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New legislation regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in Alabama by State Sen. Billy Beasley (D-Clayton) passed the Alabama Senate on Thursday.

PCI Federal, the federal government contracting enterprise owned by the Poarch Creek Indians, recently opened its new National Capital Region office in Reston, Virginia, with an official ribbon-cutting celebration at its building on Sunrise Valley Drive.

The House and Senate Armed Services Committee chairmen announced on Thursday they were “very concerned” about a recent report the Defense Department was considering changes to the military’s presence in Europe and Japan.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation on Tuesday expanding the accountability court program to hold low-level offenders more accountable while receiving the treatment and rehabilitation they need. 

The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama unanimously voted on Wednesday to hire Stephen Morris as their new executive director.

The National Institutes for Health gave the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2023 a $408,375 federal grant to study how testosterone therapy affects transgender men’s susceptibility to HIV infection.

New legislation regulating pharmacy benefit managers in Alabama was introduced by State Sen. Billy Beasley (D-Clayton) on Tuesday.

The Second Chance Act passed the Alabama Senate on Tuesday by a margin of 17-8 after initially failing to pass on its first vote 16-16.

The Alabama Senate didn’t vote on a bill that changes the voter registration database Alabama election officials use after Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) threatened to filibuster on Tuesday.

A Dothan man was arrested again on Monday just two months after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries announced recently they’ve received reports of “unsolicited” seeds being delivered to residents across the state through the United States Postal Service. 

A variety of tax cut bills backed by House Republican leadership are slated to be voted on the House floor on Tuesday including another one-cent grocery tax cut and an increased exemption on retirement benefit withdrawals.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) canceled a Department of Defense contract for landscape design at Maxwell Air Force Base on Monday.

The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (American Board) received approval from the Alabama State Board of Education last week to offer alternative pathways for teacher certification in Alabama.

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced on Monday that Alabama’s labor force participation rate for January remained unchanged at 57.6%. 

U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) both voted for legislation to fund the federal government for another six months on Friday.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed on Friday a Biden-era lawsuit filed just before the 2024 presidential election to halt Secretary of State Wes Allen’s efforts to keep noncitizens from voting in Alabama elections. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an amicus brief on Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirming his commitment to defending religious liberty and school choice. 

Nearly 25,000 K-12 students have applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state's new Education Savings Account program, after applications opened on January 2.

Our Day Mobile, a left-wing, anti-Trump group organizing protests in Mobile, announced on Thursday they opposed attendees chanting “All Lives Matter” at their events.

Three men in Lee County were indicted for allegedly discharging a weapon into an occupied building or vehicle with enhanced charges under Alabama’s Criminal Enterprise Act, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday.

Democrats voting against funding the federal government by a Friday deadline would be “political suicide,” according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Legislation adding a new kind of legal immunity for police in Alabama will help with recruiting, according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency secretary Hal Taylor.

The Alabama National Guard has already met its recruiting goals halfway through the 2025 fiscal year.

Gov. Kay Ivey said on Wednesday she’s going to trust President Donald Trump’s decision on whether to abolish the federal Department of Education.

Members of the Alabama Republican delegation in the House voted in favor of a six-month spending bill on Tuesday to keep the government open.

The National Science Foundation gave Alabama A&M University a $343,789 grant in 2023 to study systemic racism in mathematics teacher education.