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Rock the South announced on Thursday that it will be moving from Cullman to Decatur in 2026.

In a Thursday interview with the "Breitbart News Daily Podcast," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) previewed what would be different with him as governor than with sitting Gov. Kay Ivey.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ordered a special master appointed by the court to draw a new Alabama State Senate map on Wednesday.

Next week, Turning Point USA will host its first public campus speaking engagement at the University of Alabama after the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk, in partnership with the Foundation to Abolish Abortion and End Abortion Now.

Montgomery taxpayers are paying $60,000 annually in an effort to secure more television, radio and podcast appearances for Mayor Steven Reed.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) has issued a strong rebuke of Senate Democrats following Wednesday's government shutdown. According to the lawmaker, liberals in the upper chamber are working to advance their agenda, not the lives of everyday Americans, by forcing the shutdown.

The Department of the Interior on Monday announced that the Bureau of Land Management coal lease sale in Tuscaloosa County generated over $46 million in revenue and will give access to 53 million tons of metallurgical coal on 14,050 acres of federal mineral estate. 

During a Tuesday speech at the Decisions, Choices & Options third annual dinner at Crosspoint Church in Trussville, State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) continued her push to restrict the state's sex-ed curriculum and allow for legal cause of action against school officials who violate the bill's provisions.

The city of Opelika will keep Mayor Gary Fuller around as an unpaid consultant after his term in office ends in November. 

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) harshly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Party for forcing a government shutdown on Wednesday, despite Republican warnings about its potential impact on everyday Americans.

Former Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl is supporting President Donald Trump’s framework for peace between Israel and Gaza.

Lana Patrick received a 485-day sentence in August 2024 after he was found guilty of third-degree criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and obstructing government operations for refusing to stop videoing inside the Marshall County Revenue Commission’s Office.

A Priceville Police officer has been fired after engaging in a fatal police pursuit in Hartselle last month, resulting in the death of a local teenager and injuring six others.

Following a police chase in Kentucky, a Huntsville man has been arrested and booked on almost a dozen charges in a local detention center.

In a dramatic Tuscaloosa City Council meeting, lawyers for the City of Tuscaloosa and officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department asked the city council to revoke the business license of Guns and Ammo, a locally owned and operated gun shop, labeling it "a public nuisance and dangerous to the public safety, health, and welfare." 

The Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) announced political endorsements on Tuesday following a packed Alabama FarmPAC agenda that saw more than two dozen candidates make their cases to agriculture leaders from all 67 counties.

Leo Garcia Venegas, a construction worker in Baldwin County, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security on Monday after recently being detained in immigration raids. 

The dinner featured State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) and State Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville), two advocates of sexual risk avoidance education in Alabama's schools.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that Jason Jones, 46, a Mobile man who used social media apps to lure and trick his young victims, has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

Joined by President Donald Trump, Hegseth declared an end to “woke” ideology in the ranks and set strict standards of excellence, calling for no more “fat generals and admirals.”

A week after a crowded community meeting on public safety, the Homewood City Council had the City attorney draft an ordinance to address some of the most common public safety concerns around the growing homeless problem.

A pro-Palestinian youth organization, the Young Palestinians of Huntsville, has announced it will be holding a "Week of Action" beginning on October 3 in the downtown area of Huntsville and on the University of Alabama in Huntsville's campus.

Ahead of the next legislative session, State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) has pre-filed a bill banning face slap fighting in the state of Alabama.

State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) has pre-filed a constitutional amendment requiring Alabama school boards to vote for or against allowing their employees and students to pray and read religious texts during the school day.

Long-time college football commentator and syndicated sports talker Paul Finebaum would benefit from a “100% name ID” in Alabama if he ultimately decides to run for U.S. Senate in 2026, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced $45 million for 23 projects in Coastal Alabama supported by funds from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (GOMESA). 

Governor Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall urged the U.S. Senate to pass a short-term funding extension to avoid a federal government shutdown set to take effect on Wednesday.