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As left-wing and college Democrat groups continue criticizing President Donald Trump’s planned commencement speech at the University of Alabama this year, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) said the majority of Alabamians were “proud” to have Trump take the time to visit the Yellowhammer State.

Legislation expanding the number of members of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles passed the Senate on Thursday by a 16-8 margin.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) will announce next month he’s not seeking re-election to the Senate and is instead running to be Alabama’s next governor.

It won’t be long before Amtrak resumes its route between Mobile and New Orleans. The new name for the route is "Amtrak Mardi Gras Service."

Amended legislation changing how Birmingham Water Works is governed passed the Senate unanimously on Thursday.

Appellate Judge Matt Fridy released his first statement after a major heart attack. His family asks for no visitors but lots of prayers.

Members of the House Economic Development and Tourism committee voted down a bill legalizing historical horse racing machines in Greene County on Thursday morning.

Hyundai on Thursday announced it has created a task force to deal with President Donald Trump’s tariffs and shifted production of one its best-selling cars to Montgomery.

The owner of Strategy, Inc., a public relations firm contracted with Baldwin County Public Schools, has resigned.

Claude Strother is an avid outdoorsman. He hunts and fishes and has always kept a journal of his experiences.

Eddie Smith is still running to be the next mayor of Opelika despite a recent cancer diagnosis. 

Members of the Alabama House of Representatives announced on Wednesday the formation of the Black Belt Caucus, which will focus on economic and social development in the region.

The City of Mobile is seeking a Margaritaville Bar atop its National Maritime Museum where a Buffett exhibition and sculpture will be.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will soon hear the civil rights voting case of Fair Fight, Inc. v. Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, Inc. (TTV).

Baldwin County Board of Education (BOE) District 1 member Ken Bradley raised concerns Tuesday about books he discovered in middle and high schools.

Jefferson County Board of Education has launched a program that allows students to transfer from schools where their race is in the majority to schools where their race is in the minority.

The Gulf Shores Police Department is asking for information to find the owners of an urn that washed ashore on April 17.

"Grease" the musical comes to Fairhope's Theatre on the Bluff April 30-May 3. Guest star is Lucy Buffett, famous restaurateur and sister of Jimmy Buffett.

Members of the Pike Road Town Council passed an ordinance on Wednesday pausing all new gas station construction for one year.

The Alabama House Health Committee advanced on Wednesday legislation changing the scope of practice for the state’s midwives, despite opposition from midwives and other supporters of non-hospital births.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on legislation expanding civil and criminal immunity for law enforcement officers in Alabama.

New FBI Director Kash Patel said Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal will play a key role in the Bureau’s future expansion and fight against crime.

First responders fought a fire at an Enterprise nursing home for over 15 hours. Local restaurants showed up and kept them in food and water.

The stars of the Motown sound come to Birmingham on June 5 -- the Temptations and the Four Tops.

Libraries across the state rushed to remove sexually explicit material from their children and teen sections following new guidelines by the Alabama Public Library System in May 2024. The APLS threatened to withhold funding from any library that did not comply with new regulations.

House Democrats were in an especially combative mood on Tuesday, spending hours of debate time protesting the House calendar and a proposed bill changing the voter registration software used by Alabama’s state and local election officials.  

A man slated to be put to death on Thursday for the repeated rape and eventual murder of a Chilton County woman in 2010 is dropping all of his appeals ahead of his scheduled lethal injection, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.”