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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut another grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Tuskegee University on Tuesday.

After weeks of negotiation and compromise, the Alabama Legislature finally passed legislation regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) this week, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature.

The Pink Moon will rise on Saturday but will be colored only shortly after sunset.

Leisure Sports & Recreation LLC presents plans for indoor/outdoor water park in Mobile County. Photo: Mobile County Commission.

The Foley Police Department arrested a man on four counts of possession of child pornography on Thursday.

Artemio Garcia Perez, 20, was arrested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday while attempting to flee the country. 

The House of Representatives adjourned for the week on Thursday, stopping just short of holding a vote on legislation by State Rep. Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) banning instruction and discussion related to gender identity or sexual orientation in public K-12 classrooms.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, stated, "President Trump is the Commander in Chief. Get on board with the mission, or get out."

A Gadsden woman who lived with a pig kidney for 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday.

An Athens Police car was likely totaled after a truck went airborne and crashed into it on Thursday.

State Department of Education Superintendent Eric Mackey went on FNC's "Fox & Friends" on Thursday to discuss the program that allows high school students specializing in a trade to swap some math or science courses for Career Technical Education courses.

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) joined other House Democrats to introduce the Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act on Thursday, a bill that would reverse tariffs placed on foreign countries by President Donald Trump.

An approximately $10 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget for fiscal year 2026 passed the Senate unanimously on Thursday.

Hoover City Council president pro-tempore Curt Posey will not seek reelection for a third term.

New details have been released following the arrest of a Dothan man accused of sending envelopes containing child pornography to lawmakers at the Alabama State House in Montgomery on Wednesday.

The Alabama House of Representatives advanced legislation on Thursday, allowing the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) board to regulate consumable hemp products by licensing distributors and wholesalers.

Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon is hopeful for change after conversations with Alabama Law Enforcement Agency secretary Hal Taylor over the alleged actions of Marine Patrol Division troopers along the Gulf Coast.

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) voted on Thursday to approve a contract extension and $80,000 salary increase for State Superintendent Eric Mackey, down $55,000 from the board’s initial proposal.

In a Wednesday appearance on Fox Business Network's "Kudlow," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) went to bat for President Donald Trump in his tariff war on China.

A nine-year-old Guatemalan boy was rescued from a home in Baldwin County as FBI Mobile agents were searching for another child.

The FBI Mobile announced that nine of 10 subjects suspected in the Operation Jamaican Knights fraudulent lottery investigation have been taken into custody.

The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Border Patrol agents and others gathered Thursday in Mobile to discuss details on the administrative arrests of six members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua gang and two of their associates.

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth said on Thursday that legislation allowing public school students to participate in off-campus religious and character instruction during school hours has his “full,100%, committed support."

The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday after nearly three hours of debate, allowing the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) to begin offering health plans to its members.

At last week's Alabama Republican Party event featuring Donald Trump Jr., chairman John Wahl honored lawmakers who sponsored several of the most conservative bills passed during the 2024 legislative session.

A bill to re-open Mobile's Big Creek Lake advanced in a House committee and heads for the full House. A companion bill is moving in the Senate.