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A second International Motorsports Hall of Fame employee was arrested on Monday.

The Alabama Senate confirmed the appointment of retired Democrat Jefferson County Circuit Judge Carole Smitherman to the Alabama Ethics Commission on Tuesday.

A political action committee backed by out-of-state gambling interests has been flooding parts of the state with campaign mailers and TV ads without filing regular financial reports with the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office.

Moore spoke Tuesday evening at a Republican club meeting in Guntersville, just one night after his opponent, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, held a rally nearby in Albertville, where he accused Moore of being “bought” by “out-of-state crypto billionaires.”

The Leeds Police Department arrested a woman for child abuse after she was accused of spraying her children with bear spray.

Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Anniston will soon be under new leadership after an agreement between the city and Orlando Health.

Legislation altering the state’s guidelines for sex education curriculum in the state’s public K-12 schools passed the House of Representatives without much of the expected pushback from Democratic lawmakers.

Multiple members of the Montgomery City Council at their Tuesday meeting scrutinized a $243,530 payment to a Louisiana private security company on March 10.

The University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors (UA-AAUP) recently criticized the Alabama House of Representatives' passage of legislation that regulates university governing bodies and allows the removal of tenured professors, despite the chapter being exempt from the bill's provisions.

The Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee passed legislation on Tuesday requiring party registration to participate in the state's partisan primary elections.

The City of Mobile is continuing a rebranding and rejuvenation of the Mobile Transit System.

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jared Hudson joined Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "Mobile Mornings" on Wednesday to discuss his ongoing campaign and the war in Iran.

In a recent podcast appearance alongside former Montgomery Police officer, Aaron Cody Smith, who was imprisoned after an on-the-job shooting in 2019, former Supreme Court Justice and candidate for the state’s attorney general, Jay Mitchell, spoke on the perceived shortcomings the current AG’s office displays with officer-involved shooting prosecutions.

Alabama’s public schools would be required to designate a day for military recruiters to voluntarily administer the military aptitude test to students on state public K-12 school campuses.

The first chief executive officer of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and founder of Space Camp passed away at the age of 89.

Montgomery has only sent out a small amount of $5 million federal American Rescue Plan Act funding earmarked for local small businesses while spending over $1 million on administration, according to one Montgomery small business owner.

Mike Raita, former executive director of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and longtime Birmingham sports anchor, was arrested on Thursday.

A state forensic audit has been completed on the Wedowee Utility Board. The audit was launched following a preliminary local audit report flagged possible issues with the utility's bookkeeping.

The University of Alabama continues to adapt and improve its campus programs, shifting focus from race- and gender-based initiatives to those aimed at serving its broader student population, as part of its compliance with state and federal law. Continuing a clear move away from diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts (DEI).

Following the resignation of its previous chair in February, the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors announced over the weekend that it has selected a new presiding officer.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently applauded President Donald Trump's executive order cracking down on athlete transfers in the NCAA, while also limiting eligibility for collegiate competitors to five seasons.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed an order vacating the death sentence for Marcus Bernard Williams.

Emily Pinon, a pharmacist practicing in Jefferson County, sued the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy on Friday over new rules they recently passed regulating the profession.

With the Alabama legislature gearing up to meet together for the final three days of the 2026 legislative session, tensions between the House and Senate seem to have calmed down, but a new week can always bring new surprises.

The House of Representatives is set to vote on legislation to significantly alter sex education in the state of Alabama on Tuesday, when lawmakers return for the final week of the 2026 legislative session.

The AEA sends out a weekly legislative alert to their members last week the group failed to alert their members of a HB666 impacting education unions but while AEA has declined the opportunity to comment, others have come out in support of the legislation.

The Calera Police Department said suspects in a theft at Walmart abandoned two kids after a wrong-way high-speed chase down Interstate 65 Sunday afternoon.