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The Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it was adding a Warrior Met Coal Mines project to the FAST-41 permitting program. 

Thursday, on the floor of the Alabama State House, State Rep. Patrick Sellers (D-Pleasant Grove) gave rousing remarks in support of House Bill 178 (HB178), which would mandate local boards of education to display the Ten Commandments in public schools.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently revoked the visas of foreign students at Auburn University and Troy University. 

The State took a significant leap in restricting classroom discussion on gender identity in schools and drag performances in public libraries after a series of bills passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday.

In an email sent to the Samford Board of Trustees, school president Beck Taylor addressed recent news coverage by 1819 News.

The federal government arrested eight people with immigration crimes as part of Operation Take Back America.

Two different meteor showers can be viewed in Alabama skies each night till April 28 -- Lyrids and π-Puppid meteor showers.

Democrats in the House of Representatives let their ire be known during Thursday’s meeting, spending over an hour railing against proposed legislation mandating the placement of the Ten Commandments in Alabama's schools.

The family of Jacob Couch from Arab has announced that he has passed away.

Senate Republicans will likely have to cloture Democrats on every bill for the rest of the session, according to State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur).

The Alabama House of Representatives was forced to close out debate on legislation renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America after Democrats spent over an hour railing against the bill.

One of the three people killed Wednesday in a fatal boat crash on Lewis Smith Lake was a Snead council member and another was a fire district commissioner in Mississippi.

Senate Republicans began using their supermajority to limit debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate on Thursday.

State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) filed legislation on Thursday that changes the makeup of the Birmingham Water Works Board.

An immigration judge on Thursday denied bond for Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough's (R-Trinity) Laken Riley Act on Thursday, bolstering the ability of law enforcement to combat illegal immigration.  

In his speech to the Republican Women of Coffee County, 12th Circuit Judge Sonny Reagan emphasized Alabama’s history and political battle over gambling. 

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth gaveled down Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) on Thursday during a lengthy day in the Senate featuring multiple cloture motions.

Republicans plan to begin limiting debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate, according to State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham).

Lawmakers on the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would grant civil protections for people who injure a pedestrian or property if that pedestrian is intentionally blocking or impeding traffic.

Shark attack survivor Lulu Gribbin, of Mountain Brook, traveled to Montgomery on Thursday to plead to state representatives to pass a bill that would create a shark attack alert system and she had a very powerful political figure by her side.

Legislation legalizing historical horse racing machines in Greene County received a public hearing in a House committee on Wednesday.

Protesters showed up on Thursday at the Foley Civic Center as U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) spoke at a Chamber of Commerce event.

A constitutional amendment requiring the Alabama State Department of Education to require a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer passed committee for a second time after leadership requested more amendments.

On Wednesday, House Education Policy committee lawmakers approved legislation by House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) prohibiting public school and university employees from using alternative names and pronouns without parental consent while protecting teachers and students who refuse to do so.

On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted to carry over legislation authorizing the State Superintendent of Education to issue subpoenas and summon witnesses to testify in a subcommittee after several lawmakers expressed concerns.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency identified three boaters killed early Wednesday during a Major League Fishing tournament on Lewis Smith Lake.