Members of the Marshall County legislative delegation recently attended a border school in McAllen, Texas to learn more about the illegal immigration crisis that continues to hit home in Alabama.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told 1819 News he has been watching immigration issues across the state in places like Sylacauga and Athens. While communities are being impacted by Biden administration policies, Marshall said attorneys general across the nation have a responsibility.
Hundreds gathered at Open Door Baptist Church on Thursday night to hear from whistleblower and former Trump advisor Jay Palmer about the immigration crisis in Coffee County and to voice their concerns.
Alabama’s labor force participation rate for August was unchanged at 57.5%, according to Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington on Friday.
Mobile Police Department public information officer Blake Brown said several people are getting email scams that appear personal and scary for victims.
The University of Alabama confirmed on Thursday that former President Donald Trump would be in attendance at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 28 for the Alabama-Georgia football game.
On Thursday, the Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors voted not to grant APLS director Nancy Pack a salary increase. Several members expressed skepticism about granting a raise when the board had just recently removed rural hotspot services after the legislature significantly cut funding last session.
Sylacauga City Councilwoman Laura Barlow Heath is still seeking answers about the recent influx of Haitian migrants into her community.
Jack Burrell, the chairman of the Eastern Shore MPO, told 1819 News the $4 billion Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project is on track to break ground in 2025. Environmental studies and geotechnical services are still being performed and re-negotiations are underway with contractors for both phase one and phase two of the project.
Thursday on Huntsville WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Sam Givhan (R-Huntsville) pushed back on the national media narrative that Alabama was against in-vitro fertilization and had banned the procedure.
The Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors voted on Thursday to elect Alabama Republican Party chairman and APLS District 5 board member John Wahl to serve as the chairman, going against outgoing chairman Ron Snider’s recommendation.
Special agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency arrested Michael Barnett, 61, of Camp Hill, for making terroristic threats and rendering false alarm to a hospital on Wednesday.
A former girls basketball coach and athletic director in east Alabama was arrested following a grand jury indictment.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said on Wednesday that the recent actions taken by Israel to detonate electronic communication devices in Lebanon are cause for concern for other’s capabilities in the United States.
Mobile City Councilman William Carroll recently lashed out at parents concerned about pornographic material in the children's section of the Mobile Public Library, saying if parents don't want their children to see those books, then keep out.
While nothing has materialized into actual violence, the flurry of statewide arrests continues following the scary trend of various threats being made to public schools across the state.
City services in Enterprise are strained from a recent influx of Haitian migrants, according to Enterprise Mayor William Cooper.
Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth is calling for an immediate end to a Biden administration program that is flooding Alabama towns with Haitian migrants.
The judge presiding over a criminal case for Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) director John Cooper dismissed the case Tuesday.
Alabama’s only manufacturing association committed to legislative, regulatory, operational and competitive interests has endorsed Caroleene Dobson in Alabama’s congressional district two race. Manufacture Alabama believes Dobson, a Montomery attorney, wife and mother of two, has what it takes to bring opportunity to the newly-drawn district.
The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on Wednesday during which U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) raised concerns about the recent influx of Haitian migrants seen in Alabama and elsewhere in the country.
Tuscaloosa City Schools are using taxpayer resources to promote the benefits of voting ‘yes’ on an upcoming property tax referendum.
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) forced Democrats to block two border and immigration bills in an effort to show how 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris had flip-flopped on policy since her 2020 presidential run and how the Democratic Party felt about protecting the U.S. southern border.
The Certificate of Need Board awarded a Certificate of Need (CON) to the Hoover Health Care Authority (HHCA) on Wednesday.
No one was injured, and no gun was found on Wednesday after the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System urged the public to avoid the Montgomery VA Hospital on Perry Hill Road while it investigated an “active threat” situation after initially calling it an “active shooter investigation.”
Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice J. Gorman Houston, Jr. passed away last week at the age of 91.
A letter sent to the Biden administration from the Welcoming Refugees campaign is gaining traction in Alabama after a Fairhope City Councilman and two State Representatives' names were attached to it.