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The Super Bowl halftime show by rapper Kendrick Lamar was “God awful,” according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The FBI Mobile was busy on Tuesday making arrests along with Homeland Security in Baldwin and Lee Counties.

Birmingham interim police chief Micheal Pickett just released a “7-Point Crime Reduction Strategy” that includes the City of Birmingham relying on the same federal partners Woodfin dismissed to help decrease crime.

In a narrow decision, the Marshall County Personnel Board voted Monday to draft a resolution asking the county’s state legislative delegation not to make any changes to Act No. 82-206, which formed the board in 1982. This comes a day before the Marshall County Commission is scheduled to vote on its own resolution asking to amend the act.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of state attorneys general recently in demanding accountability for Dr. Anthony Fauci’s actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Alabama House Health Committee on Tuesday advanced the What is a Woman Act after an interesting public hearing, sending it to the House floor for a full vote, which is expected later this week.

A champion for Boy Scouts, Rotary, lobbying, community and family has died - Graham Champion of Pike Road.

Tuesday, State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) announced her opposition to legislation that would change the makeup of the State Board of Veterans Affairs and how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner is appointed.

State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) has proposed an amendment to the Alabama Constitution requiring the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) to adopt policies requiring a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer "consistent with Judeo-Christian values" at the beginning of every school day, with penalties for violation.

The Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act advanced from the Senate Commerce Committee in another effort to protect U.S. fishermen and seafood producers.

Two bills were filed last week in the Alabama Senate that would regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth announced his opposition on Monday to legislation that would change the makeup of the State Board of Veterans Affairs and how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner is appointed.

Emma Robinson, Alabama's oldest living person, turned 111 Feb, 9. She was a long-time teacher in Talladega.

The Spiro Cheriogotis campaign announced Monday it has hired Candace Cooksey, Mobile's Senior Political Advisor, to lead the campaign.

Since November, the Alabama Department of Public Health has been warning about higher numbers of the highly contagious whooping cough, also known as Pertussis.

Legislation that would require social media platforms to prevent individuals under 16 from creating accounts has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.

Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in demanding answers from the world’s top asset managers to determine if they are misrepresenting and omitting essential disclosures regarding Chinese investments.

The recently released Club For Growth Foundation scorecard showed an underwhelming performance for Alabama’s Republicans in implementing CFG’s “pro-growth” and limited government policies.

It’s not quite a Valentine’s moon, but it will still be close to full and quite bright on Friday for Valentine’s evening. The actual full moon this month is on Wednesday, two days before Valentine’s.

When Alabama’s House Republican delegation had the chance to cut funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development during the last federal legislative session, the majority voted with Democrats to keep the agency afloat.

State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) said the Alabama Legislature is ablaze with a “new conservative fire” this session as it wasted no time tackling big issues during its first week, like the What is a Woman Act.

An unusual Super Bowl treat was prepared on ABC's Good Morning America by Dothan's Kelsey Barnard Clark -- ‘Fried shrimp po-boy nachos.’

At the 2023 Alabama Republican Party summer dinner, Donald Trump pledged that if he won his third bid for the White House, one of his first orders of business would be to widen Interstate 65 from Huntsville to Mobile.

Now to March 14 is the best time for Alabama skywatchers to see an alignment of the moon and planets.

A major project has synchronized 682 stoplights in the Mobile area.

Maria von Braun has died at age 96, the widow of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Her life reads like a historical novel and has become one.

Multiple agencies worked an operation Friday in Baldwin County leading to four arrests.