
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.

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 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).

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.

The trial over an election challenge in Conecuh County is set for January 23.
State legislators should pass a fee on international wire transfers to combat illegal immigration in Alabama, according to the America First Policy Institute (AFPI).

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl has been re-elected to serve as Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee for the Southern Region.

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.

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.”

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.

An illegal alien was sentenced in connection with her fraudulent assumption of a United States citizen’s identity and her use of that identity to vote in multiple elections in Alabama and obtain multiple United States passports.

Mobile County honored the retirement of Probate Judge Don Davis Thursday after 25 years in office.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that Wells Griffith, a Mobile native and longtime GOP operative, would rejoin the upcoming administration as the Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Hoover City Councilman Steve McClinton announced his intention to seek reelection to the council in the August 26 election this year.

On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced a cease-fire deal had been reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli hostages.

Alabama’s entire Republican congressional delegation received A+ ratings on the most recent Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America scorecard.

New congressman Shomari Figures could seek funds for I-10 bridge project after being named to House Infrastructure Committee.

Members of the state’s Certificate of Need Review Board voted to approve a new ambulatory surgery center in east Montgomery on Wednesday.

Troy Cornelius has been working the waters of the Mobile Bay for 30 years. For generations, his family has used the area for fishing, crabbing, shrimping and growing oysters. However, Cornelius told 1819 News the oyster farm is dying out due to dredging and restoration projects along the Bay.