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The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit of the Baldwin County Board of Education (BOE) that flagged a professional consultant agreement as a violation of the board’s own policy, though the school system strongly disputes the finding.

Gov. Kay Ivey delayed certification of August 11 special congressional primary ballots in case the U.S. Supreme Court stays a recent federal court ruling requiring Alabama to use a court-drawn, racially gerrymandered map.

University of Alabama faculty, staff and alumni are sharing their opinions and experiences with former president Stuart Bell as scrutiny over his record continues to mar his bid for the presidency of the University of Florida.

State Rep. Kelvin Datcher (D-Birmingham) wants you to know that your parents were "racist." According to the outgoing lawmaker, anyone who voted for Govs. George Wallace or Lurleen Wallace were racist, and if you yourself oppose medicaid expansion or Obamacare, you're racist.

The Autauga County Sheriff's Office has arrested one former teacher and two former teacher aides following an Investigation Into allegations of child abuse in a self-contained special needs classroom at Billingsley School.

Employees at a Sherwin-Williams Packaging Coatings Group production facility in Birmingham recently ended their union membership with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers.

The U.S. Supreme Court should stay a recent federal court ruling requiring Alabama to use a court-drawn, racially gerrymandered map, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday.

The pursuit occurred on May 20, after Christian Perez-Lopez, 24, of Albertville, was observed by law enforcement attempting to avoid a checkpoint.

During a Wednesday episode of Alabama's Morning News with JT, Republican candidate for Attorney General, Katherine Robertson, criticized a federal appeals court's recent ruling blocking a 6-1 conservative congressional map passed by Alabama legislators in 2023.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office fired a deputy who is under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).

An illegal alien who was arraigned in Morgan County Circuit Court on Tuesday after firing an AR-15 into an occupied vehicle on December 2, 2024, may have been deported by immigration authorities from the United States, all but ensuring he will not face accountability for the violent incident.

The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners recently issued a notice to physicians in the state, warning against prescribing research-grade peptides that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) amended a federal bill to include funding for the removal of infrastructure that impedes trade.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a motion in federal court on Tuesday to dismiss the charges against it as "vindictive prosecution."

The City of Geneva will receive a $300,000 block grant to repair the downtown area damaged by a January 25 tornado.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested a mother in connection with the death of her 17-month-old son.

Alabama appealed a Tuesday ruling by a federal court forcing Alabama to use a congressional map that will likely lead to the election of two Democrats in 2026.

Following a federal appeals court's blocking of a 6-1 Republican congressional map passed by Alabama legislators in 2023, Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) issued strong criticism of the verdict, calling it a "politically motivated attempt to weaponize the judicial system."

A ruling by a federal court on Tuesday forcing Alabama to use a more Democrat-friendly congressional map for the 2026 election was “unsurprising,” according to Gov. Kay Ivey.

Longtime Perry County District 1 Commissioner Albert Turner Jr. narrowly lost re-election by the slimmest of margins on Tuesday.

A three-judge panel of federal judges on Tuesday granted a motion by left-wing activist groups to block the use of a 6-1 Republican congressional map passed by lawmakers in 2023. 

Kela Stanford, 55, the woman accused in a hot car death of a child in the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) last summer, is set for a pretrial hearing in August.

Over 1,000 signatures have been collected in opposition to a proposed Lowndes County data center,  with residents intent on raising concerns about what could be the largest industrial project in the county’s history at an upcoming county commission meeting  

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced on Friday that the state’s April preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 2.8%, up from March’s rate of 2.7%, and below April 2025’s rate of 2.9%.

On the heels of securing seven of 11 reelections for his caucus incumbents in last week's Republican primary elections, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) told Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal" that some "restrictions" could be in order.

The wife of Lee County Sheriff-elect Cam Hunt was arrested on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, according to Opelika Police.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), in a recent speech on the Senate floor, blocked Democratic efforts to deny the use of federal funds to compensate anyone prosecuted for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 (J6) riots at the U.S. Capitol.