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The Alabama Senate passed legislation raising the age of consent for medical treatment from 14 to 16 years of age on Tuesday by a 30-2 margin.

While President Donald Trump has deployed every means possible to diminish and shrink the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore has now taken the first step toward gaining the congressional support needed to totally and completely abolish the agency.

As with many Hoover City Council meetings held over the past year, the hour-and-a-half-long discussion included several heated exchanges, interruptions and accusations of failed leadership.

The man authorities say shot his wife, their two children and his niece and nephew last July has been indicted on five capital murder charges.

Tallapoosa Circuit Judge Steve Perryman ordered criminal term dates for the six suspects charged in the April 15, 2023, Sweet 16 party shooting in Dadeville.

At the end of the deadline, the state of Alabama received nearly 37,000 students applying for its school choice program, the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students' Education (CHOOSE) Act.

The fiancée of Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student arrested by ICE in March, said on Monday that the incident “has pushed us past our limits.”

Newly filed legislation by State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) to punish abortion as murder in the state of Alabama comes amidst a wave of similar bills gaining momentum in multiple states nationwide.

The Senate passed legislation legalizing historical horse racing gambling machines in Greene County on Thursday by a 14-1 margin.

According to Alabama Public Library Service Board chairman John Wahl, Department of Government Efficiency cuts to library federal grants haven’t affected Alabama libraries so far.

Support for President Donald Trump came flooding in on Monday from Alabama's leaders after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the president can use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan criminal gang.

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office arrested the parents of a four-year-old boy who was shot and injured in the arm and leg on April 4.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man in connection to the rape of a child under 14.

Mobile water board approves plan to partially reopen Big Creek Lake. Sportsmen say "not enough."

The almost-90-year-old Chuck Wagon Gang brings their Christian music to Andalusia for a free concert Thursday, April 10.

The Trump administration canceled a $1.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) last week.

Following the publication of an 1819 news story that detailed Kay Ivey appointee Will Ferniany's comparison of President Trump's administration to Nazi Germany, the release naming him was edited to remove and replace his name.

Wynona McCall, who lives with her family on Nicole Place, said water was about seven inches deep in her house and it was waist-deep at her neighbor’s home. She said the family has just returned home and there was nothing they could do to stop the water from rushing inside.

Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed into law recently passed legislation allowing citizens to voluntarily surrender firearms to Federal Firearms License holders for a determined period of time, touted as a means of aiding those suffering from suicidal ideation.

Gambling might be dead for longer than just the remainder of the 2025 session.

Baldwin County residents were soaked overnight after floods caused damage to several parts of the county

State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Range) and Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) are at odds over a third bill introduced last week addressing school tax distribution. The bills are in reaction to creating municipal systems in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, and what supporters say is unfair tax distribution.

In an opinion piece for Al (dot) com, the former CEO of the UAB health system and recent Ivey appointee likened President Trump's administration to Nazi Germany.

The City of Mobile announced Carnival Cruise Line will return to year-round operations beginning in the spring of 2027.

The city of Foley is poised to be the 16th location in Alabama with a Safe Haven Baby Box.

Legislation allowing the Alabama Farmers Federation to begin offering health plans to its members is up for a vote on Tuesday after a lengthy public hearing in the House Health Committee this past week.

Controversy over a woman declining to compete against a male opponent in a recent Maryland fencing competition sparked renewed outrage over transgender athletes invading women’s sports after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill addressing the issue in March.