama posted the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Montgomery Man Convicted of Multiple Federal Drug Trafficking Charges On December 18, 2025, a federal jury convicted 36-year-old Arsenio Hall, of Montgomery, Alabama, of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, a synthetic cannabinoid, and marijuana, announced Acting more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama Museums, Tuscaloosa, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined that they are culturally affiliated with multiple Tribal Nations in the southeastern United States. The finding, made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, establishes the basis for repatriation of the ancestral remains and cultural items currently held in the museum's care more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama Museums, Tuscaloosa, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and determined that they are culturally affiliated with multiple Tribal Nations in the southeastern United States, clearing the way for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination concerns ancestral remains recovered from shoreline erosion at the Moundville site along the Black Warrior River in Alabama. The more PR