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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of South Carolina in a redistricting lawsuit similar to the one Alabama is currently litigating.

Jacksonville State University will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion next week after the state legislature banned taxpayer-funded diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and training in March.

Alabama lawmakers began a series of meetings on Tuesday to consider possibly changing how the state funds K-12 public education before the 2025 legislative session begins.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from left-wing groups on Monday over an anti-ballot harvesting state law passed during the 2024 session.

Despite some social media rumors to the contrary, no Fort Novosel funding or training will be halted or disrupted.

The State of Alabama will begin accepting applications for another round of $30 million in site assessment and development grants this summer.

Semmes Police recently arrested Antonio Antonio Rodas, an illegal alien, after allegedly driving drunk and causing a collision that killed Adam Luker, 19, about a week after the wreck.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board dismissed UAW president Shawn Fain’s complaints about Mercedes-Benz’s anti-union tactics a “classic excuse” after a majority of workers in Vance declined to join the union last week. 

Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) in an election held this week.

Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance voted to not join the United Auto Workers (UAW) in an election held this week.

Alabama’s April labor force participation rate increased slightly by one-tenth of a percentage point to 57.5 %,  according to Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington.

Workers at New Flyer's Anniston facility ratified their first union contract with 99.39% of union members voting in favor recently. 

Whether Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance will unionize will be decided on Friday.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law legislation increasing the state sales tax on alcohol sold in ABC stores into law last week.

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said he was “especially proud” of a new ballot harvesting law and four other bills passed by the legislature during the 2024 session.

Auburn Police arrested Rifat Hassan for conspiracy to promote gambling and possession of a gambling device on Tuesday.

Increased illegal alien crime from President Joe Biden’s open border policies is spreading to other states, according to Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry.

U.S. House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) endorsed Caroleene Dobson on Wednesday.

Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed House Bill 113, the First Grade Readiness Bill, into law. 

Legislation requiring post-election audits died in the Senate last week.

An altercation on Saturday involving a Republican Party volunteer in Athens was the result of “road rage” and not politically motivated, according to Athens Police Chief Anthony Pressnell on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said on Tuesday illegal aliens would “have to go home” if former President Donald Trump is elected again in November.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law on Monday a bill clawing back incentives from companies who voluntarily recognize unions without first holding a private ballot election.

Tara Johnson, a Republican volunteer, was targeted in a “senseless and shameful assault outside the Limestone County GOP Trump Headquarters over the weekend,” according to the Alabama Republican Party.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined former President Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday.

Legislation allowing illegal immigrants to attend college in Alabama stalled in the Senate in the final days of the 2024 legislative session and didn’t become law.

The Alabama Senate approved two new appointments to the Ethics Commission this week.