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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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 

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).

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.

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.

The Supreme Court of Alabama amended two rules that govern who can sit for the Alabama Bar and how many times they may do so.

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is shifting traffic ahead of the opening of the new southbound Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) Bridge in Gulf Shores.

The Refugee resettlement non-profit Global Ties Alabama (GTA) reported an increase of over $100,000 in its most recent IRS filings, despite drama in 2024, when GTA removed its self-proclaimed “partnership” with the Alabama legislature and its high-profile from its website.

Outgoing State Rep. Phillip Ensler (D-Montgomery), the current Democratic candidate for the state's next lieutenant governor, is using a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that puts the future of the state's congressional districts in question to rally support for his campaign.

Friday, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter announced the appointment of outgoing State Rep. Terri Collins to the Charter School Commission.

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals denied the appeal of a Theodore man convicted of the death of a Mobile Police officer.

During a Thursday episode of Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," former Alabama Republican Party chairman and GOP candidate for lieutenant governor John Wahl spoke about the need for conservative officials to act with increased intensity and resolve in the face of growing Democratic attacks on American values.