Politics

Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban joined four other sports legends in co-signing a letter urging a US Senator to support and pass voting rights legislation.

As the year comes to an end, The Tuscaloosa Thread is finishing up its first full year in operation. Take a look back at some of the most memorable, important and unique stories covered in 2021.

The Tuscaloosa City Council accepted the surrendering of a business license from the infamous Masters Inn on McFarland Boulevard, which will shut down by February 15 of next year.

Local organizations and concerned citizens are calling for more transparency and more collaboration with the City of Tuscaloosa as voting district maps are set to be redrawn.

Jim Page, President and CEO of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, recently reflected on his ten years serving in his role. He reflected on some of the Chamber's biggest successes and struggles, and how Tuscaloosa will grow in the future.

Despite Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signing a permanent adoption of daylight saving time into law, Alabama will still "fall back" because of a federal rule.

The case apparently pertains to a family issue pertaining to her late parents' estate.

The petition argues that dress codes usually target female students and students of color and shames them at an already vulnerable time in their life.

The National Weather Service believes Ida will "rapidly intensify" before reaching the coast, possibly hitting Louisiana as a Category 4 storm.

Since July 6, the date Ivey terminated Alabama's public health emergency, the state's positive case numbers have jumped by a factor of 10 during those five weeks of assumed freedom.