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A three-judge federal panel on Thursday found a congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.

Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March, is leaving the United States voluntarily, according to his attorney.

The Birmingham Water Works Board didn’t have the authority to transfer assets to the City of Birmingham after a law changing its governance was signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Norfolk Southern revived its Berry Branch for the first time in over a decade, the company announced on Wednesday.

Legislation to allow annexation of a section of Cullman County by Smith Lake to establish a framework to attract a resort to the area was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday.

The Birmingham City Council voted at a special-called meeting on Thursday to ratify a purchase agreement to buy the assets of the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) despite a new law changing it into a regional board being signed into law on Wednesday.

Local legislation related to specific cities and counties across Alabama is expected to take up much of the Senate’s last day of the legislative session next Wednesday.

Former University of Alabama coach Nick Saban will co-chair President Donald Trump’s commission on college athletics, according to The Athletic.

Governor Kay Ivey signed into law legislation on Wednesday changing how the Birmingham Water Works Board is governed, according to a spokesperson.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation on Wednesday banning K-12 students from having cell phones and other wireless communication devices in the classroom.

The Birmingham Water Works Board called another special-called meeting related to legislation that would change its governance if signed into law.

Amended legislation by State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) changing how vacancies are filled on the Alabama Department of Archives and History board was sent to a conference committee after three hours of Democrat filibustering on Wednesday.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that increased the age customers in Alabama could purchase vaping products from 19 to 21 years old.

The Alabama Senate passed a one-cent grocery sales tax cut on Tuesday.

A vote on a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to submit officer counts to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency didn’t happen on Tuesday.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation banning hemp products from being sold at gas stations on Tuesday by a 19-13 margin.

Donna Yeatman, executive secretary of the embattled Alabama Board of Pharmacy, received a $255,000 settlement to resign in January.

The City of Birmingham filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against Gov. Kay Ivey over a bill awaiting her signature that would restructure the governance of the Birmingham Water Works Board.

Dr. John W. Stewart III, president of the University of Montevallo (UM), announced on Monday he was stepping down at the end of July.

Talk of a name, image, and likeness (NIL) executive order by President Donald Trump and former University of Alabama coach Nick Saban is “unmerited and unhelpful,” according to one attorney involved in litigation with the NCAA.

Another round of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal grant cancellations hit Alabama in recent weeks.

Multiple industries in the Gulf Coast and Alabama are happy about President Donald Trump’s recent tariff announcements on foreign businesses, according to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise).

State senators will consider advancing legislation in the final days of the legislative session to regulate and restrict hemp products sold in retail stores in Alabama.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Friday announced Monica Carroll as the new executive director of Alabama’s Farm Service Agency.

President Donald Trump is considering an executive order related to name, image, and likeness (NIL) payments to college athletes. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday a legal victory for the state in Boe v. Marshall following the plaintiffs’ decision to drop their challenge to Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which prohibits experimental sex-change procedures for minors. 

Mercedes-Benz announced on Thursday that they'll begin making a new “core segment vehicle” in Tuscaloosa.