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Mike Elliott announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for House District 13 on Tuesday.

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday appointed Judge Bill Lewis to serve on the Supreme Court of Alabama. 

U.S. Reps. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) introduced the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) Research Act of 2025 on Thursday.

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on Monday stayed an order by Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson on April 21 that continued to block the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission from issuing cannabis business licenses.

Attorneys representing the state of Alabama will appeal a three-judge federal panel ruling on May 8 that found the congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.

A Democrat candidate for Clay County Commission in 2024 pleaded guilty to one voter fraud charge on Wednesday.

Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Jay Mitchell resigned from the court on Monday.

Americans for Prosperity-Alabama (AFP-AL) said on Thursday they were disappointed to see “several pieces of priority legislation, including Judicial Deference, fail to receive final passage” in the 2025 legislative session.

The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts found 29 recent instances of legal and financial noncompliance at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, according to an audit released on Friday.

A Huntsville man was sentenced on Friday to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in the unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on X to tweet out false positive news about bitcoin. 

Craig Carlisle was announced on Friday as a nominee for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, according to the Baptist Paper.

The Alabama League of Municipalities on Thursday elected Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan as its new president and Riverside Mayor Rusty Jessup as its new vice president during the business session of the League’s 90th convention in Huntsville. 

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday signed the “Back the Blue” police immunity bill into law.

The Trump administration cut a $44 million federal grant on Thursday to the Birmingham Biotechnology Hub for clinical trial diversity and vaccine development, according to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).

Leadership in the Alabama Senate will consider changing some of its rules, according to State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

The Alabama Senate passed the "Back the Blue" police immunity bill by a 25-6 margin on Wednesday.

Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation into law on Wednesday that would ban the sale of hemp products at gas stations but allow them to continue being sold at liquor stores.

Legislation by State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) changing how vacancies are filled on the Alabama Department of Archives and History board was approved by a conference committee of six House and Senate members on Wednesday.

All seven appointments have been made to the newly restructured Birmingham Regional Water Board ahead of the board’s first meeting on Wednesday.

Governor Kay Ivey signed House Bill 307, the Speedy Trial Act, on Tuesday.

Spending cuts will have to be paired with President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax cuts, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The Qatari royal family’s plan to gift the Trump administration a new Air Force One luxury jet will “save us money,” according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The Department of Government Efficiency cut $7,774,758.19 in federal diversity, equity and inclusion grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics to four Alabama universities last week.

The Office of Information Technology is currently responding to a "cybersecurity event" over the weekend that is affecting certain state systems, according to a spokesperson for Governor Kay Ivey.

President Donald Trump signed into law a bill on Friday sponsored by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) that blocks the Biden-Harris administration’s last-minute attempt on Christmas Eve 2024 to ban tankless natural gas water heaters. 

Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a one-cent grocery sales tax cut on Friday.

Hunters will have expanded opportunities at the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge soon.