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Members of the Pelham City Council unanimously on Monday declined to revoke the business licenses of two bars allegedly offering illegal gambling to customers.

Outgoing Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner Kent Davis defended his actions to board members on Monday after Gov. Kay Ivey recently called for his “immediate removal.”

The Governor’s office isn’t allowing State Board of Veterans Affairs members to attend Tuesday’s special-called meeting virtually or by phone, according to SBVA member Ken Rollins.

The South Alabama Veterans Council said on Saturday they still support Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner Kent Davis.

Faulkner University announced on Friday that Daryl Bailey is joining the school as Director of Admissions and External Affairs at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law (JSL).

The Caroleene Dobson for Congress campaign announced on Friday that former presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has endorsed her candidacy for Alabama’s second congressional district seat.

Governor Kay Ivey called another State Board of Veterans Affairs (SBVA) on Friday to immediately remove outgoing Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner Kent Davis.

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Marty Redden announced on Friday that Alabama’s labor force participation rate for September held steady at 57.5%. 

An Alabama man was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in Athens on charges related to the January hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s social media account on X.

Salaries for all Alabama legislators will increase to $62,212 in 2025.

The Baldwin County Commission’s recent elimination of sales tax on hearing aids could lead to a larger revenue loss for the county than previously expected, according to State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine).

State Board of Veterans Affairs members were pressured and "manipulated" into unanimously passing a motion asking Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner Kent Davis to reconsider his plans to resign at the end of the year, according to SBVA vice chair Scott Gedling.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco blocked a state program aimed at removing ineligible voters from its election rolls from continuing on Wednesday.

Members of the Montgomery City Council on Tuesday delayed repealing a recently passed ordinance requiring concealed firearm carriers to have a photo ID.

The Camellia Bowl will become the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl as Integrated Solutions for Systems becomes the bowl’s corporate sponsor beginning with the 2024 bowl season.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss multiple lawsuits brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and left-wing groups against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to challenge a state program aimed at removing ineligible voters from its election rolls.

The Conservative Political Action Conference gave Gov. Kay Ivey a 72.5% grade on its report card grading the nation’s governors.

Members of the Montgomery City Council on Tuesday will consider repealing a controversial recently passed ordinance requiring anyone with a concealed firearm to have a photo ID.

A trial in a lawsuit between Dothan’s Harvest Church and the United Methodist Church has been set for March.

Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey is retiring.

A three-judge panel of judges on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied a requested stay of a partial preliminary injunction on Alabama’s new ballot harvesting law.

U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) signed on to an amicus brief requesting an appeals court uphold a U.S. District Court decision ruling the Biden-Harris administration’s highway emissions final rule is illegal. 

Members of the State Board of Veterans Affairs (SBVA) unanimously voted at a Thursday meeting to ask outgoing Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner Kent Davis to consider rescinding his resignation.

Caroleene Dobson and Shomari Figures debated how to reduce crime and took shots at each other’s net worths during a debate on Thursday.

Members of the Benefits and Services committee of the State Board of Veterans Affairs unanimously passed a report on Wednesday stating the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and outgoing commissioner Kent Davis didn’t mishandle $7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Wednesday that a coalition of 50 attorneys general has settled with Marriott International, Inc. due to an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. 

Twenty-six U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawks and approximately 200 personnel from Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Jacksonville relocated to Maxwell Air Force Base in preparation for Hurricane Milton on Tuesday.