
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.

Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and three assistant U.S. Attorneys recently withdrew from a lawsuit challenging the state’s transgender minor surgery ban.

Earlier this week, the State Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee passed a bill that would change the State Board of Veterans Affairs and how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner is appointed by a 5-2 margin.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) a $1.5 million federal grant to study the pain thresholds of transgenders.

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

Two historic murals are being removed from the Mobile Civic Center and preserved.

The Alabama Senate on Friday announced the appointment of State Sen. Lance Bell (R-Pell City) as chair of the Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee and other committee assignments.

The Alabama House Judiciary Committee advanced legislation on Thursday that would require parental consent before administering vaccines to minors.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees today appointed Sid J. Trant as chancellor of the University of Alabama (UA) System, granting him a permanent spot after serving as interim chancellor for nearly a year.

Hoover City Councilman Casey Middlebrooks announced, “It has been an honor to serve on the Hoover City Council, and I humbly ask for your continued trust and support as I seek reelection.”

A child in second grade was in possession of a firearm when it accidentally discharged during afternoon dismissal.

In response to accusations from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts board, the City of Montgomery denied allegations of wrongdoing by Mayor Steven Reed and his office while making false statements about 1819 News’ coverage of the controversy that brought this conflict to light.

Alabama carried out its first execution of the year on Thursday evening, by putting Demetrius Frazier to death via nitrogen hypoxia for the 1991 rape and murder of a Birmingham woman.

New legislation filed by State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) would allow a state authority overseeing prison construction to borrow an additional $500 million.
Jackson Healthcare, one of the nation’s providers of healthcare workforce services, announced that its parent company, Jackson Investment Group, will provide a debtor in possession loan to Jackson Hospital & Clinic, enabling it to remain open to serve the Montgomery community as it undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings.

Gov. Kay Ivey released her proposed budget recommendations for the 2026 fiscal year on Wednesday, with increased funding for the state’s General Fund (GF) and Education Trust Fund (ETF), while state leaders advised caution due to anticipated revenue slowing.

The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed legislation that declares the state will recognize only two sexes, male and female.

A new $30 million Silverhill Elementary School was opened in Baldwin County.

The South Alabama Veterans Council said on Wednesday that it opposes legislation restructuring the governance of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs.