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The National Science Foundation gave Alabama A&M University a $343,789 grant in 2023 to study systemic racism in mathematics teacher education.

State Rep. Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) has reintroduced a bill to prohibit discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in K-12 public school classrooms.

Paul Prine, the former Chief of Police for Mobile, formally announced he is running for mayor after months of speculation.

Total Lunar eclipse watchers need to stay up late this THURSDAY, not Friday. Eclipse starts Thursday night late and goes total at 1:43 a.m. Friday.

A larger-than-life-size bronze sculpture of Mobile's Jimmy Buffett will be erected on the Port City's waterfront.

Do schools have the power to force students to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parent's wishes and religious beliefs?

A group of transit workers showed up to the Mobile City Council meeting Tuesday with a union representative instead of going to work, leaving some citizens stranded.

The game of musical chairs in Alabama politics in 2026 is off-and-running after last week’s news that U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is interested in being Alabama’s next governor. 

The "Tommy Tuberville for Governor" discussion gained steam last week after a Punchbowl News report revealed Alabama's senior U.S. Senator was telling colleagues and associates he wanted to run for governor in 2026 instead of seeking another term in the Senate.

The Mobile City Council approved a 2% lodging tax increase, bringing the tax to 10%.

In what might be one of the final chapters of the Hoover Forensic Audit, the outside firm hired by the city attorney has returned answers to nearly 100 questions. 

President Donald Trump’s economic policies are going to “work out better” for the country despite a recent downturn in the stock market recently, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Over two years since facing a wave of criticism for his drag queen performances and inter-classroom behavior, former Mountain Gap Middle School teacher James Miller is touting a new documentary detailing the “harsh modern reality of being an out and proud middle school teacher in Alabama.”

The Hanceville City Council voted Monday to suspend and rebuild its police department.

The Business Council of Alabama affiliate ProgressPAC announced on Monday that it was supporting Heath Allbright as he pursues the Republican nomination for the District 11 seat in the upcoming special election.

An examination of the school's recent guests clearly shows that reading, writing and arithmetic aren't the only topics on the list of the MCAA administration's priorities.

Wiley Blankenship, CEO of Coastal Alabama Partnership and executive director of Coastal 150, has joined the Connie Hudson for mayor campaign.

Multiple indictments were handed down for illegal reentry after a Homeland Security investigation in Huntsville.

The Alabama House of Representatives is slated to tackle a handful of tax cuts when it returns from a week-long hiatus from the state house after sailing through committee on the final meeting day last week.

The Walker County Commission held a special meeting Monday to release a statement related to indictments of jail employees in connection with the death of Anthony "Tony" Mitchell in 2023.

During the debate on a bill that would specify requirements for parents to obtain a religious vaccine exemption for their K-12 child, State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) advocated for excluding unvaccinated children from attending schools in person.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham recently received a large federal grant to study “structural racism” in childhood cancer care.

State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Range) says to expect changes in the delivery method for the Escambia County men's mega-prison after the price for its sister facility, named for Gov. Kay Ivey and nearing completion in Elmore County, doubled from $623 million to $1.25 billion.

During an appearance on Newsmax TV's Saturday broadcast of "America Right Now," U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) continued his push to make English the official language of the United States.

The Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project entered phase two this week.

Friday on Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) offered his best guess on what could happen if President Donald Trump is successful in his bid to close the U.S. Department of Education.

After calling for defunding public institutions that flout the state’s anti-DEI and “divisive concepts” law, State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) again singled out Magic City Acceptance Academy as one of the first offenders on the chopping block.