
As President Donald Trump was sworn into office to begin his second term on Monday, Alabama’s liberal commentators were predictably full of sour grapes, painting Trump’s swearing-in as the beginning of a new dictatorship.

As the only charter school in the state catering explicitly to LGBTQ students, Magic City Acceptance Academy in Homewood offers an alternative view on education and, apparently, on history itself despite Alabama's recent ban on "divisive concepts" and DEI

The Albertville Aggies Band and the Azalea Trail Maids have been cut as the Trump inaugural parade has been moved indoors.

Meteorologist James Spann goes live on YouTube Monday at 7 pm to tell what is happening as some local TV weather staff are being cut.

People in need of hearing aids could soon pay less in Mobile. The Mobile city council is considering a resolution to exempt hearing aids from local sales tax.

Sunday, during remarks given at the Alabama congressional delegation's prayer brunch to mark President-elect Donald Trump's forthcoming inauguration, Gov. Kay Ivey spoke about the importance of faith and prayer for Trump and his incoming administration.

The Deep South is preparing for its first winter storm in nearly 11 years. The system is expected to bring snow across Alabama midweek, with heavier snow totals south of Interstate 20.

The U.S. Senate is one step closer to passing a critical piece of immigration legislation, the Laken Riley Act, spearheaded by U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery), after the legislation cleared another hurdle in the Senate on Friday.

Emory Cox of Pell City is named senior staffer by Trump.

Admiral Kent Davis is still "strongly considering" running for state office after he was fired from his position as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veteran Affairs for what he believes was retaliation by Gov. Kay Ivey.

A kidney transplant was successful for a young New Hampshire teen who was gifted a kidney from a Baldwin County woman.

The murder trial for a man who shot and killed a trespasser in Dekalb County is set for March, despite evidence he was standing his ground.

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth detailed his plan to widen I-65 from the Tennessee line to the Gulf.

Local meteorologists are being cut at WAAY-TV in Huntsville and 20 stations nationally.

Breastfeeding moms can be excused from jury duty, according to an order from all members of the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday.

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This week, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) attended her first-ever meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she questioned President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as the next attorney general, Pam Bondi.

Lance LeFleur is retiring as the director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).

The Southern Poverty Law Center is currently advertising for the position of “Executive Director of the SPLC Action Fund” with the job posting saying “the minimum starting salary is $265,000 annually.”

In the final days of his administration, Joe Biden on Friday declared the 28th Amendment, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, the “law of the land,” despite never being ratified by Congress.

Longtime Bluff Park resident Robin Schultz has confirmed in an exclusive interview with 1819 News that he is running for the Hoover City Council in the upcoming municipal election.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl has been re-elected to serve as Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee for the Southern Region.
State legislators should pass a fee on international wire transfers to combat illegal immigration in Alabama, according to the America First Policy Institute (AFPI).

The trial over an election challenge in Conecuh County is set for January 23.

Legislators will likely consider increasing funding and expanding a newly formed Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit in Montgomery to combat criminal activity in Alabama cities.

A Jefferson County inmate took a deputy hostage inside a jail cell Monday, according to court documents.

The Baldwin County Coroner is continuing to ask for a new, multi-million facility, saying that if nothing is done, the county could learn a lesson the hard way.