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Thursday, on the floor of the Alabama State House, State Rep. Patrick Sellers (D-Pleasant Grove) gave rousing remarks in support of House Bill 178 (HB178), which would mandate local boards of education to display the Ten Commandments in public schools.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently revoked the visas of foreign students at Auburn University and Troy University. 

George McMillan, former Lt. Governor and state legislator, died Friday.

Alabama’s biggest question mark going into the upcoming football season is at the quarterback position.

Senate Republicans will likely have to cloture Democrats on every bill for the rest of the session, according to State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur).

The family of Jacob Couch from Arab has announced that he has passed away.

Democrats in the House of Representatives let their ire be known during Thursday’s meeting, spending over an hour railing against proposed legislation mandating the placement of the Ten Commandments in Alabama's schools.

Two different meteor showers can be viewed in Alabama skies each night till April 28 -- Lyrids and π-Puppid meteor showers.

The federal government arrested eight people with immigration crimes as part of Operation Take Back America.

In an email sent to the Samford Board of Trustees, school president Beck Taylor addressed recent news coverage by 1819 News.

There’s no weekend better than the present to reevaluate and change our indifference toward Christianity.

This Friday people will be celebrating Good Friday across the globe, remembering the death of the Son of God.

The Alabama House of Representatives was forced to close out debate on legislation renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America after Democrats spent over an hour railing against the bill.

In his speech to the Republican Women of Coffee County, 12th Circuit Judge Sonny Reagan emphasized Alabama’s history and political battle over gambling. 

The Alabama House of Representatives passed State Rep. Ernie Yarbrough's (R-Trinity) Laken Riley Act on Thursday, bolstering the ability of law enforcement to combat illegal immigration.  

An immigration judge on Thursday denied bond for Alireza Doroudi, a University of Alabama mechanical engineering doctoral student from Iran arrested by ICE in March.

State Sen. Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook) filed legislation on Thursday that changes the makeup of the Birmingham Water Works Board.

Senate Republicans began using their supermajority to limit debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate on Thursday.

One of the three people killed Wednesday in a fatal boat crash on Lewis Smith Lake was a Snead council member and another was a fire district commissioner in Mississippi.

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth gaveled down Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) on Thursday during a lengthy day in the Senate featuring multiple cloture motions.

Republicans plan to begin limiting debate and filibusters by Democrats in the Senate, according to State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham).

Trump’s not bluffing – he’s keeping a promise to put our workers and families first. 

Taking care of those who have bravely served our country isn’t a political issue.

Lawmakers on the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would grant civil protections for people who injure a pedestrian or property if that pedestrian is intentionally blocking or impeding traffic.

Shark attack survivor Lulu Gribbin, of Mountain Brook, traveled to Montgomery on Thursday to plead to state representatives to pass a bill that would create a shark attack alert system and she had a very powerful political figure by her side.

Legislation legalizing historical horse racing machines in Greene County received a public hearing in a House committee on Wednesday.

Protesters showed up on Thursday at the Foley Civic Center as U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) spoke at a Chamber of Commerce event.