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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.

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.

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

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."

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.

Birmingham-Southern College recently closed on the sale of its campus to the United States Coast Guard.

In the sea of mixed reactions after Gov. Kay Ivey announced that the legislature would convene next week for a special session to address the state’s long-contested congressional lines, several Democratic lawmakers made their displeasure abundantly clear.

On Thursday's broadcast of Huntsville WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," former congressman and candidate for Alabama House District 20, Mo Brooks, discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's historic majority ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

A Mexican man in the United States illegally was arrested Thursday in Albertville on multiple charges of child pornography possession.

Governor Kay Ivey called a special session on redistricting on Friday.

According to Katherine Robertson, the chief counsel for Alabama's attorney general, the U.S. Supreme Court's Wednesday decision in Louisiana v. Callais is vindication for decades of misinformed attacks by various federal courts against Alabama's congressional and legislative maps.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s data shows Alabama ranks third for the most fatal road rage crashes.

The woman found not guilty in a Fairhope municipal case after being arrested while wearing a penis costume and holding a “No Dick Tator” sign, is claiming over $2 million in damages.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act (FIAA), which is designed to extend and reform aspects of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), one day before Congress voted to extend the FISA program for another 45 days.

Billy Stephen Turner, 25, a Cherokee County teacher and local pastor, was arrested Thursday and charged with transmitting obscene material to a child, a class B felony.

A two-month state grocery tax holiday began on Friday.