Alabama has the fourth-highest state and local combined sales tax rate in the nation in 2023, according to a recent analysis by the Tax Foundation.
State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) has prefiled a bill to create criminal punishments for failing to declare the presence of a weapon to law enforcement.
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is planning on having nitrogen gas ready to use for executions by the end of 2023.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is monitoring a system coming from the west that could impact much of Alabama Thursday afternoon and into the evening.
The Alabama Republican Party's (ALGOP) winter dinner is being relocated to a bigger venue to accommodate the growing number of people wanting to meet Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A man criminally charged with trespassing after refusing to leave Whole Foods in Mountain Brook when he wouldn't wear a mask during the height of the pandemic plans to appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court.
Fourth Judicial Circuit District Attorney Robert Turner, Jr. has recused himself from a voter fraud case against his cousin, Perry County Commission chairman Albert Turner, Jr.
Wednesday afternoon, first responders received calls of a downed helicopter near Highway 53 and Burwell Road in Huntsville.
A lawsuit between the Baldwin County Bridge Company (BCBC) and Alabama Department of Transportation director John Cooper is heating up in Circuit Court as the date for several hearings in the case nears.
Tuscaloosa County residents voted no on a property tax increase on Tuesday that would have cost homeowners in the county an extra $8 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation a year.
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced the re-arrest of a man that was recently released early from prison as part of the state’s Release to Mandatory Supervision process.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said that he did not believe that the four unidentified flying objects shot down in North American airspace in recent days pose a serious threat to the United States.
Parents and concerned citizens came to an Autauga County Board of Education meeting to have their concerns heard, only to be herded outside as the board called in an executive session.
During the regular Mobile City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilman Joel Daves reminded citizens to lock up their guns to help prevent more crime.
Wednesday, 1819 News announced that YouTube has permanently banned its flagship podcast, "1819 News: The Podcast."
The story of how Chris McCutcheon walked away with all the money and his former business partner got all of the blame is long and complicated.
Despite Alabama's relatively lax law regarding home schooling, some parents who have taken their child out of public school to be home-schooled have reported receiving concerning messages from school staff or school board members, some even threatening to refer parents to legal authorities.
The Birmingham Water Works will begin shutting off water for delinquents and resume collections for outstanding bills on Wednesday.
The first challenge to Alabama’s existing abortion law has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Residents of Tuscaloosa County are voting in a referendum Tuesday to determine whether or not to increase property taxes for the county school system.
1819 News has recently uncovered documents that show that Mac McCutcheon intervened in the legislative process by sponsoring a resolution directly related to QBR’s core business, neuropathy testing.
Last week, the Alabama Public Service Commission (APSC) ruled that year-end financial results for the Alabama Power Company exceeded the rate of return range in 2022 by $62 million and ordered the utility to plan on issuing refunds to customers in August 2023. Now, the APSC predicts that the refunds will only amount to $23 for the average residential customer.
Auburn University officials issued a statement that claims that the group message in which members listed racial slurs for white people on a Google Doc is not associated with the Black Student Union (BSU) or the university, as the whistleblower who leaked the information claimed.
In October 2021, Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation appointing $785 million to build two new 4,000-bed men’s mega prisons in Elmore and Escambia Counties.
Monday, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced he was among a coalition of 22 attorneys general who filed an amicus brief supporting Florida's law that "preserves girls' sports teams for girls alone."
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Sunday night shooting at the Chuck E. Cheese on Highway 280, in the Inverness area.
Days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had crossed into American airspace, three more unidentified flying objects were blasted out of the sky after being detected over North America.