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An illegal alien rape suspect from Guatemala died after opening fire and injuring one Lee County Sheriff's deputy in Loachapoka on Wednesday.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin accepted the resignation of Tom Albritton, the executive director of the Alabama Ethics Commission, from the Mabel Amos Trust Fund board on Thursday.

Former State Sen. Gerald Dial recently filed a complaint with Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen over mailers from the American Conservative Fund backing his incumbent primary opponent, State Sen. Randy Price (R-Opelika).

Republican Alabama Attorney General candidate Katherine Robertson said on Thursday “her immediate priority” as Alabama’s chief law enforcement officer will be passage of legislation that allows for state intervention if the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) fails to maintain minimum staffing requirements.

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) raised $902,931.94 in the first quarter of 2026 for his U.S. Senate campaign.

Governor Kay Ivey signed into law legislation on Wednesday requiring the state to request a waiver from the federal government to eliminate candy and soda purchases from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest on Wednesday of two Lowndes County residents on charges related to the unlawful use of absentee ballots in the August 2025 Ft. Deposit municipal election.

Alabama lawmakers should cut the state’s individual income tax, according to former State Sen. Gerald Dial.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service recently announced it was closing a research and development facility in Huntsville.

Approximately half of a $243,530 payment sent by the city of Montgomery to TrafficServe, a Louisiana private security company, went to an LLC registered by the CEO of the company and to the brother of former Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins for consulting expenses.

Douglas Mayor Corey Hill, a farmer and small business owner, released his first television ad on Monday in his campaign to become Alabama’s next Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. 

Governor Kay Ivey signed into law House Bill 95, the Alabama Post-Election Audit Act, on Monday.

There were seven shootings and four homicides in Montgomery over the weekend. 

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) reaffirmed its commitment on Friday to passing closed primary legislation.

The Alabama Supreme Court advised a federal judge on Friday that the state’s “shield statute” doesn’t protect a reporter from having to reveal some information related to a source.

Legislation setting minimum staffing standards for law enforcement agencies in Montgomery and Huntsville died in the House on Thursday.

Republican and Democrat primaries will remain open in Alabama due to a bill requiring party registration to participate in the state's partisan primary elections not getting a vote in the Senate on Thursday.

Members of a House and Senate conference committee passed legislation on Wednesday creating a pilot program that would install a speed limit camera system in a highway construction zone.

The Alabama Senate will consider legislation on Thursday requiring party registration to participate in the state's partisan primary elections.

Legislation establishing an up to $1,000 state tax deduction for overtime compensation and a two-month grocery tax holiday passed the Senate on Wednesday.

Legislation that would allow businesses to round cash transactions at Alabama businesses to the nearest five cents passed the Senate on Thursday.

A second International Motorsports Hall of Fame employee was arrested on Monday.

The Alabama Senate confirmed the appointment of retired Democrat Jefferson County Circuit Judge Carole Smitherman to the Alabama Ethics Commission on Tuesday.

Multiple members of the Montgomery City Council at their Tuesday meeting scrutinized a $243,530 payment to a Louisiana private security company on March 10.

The Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee passed legislation on Tuesday requiring party registration to participate in the state's partisan primary elections.

Montgomery has only sent out a small amount of $5 million federal American Rescue Plan Act funding earmarked for local small businesses while spending over $1 million on administration, according to one Montgomery small business owner.

Mike Raita, former executive director of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and longtime Birmingham sports anchor, was arrested on Thursday.