Henry Thornton

Former Gov. Robert Bentley founds ‘Great State Alabama’ nonprofit to support rural, underserved areas The board of directors of Great State 2019, Inc. on Friday announced the formation of Great State Alabama (GSA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. According to a release, GSA was founded in part by former Governor Robert Bentley (R-AL), a board-certified dermatologist who continues to practice medicine in West Alabama.

$800K grant awarded to help ‘Alabama’s sparkling Gulf Coast’ tourism rebound from pandemic The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) on Thursday awarded $800,000 via a CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau to develop and implement a tourism recovery marketing campaign in response to the economic downturn that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alabama Sec. of State John Merrill rules out run for office in 2022 after extramarital affair surfaces Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill released a statement on Wednesday ruling out a run for public office in 2022. Merrill’s decision comes after a 2019 extramarital affair he conducted with a 44-year-old legal aide in Montgomery surfaced online in recent days.