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Gov. Kay Ivey signed two immigration-related bills into law on Monday, while several others await final passage in the legislature with only one legislative day remaining.

Rapper Jay-Z has 99 problems and one of them is an Alabama woman, according to a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama Mobile Division.

Members of the House Democratic Caucus met at the end of last week’s legislative proceedings to detail perceived malfeasance on the part of legislative leadership, claiming the Republican Party ignored or stifled the minority party this session, when it wasn’t hijacking bills.

After Democrat lawmakers stormed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey last week, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) said it couldn’t be more clear whose side the Democrats are really on.

The Morgan Wallen Sand in My Boots festival is one of the most anticipated events in recent Gulf Coast history. With a record-breaking 90-minute sell-out of tickets, city officials said they are preparing for over 40,000 people in Gulf Shores this weekend.

The Qatari royal family’s plan to gift the Trump administration a new Air Force One luxury jet will “save us money,” according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

A panel of insightful faith leaders will come together this week in Mobile to discuss the nation's current events from a biblical perspective.

The National Federation of Republican Women has nominated Judy Barlow of Baldwin County for the position of fourth vice president.

A Decatur administrative police officer is accused of calling the incoming police chief's former employer and posing as a member of human resources to obtain "the good and the bad."

A Boaz man is currently being held without bond in the DeKalb County Jail after police say he attempted to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl.

The Department of Government Efficiency cut $7,774,758.19 in federal diversity, equity and inclusion grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics to four Alabama universities last week.

It's neotraditional country music night at the Wharf in Orange Beach on May 29. Dwight Yoakam and the Mavericks perform.

Luisa Reyes was caught off guard as she crossed the Hugh R. Thomas Bridge in Tuscaloosa around noon Sunday.

The Office of Information Technology is currently responding to a "cybersecurity event" over the weekend that is affecting certain state systems, according to a spokesperson for Governor Kay Ivey.

Mud dumping in Mobile Bay is impacting fishermen and quality of life, according to the Alabama Commercial Fishermen Association.

In a video message posted May 8, 2025, Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato seemingly took credit for the best of Hoover without addressing any significant concerns facing the city in the launch of his reelection campaign.

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) tried to play the race card against President Donald Trump recently for allegedly trying to "whitewash our history" by firing the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.

The City of Orange Beach will celebrate a groundbreaking ceremony for the Margaritaville Resort at The Wharf.

If you like off-color jokes and sexual humor, don't come to watch 'Clean Comedian' Nate Bargatze on July 16 at Orange Beach's The Wharf.

It is your last chance to watch the Righteous Brothers in Alabama. Their Farewell Tour comes to Oxford May 29.

During this week's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) defended the legislature's decision to allow the 2023 overtime tax cut to expire.

If Abraham Lincoln was the Great Emancipator and Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, then President Donald Trump is the Great Disruptor, according to Publius PR CEO A.J. Rice.

A special patriotic event in Baldwin County will include chef-inspired dishes, prizes and awards, but it will also benefit a much-needed cause.

Some beach areas in Gulf Shores are closed as crews build stages and scenes for the 2025 Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival. The festival will be May 16 – 18 and replaces the long-running Hangout Festival.

President Donald Trump signed into law a bill on Friday sponsored by U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) that blocks the Biden-Harris administration’s last-minute attempt on Christmas Eve 2024 to ban tankless natural gas water heaters. 

After signing recently passed legislation into law, Gov. Kay Ivey has officially made Juneteenth an official state holiday, requiring all state offices to close in recognition of the holiday that has been the focus of Democratic lawmakers for years.

With President Donald Trump’s publicly good relationship with Alabama’s members of Congress and frequent trips to the state, you might have expected him to have sampled the state’s prized culinary creation, but you would be wrong.