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Lawmakers will likely consider Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA)-related legislation in the 2026 session, according to State Sen. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva).

An illegal alien was arrested in Summerdale recently on child sex charges.

The next governor of Alabama is "going to shut down" the ongoing U.S. Highway 43-State Highway 69 West Alabama Corridor expansion project, according to House Pro-Tem Chris Pringle (R-Mobile).

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office owes the State of Alabama $4,966,427.69, according to an audit released on Friday.

Karen Lakey, former Motorsports Hall of Fame Commission accounts manager, allegedly stole $236,610 from the commission, according to a recent audit.

A $60,000 media booking contract to secure more television, radio, and podcast appearances for Mayor Steven Reed is about “promoting the good things about our city,” according to Reed.

Members of the Legislative Council approved an amended rule cracking down on dog deer hunters who allow dogs to roam on private property outside of the Talladega National Forest on Thursday.

Rock the South announced on Thursday that it will be moving from Cullman to Decatur in 2026.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ordered a special master appointed by the court to draw a new Alabama State Senate map on Wednesday.

The Department of the Interior on Monday announced that the Bureau of Land Management coal lease sale in Tuscaloosa County generated over $46 million in revenue and will give access to 53 million tons of metallurgical coal on 14,050 acres of federal mineral estate. 

Montgomery taxpayers are paying $60,000 annually in an effort to secure more television, radio and podcast appearances for Mayor Steven Reed.

The city of Opelika will keep Mayor Gary Fuller around as an unpaid consultant after his term in office ends in November. 

Leo Garcia Venegas, a construction worker in Baldwin County, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security on Monday after recently being detained in immigration raids. 

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) announced political endorsements on Tuesday following a packed Alabama FarmPAC agenda that saw more than two dozen candidates make their cases to agriculture leaders from all 67 counties.

Long-time college football commentator and syndicated sports talker Paul Finebaum would benefit from a “100% name ID” in Alabama if he ultimately decides to run for U.S. Senate in 2026, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced $45 million for 23 projects in Coastal Alabama supported by funds from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA). 

Governor Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall urged the U.S. Senate to pass a short-term funding extension to avoid a federal government shutdown set to take effect on Wednesday.

Elmore County voters will decide in a special election on November 4 whether to pass new local taxes and fees.

Long-time college football commentator and syndicated sports talker Paul Finebaum is considering running for U.S. Senate in 2026.

Alabama was recently ranked eighth in Area Development magazine's 2025 Top States for Doing Business study.

Abortion pill legislation will be considered by lawmakers when they reconvene for the 2026 legislative session in January, according to State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville).

In the wake of a federal court ruling against Alabama’s 2021 State Senate map, Governor Kay Ivey has decided not to call a special session to draw a new map.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Friday the indictment of Charles Nathan Nickelson, former Huntsville Area Crime Stoppers coordinator and Huntsville police officer.

Lawmakers and members of the public criticized the Alabama Board of Pharmacy at a Sunset committee meeting on Thursday for a recent settlement with a former executive secretary.

The Alabama Department of Corrections executed Geoffrey Todd West for the 1997 capital murder of Margaret Parrish Berry on Thursday.

Riley McArdle, chairman of the College Republican Federation of Alabama, penned a letter to University of Alabama President Dr. Peter Mohler on Thursday, calling on the school to terminate any employee who is found to have made mocking public comments regarding the political assassination of conservative political activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.

A recent lawsuit filed by Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox would put Alabama’s entire online sales tax program in jeopardy, according to Houston County Commission chairman Brandon Shoupe.