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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.

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.

Students accepted into Alabama’s education savings accounts under the CHOOSE Act will have more choices next year as school districts opt into the program.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today filed emergency motions on Thursday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift injunctions blocking Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map, arguing that the injunctions cannot survive the court’s ruling on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais. 

Members of the Montgomery County Community Cooperative District Board fired Jason Wilson, the executive director of Montgomery Whitewater, on Thursday afternoon.

On Wednesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark majority opinion in Louisiana v. Callais.

Multiple agencies are searching for a missing fisherman from Mobile County.

Southern Company reported first-quarter earnings in 2026 of $1.4 billion, or $1.21 per share, on Monday compared with earnings of $1.3 billion, or $1.21 per share, in the first quarter of 2025. 

The man convicted of trafficking marijuana to benefit a criminal enterprise will spend 25 years in prison.

California and Illinois should restrict their congressional maps to get all Democrat representation in California and Illinois, according to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) urged Alabama leadership to "take action" and redraw its congressional maps to better reflect the state's values and politics after the U.S. Supreme Court found race-based redistricting unconstitutional in a Louisiana case.

Former Alabama Republican Party chairman and GOP candidate for lieutenant governor John Wahl applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated verdict on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's majority ruling on Wednesday restricting racially based congressional gerrymandering, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) urged the Alabama Legislature to promptly redistrict the state in favor of conservatives by redrawing two liberal leaning districts previously established to meet racial requirements found in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) praised the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map.

Alabama is currently “not in position” to have a special session on redistricting, according to Governor Kay Ivey.