Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has retained the services of a public safety recruitment firm to help the city find a permanent police chief as the city continues to face an escalating crime epidemic.
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested an 18-year-old in the triple homicide at a Mexican grocery store that sent shockwaves through the community and increased the outcry for city leadership to address violent crime.
Alabama, along with other states, is seeking to challenge the proposed changes by the Biden administration to add definitions of gender identity to the protections provided by Title IX in federal court.
Attorney General Steve Marshall joined State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) and Matt Sharp with the Alliance Defending Freedom at a town hall in Birmingham to discuss legislative and judicial efforts to oppose the Biden administration’s proposed changes to Title IX.
An MS-13 member listed on El Salvador’s 100 most wanted list was recently sentenced to two years in prison after being arrested in Alabama last year.
The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles recently canceled the Wednesday graduation at the Paroles Parole and Probation Reentry Education and Employment Program Center, or PREP Center, located in Uniontown, after several graduates tested positive for COVID-19.
The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is looking for plaintiffs in a planned lawsuit in Alabama to challenge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule defining who qualifies as a firearms dealer.
As a resident of Alabama’s capital city of Montgomery, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is speaking out against the recent escalation in violent crime that has rocked the city and caused more citizens to demand change.
Several family members who attended a Dothan drag show held at a Lutheran church had a gun pulled on them by an attendant after they were forced out of the venue.
A Montgomery man out on bond for bond for three counts of attempted murder was recently re-arrested for possessing drugs with the intent to distribute.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed is one of few Democratic leaders backing President Joe Biden after a debate performance against former President Donald Trump on Thursday night that was almost ubiquitously seen as a disaster for the sitting president.
Clean Up Alabama, the group that started to oppose the inclusion of sexually explicit books in Alabam libraries, is applauding the recent rule change by the Autauga-Prattville Library Board of Trustees that may create problems for a federal lawsuit filed against the board by those trying to keep the books where they are.
Governor Kay Ivey’s office recently said that she is considering both long and short-term solutions to address the recent crime wave in Montgomery that recently led to stray gunfire hitting a government office in the downtown area.
Lawmakers continue to push back against Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed’s attempts to exculpate himself from the growing crime in Montgomery by blaming the state for passing constitutional carry in 2022.
Recent rule changes made by the Prattville-Autauga Library Board of Trustees could create an interesting dilemma for a federal lawsuit filed against the system by those fighting to keep sexually explicit books in the library’s children’s section.
In recent months, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has flip-flopped on answering how many officers are currently staffed at the Montgomery Police Department as criticisms continue over police staffing and crime in the city.
Montgomery has been at the center of state headlines in recent months. The city is no stranger to violent crime. However, a recent slew of brutal shootings and robberies have multiplied the voices calling for city leadership to make public safety a higher priority.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced on Tuesday the appointment of a new interim chief of police and a special public safety advisor as the city continues to face criticism over the tumultuous crime escalation in recent months.
Attorney General Steve Marshall is backing Tennessee in its court battle to ban transgender interventions for minors after the Supreme Court of The United States agreed to hear a Tennessee case that will have massive implications for Alabama and other states.
Attorney General Steve Marshall recently celebrated the “countless lives saved” from abortion after the state was able to implement its hefty restrictions on abortion since the overturning of Roe V. Wade two years ago today.
At a Sunday evening press conference, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed joined members of local, state and federal law enforcement to address a shooting that injured at least 13 earlier that day.
At least nine people were shot, and at least another four were injured in a massive Sunday morning shooting in Montgomery.
Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell is still at odds with the county commission weeks after Harrell evacuated the county jail until health and safety hazards, like prolific black mold, are addressed.
Autauga County Schools recently announced the launch of a new online virtual school for students “desiring an alternative educational setting.”
Darryl Albert, the now-former Montgomery Police Chief who resigned in April amidst accusations of sexual misconduct, is now seeking to take the police chief position in Austin, Texas.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently joined other Republican lawmakers in a letter asking Health and Human Services inspector general Christi Grimm to audit the safety procedures of IVF and other reproductive protocols used in fertility clinics.
With pledged contributions from Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and several city council members, the reward for information regarding the triple murder that occurred outside a Hispanic grocery store now sits at $40,000.