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Mobile City Councilman Cory Penn said he believes the U.S. Supreme Court decision on redistricting based on race and Alabama’s reaction to it is “intentional racial discrimination.”

Republican members of a Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday passed legislation to give Alabama the option to call a special election for two Montgomery-area State Senate districts later this year. 

Members of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee approved legislation introduced during the specially called legislative session on Tuesday that would require the state to hold a special election using a 2023 congressional map currently blocked by a federal court.

As the Alabama Legislature is gathering in Montgomery for a special session to address the potential fallout of the Louisiana v. Callais U.S. Supreme Court decision, State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) has a bleak view of what lies ahead.

As the Alabama Legislature convenes in special session this week to address the state's congressional map, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) said the push for redistricting is President Donald Trump's way of tipping the midterm elections in Republicans' favor.

Minutes after the Alabama House of Representatives adjourned for the first day of the recently called special session to address the state’s congressional map, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) spoke about his expectations moving forward and addressed speculation surrounding the legislature’s actions.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) filed legislation on Tuesday on the first day of a special session to give Alabama the option to call a special election for two Montgomery-area State Senate districts later this year. 

Representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Poverty Law Center and other civil rights organizations across the state converged on the Montgomery State House to protest as lawmakers started the process of potentially redrawing the state’s Congressional map.

The Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) has placed the Mary G. Montgomery head football coach on leave.

Jeremy Devito of Athens, a self-proclaimed progressive and "proud member" of the terrorist organization Antifa, promoted "A Town Hall for Y’all of Us" on his campaign social media account with little public interaction.

Leadership changes have taken place at Pine Rest Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Foley, following complaints from customers who said they paid for headstones they never received.

On Sunday, Wiregrass Republican Youth Outreach, a program of the Wiregrass Republican Women’s Club, hosted a panel for representatives from the University of Alabama College Republicans and College Republicans at Auburn at the Enterprise Country Club, who discussed how students can get involved in conservative politics.

A liberal, transgender candidate running for Alabama House District 25 is facing steep odds in his campaign to unseat Republican incumbent State Rep. Phillip Rigsby (R-Huntsville).

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an emergency motion on Monday with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate or stay district court injunctions blocking Alabama from using its 2021 map for State Senate districts. 

The results are in, and according to a new survey Birmingham-Hoover is the top place in the country for college graduates to land a job.

According to the department, the financial examination was used to determine if public officers, agents, and employees with the Space Science Exhibit Commission and the Space Science Exhibit Finance Authority were properly and lawfully accounting for all money and other public assets.

As the state kicks off its two-month-long grocery tax holiday, former Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl, a candidate for lieutenant governor, is calling for the state to make the cut permanent.

An Alabama man filed a copyright infringement claim after he said his life’s work was stolen by the U.S. Army.

As lawmakers converge at the Montgomery State House to prepare to address the state’s congressional maps, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is mobilizing citizens to the Capitol to “demand fair representation” in the proposed redistricting process.

Several days after a man fell from the Cedar Point Pier, his body was recovered.

The River Region Minority Republicans (RRMR), an area chapter of the Alabama Minority Republicans and Alabama Republican Party affiliate, recently gave a full-throated endorsement of the state’s upcoming efforts to redraw congressional lines.

The Alabama Charter School Commission will meet Monday with its two newest members, State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) and Terry Lathan, as it considers five new charter school applications and four contract amendments.

Like many Republican lawmakers, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore is still pushing for the U.S. Senate to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, even if it means ending the filibuster to do so.

Alabama’s Black Belt is rich in culture and history. Now, thanks to one local family, visitors can experience that history up close and in real time.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office rescued two teenagers after they were caught in a strong current. The incident occurred near Dune Drive in Fort Morgan.

Counseling students at Auburn University enrolled in required courses within the program have been exposed to radical and divisive ideologies through course content and assignments with an ingrained bent towards notions of “institutional and structural racism."

House District 20 candidate Mo Brooks is sounding the alarm over big gambling interests flooding Alabama with dark money for the 2026 election cycle.