Legislation that creates new crime categories and penalties specifically for retail theft and organized retail theft passed the Senate Judiciary committee on Wednesday.
Details emerged in court this week in the shooting death of four young people at a Sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville on April 15. Six people were charged with four counts of reckless murder. The three adults and three juveniles were all charged as adults.
The Parental Rights in Children's Education Act, which would offer comprehensive school choice in Alabama, was sent to another Senate committee after receiving a public hearing in the Senate Education Committee.
Alabama’s U.S. Senators blasted President Joe Biden for choosing to pursue reelection in 2024, which he formally announced on Tuesday morning.
With Alabamainins no longer required to purchase a permit to carry a gun, sheriff's offices around the state have been concerned with how to make up the lost revenue.
There’s been more “serious conversations” about eliminating the state sales tax on groceries than “any year since I’ve been in the Legislature,” according to House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville).
House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) will join Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) will visit the southern border next week to observe the ever-deteriorating mechanism at the United States-Mexico line.
The Mobile Police Department released information about scammers who are posing as employees of the police department and threatening to arrest people.
A man recently released from an Alabama prison due to the state’s mandatory release law has been rearrested for allegedly raping the same woman he was initially imprisoned for assaulting in 2018.
All parties in a federal lawsuit filed against the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office have reached a settlement.
Sgt. 1st Class Tristian Jackson was shot and killed at his mother’s home in Birmingham on Jan. 8, 2020. Investigators have been searching for the responsible party ever since.
The majority of Alabama voters want school choice, according to a recent poll by the Alabama Republican Party.
The Birmingham City Council passed a resolution on Tuesday to express its disapproval of a bill in the Alabama House of Representatives that would overhaul the Birmingham Water Works Board and reorganize the appointment structure of its members.
The cause of death of a Great Hammerhead shark that washed ashore in Orange Beach on April 20 cannot be determined.
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) had the most conservative voting record in Alabama’s Congressional delegation in 2022, according to a report by the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) released on Monday.
A bill to remove the current ability for minors over the age of 14 to legally consent to medical treatments and operations has been filed in the Alabama Senate.
An outpatient surgery center could be coming to Morgan County, if the Certificate of Need (CON) board approves it.
Earlier this month, the Biden administration unveiled a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would require two out of every three cars sold in the United States to be electric by 2032.
There has been “widespread sensationalized and inflammatory speculation” surrounding the Dadeville Sweet 16 party shooting, according to an attorney for one of the suspects.
Gov. Kay Ivey announced the resignation of an education official last week after reviewing a preschool teacher manual that her office said contained “woke” ideas. A Birmingham teachers’ union leader is now defending the official.
This week is pivotal for the PRICE Act, also known as the Parental Rights in Children's Education Act, a school choice bill sponsored by State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) in the Alabama Senate.
Since Gov Kay Ivey suggested a $200 tax rebate for Alabamians, debate has raged on the benefits of tax rebates over against tax cuts, specifically cuts on the state’s grocery tax.
Nonprofit civil liberties group the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) rated two public four-year schools in Alabama "red" for having some of the most restrictive speech codes in the country.
A Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge should dismiss a lawsuit against the trustee and board members of the Mabel Amos Memorial Fund, according to a filing by a defense attorney for Alabama Ethics Commission Director Tom Albritton on Thursday.
About 950 cyclists in Auburn and at home took part in the annual “Bo Bikes Bama” ride for victims of natural disasters in Alabama on Saturday.
After a necropsy was performed on a hammerhead shark that washed up Thursday on the shores of Orange Beach, it was determined the female shark was pregnant.
If you’ve always dreamed about drinking a cold beverage with a Gov. Kay Ivey koozie in hand, you’re in luck.