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The new plant expansion will create 261 new jobs in the Opelika area.

Republicans urged Democrats to approve $2 billion in emergency defense aid to Israel to replenish their Iron Dome missile defense systems.

Blue Origin has opened its sprawling factory in Huntsville, Alabama’s “Rocket City.” The massive new factory will allow the spaceflight company to accelerate the production of its heavy-lift BE-4 rocket engine. The move creates hundreds of jobs. The BE-4, which is under development, will power both Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and the United Launch … Continued

Twenty-eight bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, sent a letter to United States Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on Friday, April 12 declaring their support for the Air Force’s National Security Space Launch Program’s Phase 2 acquisition strategy. The signers requested the Air Force refrain from weakening … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump was in Huntsville campaigning for U.S. Sen. Luther Strange,R-Ala. As has become customary for Trump in Alabama he filled up yet another arena, this time the Von Braun Center.  This is the fifth time that Trump campaigned in Alabama in the last … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, December 5 at 7:05 AM NASA launched the Orion spacecraft into orbit for the first time. The short flight into space for the long delayed space shuttle replacement was successful and will allow NASA engineers and scientists to learn more about the Orion capsule before it is … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 4, NASA is set to launch the Orion spacecraft into orbit for the first time. On Wednesday, December 3 U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) told the Alabama Political Reporter that the Orion test launch is an important step. Senator Shelby said in a written statement in … Continued