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A local bill regulating off-road vehicle parks is starting to generate more buzz around the State House in recent days.

The Alabama Environmental Management Commission voted to narrow its search for a new Alabama Department of Environmental Management director on Friday.

Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) into law on Tuesday.

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

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) introduced the Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act on Monday.

Legislation by State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) would limit which Chinese companies the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) can invest in.

Legislators still have work left to do to find funding for completing the move into the new State House currently being built, according to State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Range).

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited Warrior Met Coal mines in Tuscaloosa and Berry on Friday.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut another grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Tuskegee University on Tuesday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) cancelled a Biden-era settlement on Friday that forced the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) to provide septic and wastewater infrastructure in Lowndes County.

Artemio Garcia Perez, 20, was arrested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday while attempting to flee the country. 

A Gadsden woman who lived with a pig kidney for 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday.

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) joined other House Democrats to introduce the Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act on Thursday, a bill that would reverse tariffs placed on foreign countries by President Donald Trump.

An approximately $10 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget for fiscal year 2026 passed the Senate unanimously on Thursday.

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth said on Thursday that legislation allowing public school students to participate in off-campus religious and character instruction during school hours has his “full,100%, committed support."

The Alabama Senate unanimously passed legislation on Wednesday banning the use of cell phones by public K-12 students in Alabama during the school day.

The Alabama Senate delayed a vote on bills by State Sen. Clyde Chambliss (R-Prattville) on Wednesday that would’ve added an explicit content filter and age verification requirements on smartphones for minors.

An approximately $10 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget for fiscal year 2026 passed the Senate Finance and Taxation Education committee on Wednesday.

It’s expected that Space Command will officially be moved from Colorado to Alabama later this month, according to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks).

Statewide legislation that would change how a Baldwin County sales tax is distributed passed the Senate County and Municipal Government committee on Tuesday afternoon.

Local builder and entrepreneur, Mark Spurlin, has announced his candidacy on Tuesday for Mayor of Pike Road in the 2025 Municipal Election.

On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Board of Education announced Dr. Zickeyous Byrd as the new superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation raising the age of consent for medical treatment from 14 to 16 years of age on Tuesday by a 30-2 margin.

The fiancée of Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student arrested by ICE in March, said on Monday that the incident “has pushed us past our limits.”

According to Alabama Public Library Service Board chairman John Wahl, Department of Government Efficiency cuts to library federal grants haven’t affected Alabama libraries so far.

The Senate passed legislation legalizing historical horse racing gambling machines in Greene County on Thursday by a 14-1 margin.

The Trump administration canceled a $1.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) last week.