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House and Senate leadership should remove a part of President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that bans states from passing laws and regulations related to artificial intelligence (AI), according to Governor Kay Ivey and 16 Republican governors.

"Best free concert of the year" is the MOB Music Fest 2025. July 11-13 in downtown Mobile.

President Donald Trump is making fundamental changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The president said he wants states to "wean" themselves off FEMA.

Birmingham is hosting the 2025 World Police and Fire Games, also known as the games of heroes.

State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road) was one of the lawmakers instrumental in passing the state’s DEI ban that went into effect last October.

Friday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity," Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) applauded President Donald Trump for the action he approved against Iran for its reported efforts to enrich uranium.

Saturday, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was the much-publicized keynote speaker for the Moms for Liberty Madison Chapter fundraiser, "For Such a Time as This." The event was held in Huntsville at The Brewhouse Cooperative, with 200 attendees in attendance, according to Emily Jones, chairman of Moms for Liberty Madison.

Miss Hoover Emma Terry was crowned Miss Alabama 2025 at Samford University’s Wright Center.

The Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force arrested an additional 20 individuals in Baldwin County.

Four hemp companies sued Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday, claiming a part of a new law passed in the 2025 session regulating and restricting certain hemp products is unconstitutional. 

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl was swift to praise the Friday SCOTUS decision in which it sided with a set of Maryland parents who challenged a local school district for not allowing them to opt their elementary-aged child out from a class on gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues.

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), chairman of the House Values Action Team, applauded the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday in Mahmoud v. Taylor that confirmed that parents have the right to make decisions about the education of their children concerning family life and human sexuality.

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is all set to carry out the execution of a convicted murderer in late August, after Gov. Kay Ivey recently set the execution date.

Thomas Pham LeGro made his first appearance on Friday in U.S. District Court for allegedly possessing child pornography. 

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) added his name to the growing list of lawmakers calling for the firing of Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough for blocking specific provisions in President Donald Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.

A vulgar and threatening message was spray-painted on the side of a Huntsville venue set to host U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and other conservative groups on Saturday. 

A new book chronicles Alabama's vital role in the ending of the Civil War. Hear author Paul Brueske portray the siege of Spanish Fort and the Battle of Mobile.

Law enforcement seized “significant quantities" of drugs and drug paraphernalia from hemp shops across the state this week, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) that would trigger the automatic deportation and secure the permanent inadmissibility of illegal aliens who drive under the influence passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.

On Friday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) touted the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to limit judges’ ability to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order, which declared that the children of parents who enter the United States illegally or on a temporary visa are not entitled to automatic citizenship.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the United States Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to stay injunctions against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

Authorities were searching for the pilot of a small plane after it crashed into a Baldwin County field Friday, WKRG reported.

Former State Senator and well-known Anniston attorney Doug Ghee (D-Anniston) was indicted on a first-degree sexual assault charge after a female inmate accused him of sexual assault, battery and false imprisonment.

Charity Bowden came back to the Miss Alabama Pageant after six years and debuted her song, "Honey Do."

Following an immigration raid at the site of the new Gulf Shores High School, the general contractor on the job spoke exclusively to 1819 News, saying the company is working with authorities to make improvements.

 The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office charged two Hispanic men in two separate child sex abuse cases.

Terry Roberson, former provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of education emeritus, will serve as interim president of the University of Montevallo after being approved by the Board of Trustees during a specially called meeting on Thursday.