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Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl announced a series of steps the party has taken to ensure financial transparency and accountability ahead of the 2026 election cycle by enacting a series of internal policies, which include an independent audit of ALGOP’s finances.

BamaCarry, Alabama’s largest state-based Second Amendment organization, announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Selma for “trampling the constitutional rights of one of its members.”

Significant changes are coming to the University of Montevallo as the school named Terry Roberson interim president, effective July 1.

The Orange Beach City Council approved a resolution to spend $81,000 on new Flock Safety cameras and software.

On Tuesday, as part of a "50 States in 50 Days" segment, ESPN debated the most important person in Alabama sports history.

Ignoring the idiom "You can't judge a book by its cover," AL(dot)com, an outlet owned by Alabama Media Group, a subsidiary of New York billionaires Donald and Samuel Newhouse's Advance Publications, recently wrote a story focusing on three minutes of a one-hour-and-a-half podcast to shame a Christian podcaster and former reality TV star Madison Prewett Troutt for a previous addiction to sexual sin, ignoring the broader message of her confession and faith based recovery.

Advocates for women’s equality in sports won a significant victory Tuesday when the University of Pennsylvania announced it would strip the medals won by transgender athlete Lia Thomas and award them to the rightful female winners, along with a formal apology.

Parents who send their children to public schools should press on, confident that they and their children do not shed their free exercise rights at the schoolhouse gate.

The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office removed 29 dogs from a home Tuesday, overwhelming the local animal shelter.

The Mobile to NOLA Amtrak route knocked out in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina restarts August 18.

Alabama’s Republican U.S. Senators were ecstatic on Tuesday after the body barely passed the spending package pushed by President Donald Trump, bringing it closer to the president’s promise to sign the bill before Friday, the Fourth of July.

State Rep. Bob Fincher (R-Woodland) won’t seek another House District 37 term in 2026.

Could Alligator Alcatraz be coming to Alabama?

St. Louis Auxiliary Bishop Mark S. Rivituso was appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the third archbishop of Mobile.

Caroleene Dobson, a candidate for Secretary of State in the 2026 Republican primary, loaned her campaign $500,000 on Tuesday.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and law enforcement leaders from across Alabama formally called on Governor Kay Ivey on Monday to reappoint Leigh Gwathney as Chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has raised over $4 million since launching his campaign for governor on May 27. 

Last Saturday, hundreds of Alabama parents, grandparents, and freedom-loving citizens packed into a standing-room-only event for one clear purpose: to speak truth and defend our children.

Last week was filled with the meaty decisions the Supreme Court wrestled with this term, and I was there for it, spending recent mornings keeping a close eye on the Supreme Court’s website and SCOTUS blog.

Politics is no doubt the art of the possible, the skill of selling second-best compromises as first-rate necessities hard fought for and won. 

Longtime Baldwin County resident, wife and mom, Danielle Dugger, announced her campaign for Alabama House of Representatives District 96.

A new hemp law recently passed by the Alabama Legislature doesn’t prohibit interstate shipping of hemp products, according to Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson.

President Donald Trump has had quite the last two weeks, marked by recent policy wins in foreign conflicts, trade deals, the stock market and the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Democrats have been busy obstructing Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and promoting socialist candidate Zohran Mamdan for New York’s mayor.

Last year, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law House Bill 66, which requires country-of-origin labeling for restaurants and grocery stores in Alabama. The legislation, sponsored by State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollingers Island) and State Sen. David Sessions (R-Grand Bay), went into effect on Oct. 1, 2024.

Alabama football may not have Nick Saban to save them anymore, but the legendary coach’s replacement has started to find his stride, particularly on the recruiting trail.

It's an Alabama story about resilience after major traumatic life events.

The re-born bottling plant in Opelika has been sold but will continue to operate as an event venue.