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Most of the Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday a special fiduciary appointed by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin could temporarily take possession of the Mabel Amos Trust Fund as a lawsuit alleging wrongdoings by Regions Bank and the fund’s board members continues.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) praised the Senate’s bipartisan 84-9 vote to advance the Laken Riley Act on Thursday.

Nearly 7,000 Alabama families have applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state's new Education Savings Account ESA program, after the state opened it up for applications on January 2.

Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency for 37 counties ahead of an incoming winter storm expected to hit parts of the state this week.

State Board of Veterans Affairs (SBVA) spoke out at a Wednesday meeting against possible legislation in the 2025 session that would change how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) is governed.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) will reintroduce his Repealing Big Brothers Overreach Act in the Senate in the 119th Congress. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently placed a detainer on a man accused of leaving the scene of an accident with a personal injury in December. 

Attorney General Steve Marshall and other Republican attorneys general backed President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies on Wednesday.

The Alabama Republican Party announced Tuesday that State Rep. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) will serve as the Party’s nominee for the special election to fill the vacancy in Alabama Senate District 5. 

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) led 29 Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to preserve Title IX protections for female athletes on Tuesday. 

Yordy Centeno-Melchor, an illegal alien, should stay in the custody of the Elmore County Sheriff until his criminal case for the attempted kidnapping of a young girl is finished, according to Josh Cochran, assistant District Attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit.

Madison County is accepting applications for a new district judge starting on January 21.

Alabama had the sixth-largest percentage of movers in the nation, according to a recent report.

State Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) announced on Monday he was running for re-election in 2026.

A federal judge sentenced Kyle Nathan Carlisle, 39, of Phenix City, to seven years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges related to COVID-19 loans from the federal government.

Elmore County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Yordy Centeno-Melchor, an illegal alien, for attempted kidnapping on Friday.

A Honduran illegal alien was sentenced in federal court in December to 21 years in federal prison for being unlawfully in the United States after having been previously removed.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently named Jordan Doufexis as his new chief of staff, according to a source.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was re-elected mostly along party lines on Friday.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said on Friday he was worried Senate Republicans wouldn’t unanimously support President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) announced Haley Wilson as his new chief of staff on Friday. 

Austal denied on Thursday they discriminated against State Rep. Napoleon Bracy (D-Prichard).

Nearly 3,000 Alabama families applied for the CHOOSE Act, the state’s new Education Savings Account program after the state opened it up for applications on Thursday.

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced applications for the CHOOSE Act, the state’s new Education Savings Account program, are officially open. 

Drew Dauphin, a 2023 graduate of Auburn University, was killed in the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans on Wednesday.

At least 15 people were killed and more were injured in the early hours of New Year’s Day in New Orleans after Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an ISIS flag-carrying terrorist, drove a pickup truck into the crowded French Quarter area and then opened fire.

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) announced on Tuesday she was running to be the next mayor of Birmingham.