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Eddie Smith is still running to be the next mayor of Opelika despite a recent cancer diagnosis. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on legislation expanding civil and criminal immunity for law enforcement officers in Alabama.

Members of the Pike Road Town Council passed an ordinance on Wednesday pausing all new gas station construction for one year.

Birmingham Water Works Board chair Tereshia Huffman allegedly “participated in unethical practices” with contributions from the board’s Community Educational Program to charities affiliated with her relatives, according to an ethics complaint filed on Monday.

Local legislation that would legalize pari-mutuel gambling at the White Hall Entertainment Center in Lowndes County passed the Alabama Senate on Tuesday by a 18-7 margin.

Members of the Senate passed K-12 off-campus religious instruction legislation on Tuesday.

Legislation that would allow for an annexation of an area of Cullman County by Smith Lake to establish a framework to attract a resort to the area passed the Senate on Tuesday.

The National Science Foundation canceled three grants worth $1,761,892 on Friday to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University.

Legislation regulating off-road vehicle parks in Cherokee County is “on life support” in the House, according to State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) on Tuesday.

Republican members of the Senate County and Municipal Government committee passed a bill changing the makeup of the Birmingham Water Works Board on Tuesday morning.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson continued to block the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission from issuing cannabis business licenses in an order released on Monday.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday he has agreed to give the commencement address at the University of Alabama in early May.

Changing how Birmingham Water Works is governed is necessary to avoid becoming “another Jackson,” according to State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently revoked the visas of foreign students at Auburn University and Troy University. 

The Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it was adding a Warrior Met Coal Mines project to the FAST-41 permitting program. 

Senate Republicans will likely have to cloture Democrats on every bill for the rest of the session, according to State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur).

State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) filed legislation on Thursday that changes the makeup of the Birmingham Water Works Board.

An immigration judge on Thursday denied bond for Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March.

Senate Republicans began using their supermajority to limit debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate on Thursday.

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth gaveled down Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) on Thursday during a lengthy day in the Senate featuring multiple cloture motions.

Republicans plan to begin limiting debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate, according to State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham).

Legislation legalizing historical horse racing machines in Greene County received a public hearing in a House committee on Wednesday.

Alabama could lose one of its seven seats in Congress after the 2030 Census, according to State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile).

Legislation that would annex an area of Cullman County by Smith Lake to set up a framework to attract a resort to the area passed the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development committee on Wednesday.

Members of the Senate Education Policy committee passed legislation on Wednesday allowing K-12 off-campus religious instruction.

The Alabama Senate is currently working on the House-passed tax cut package to “make it even better,” according to State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

Legislation legalizing historical horse racing gambling machines in Greene County is unconstitutional, according to Eric Johnston, president of the Southeast Law Institute.