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The Alabama Department of Transportation said a plan is coming together to build a new Mobile River Bridge and Bayway, which will be a positive change for frequent commuters.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday that Alabama was part of a multi-state settlement with Block, Inc., the company behind Cash App, regarding the app’s safety and fraud prevention.

After Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid dismissed a lawsuit against U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) on Thursday, the 2026 campaign to be Alabama’s governor will now be about the issues and not “political games and frivolous lawsuits,” according to Alabama Republican Party chairman Scott Stadthagen.

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) unveiled a revised plan for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, which includes a nearly $8 toll bridge. The toll is a steep increase over the previously proposed $2.50 toll.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday attempting to block the gubernatorial aspirations of U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has been “hijacked” by a leftist agenda, according to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), who responded Wednesday to a recent White House report exposing “radical left propaganda and degeneracy” at the museum.

With specifics expected to be forthcoming, U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) co-bylined an op-ed that appeared Tuesday on AL(dot)com, which praised President Donald Trump and his administration's efforts to move construction forward on the long-awaited new I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway.

Donald Bennett filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday to stop a recount of Perry County Commission District 1 Democrat primary results.

The surviving families of three minors who died as passengers of a speeding vehicle are outraged after Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker reached a surprise plea agreement with the man accused of driving the car that killed their loved ones.

The Elmore County Republican Party will appoint a new nominee to go on the general election ballot for coroner following the arrest of the GOP candidate.

The funeral for Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran will be held on Thursday, July 16, according to his obituary.

The Somerville City Council has approved an 18-month moratorium on a potential bitcoin mining data center within the small town's limits after several local residents voiced opposition to the facility.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) announced his appointments to United States service academies.

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said removing an alligator from under a home was “just another day at the office.”

The Alabama Department of Insurance recently hired Thomas McCarthy as senior pharmacy benefit manager regulatory counsel for its PBM compliance division. 

A United States Marine officer is facing multiple charges in Lauderdale County after officers said he set two fires in Rogersville.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in an arraignment in Montgomery for a superseding indictment by the Department of Justice.

U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. announced on Wednesday the sentencing of Darrie Dewayne Ziegler, 32, of Birmingham, to 92 months in prison. One year ago, Zeigler pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Christian podcaster from Blountsville killed himself Wednesday morning, according to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.

Despite media reports to the contrary, Candice Hale, the former Auburn University and University of Alabama (UA) instructor who is suing both schools after being terminated for a social media post following Charlie Kirk's assassination, insists that the settlement offer that her attorney accepted on her behalf with UA was not approved and is invalid. She's asking Northern District Judge Eddie LaCour to "decline to enforce the unsigned settlement agreement."

Lifeline Children’s Services reacted on Tuesday to Medicaid funding being restored to Planned Parenthood.

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) last month appointed an employee of the pro-LGBTQ+ charter school, the Magic City Acceptance Academy (MCAA), to the official state textbook committee, though it did so by means not evidently based on law.

An Owens Cross Roads man is civilly suing the City of Huntsville and a police officer after a crash that left him injured.

Members of the Montgomery City Council delayed moving forward on Tuesday with plans to borrow $375 million for a downtown convention center expansion and other city projects.

Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Phillip Ensler and former U.S. Senator and gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones traveled to Tuscaloosa together to blame President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for the closure of the BF Goodrich tire plant.

According to Sorrell, consultants currently take a 15% cut of all media buys in elections, with payments coming from donors regardless of a campaign's success.

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch reflected on everything he learned from his longtime friend, former sheriff Sam Cochran, one day after Cochran passed away.