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The Alabama Midwives Alliance (ALMA) is crying foul after the Senate Healthcare Committee called a surprise meeting to vote on amending legislation related to midwifery that ALMA and other advocates fiercely opposed.

Baldwin County parents addressed the school board Thursday, saying there is a violent situation unfolding in an elementary classroom. The parents say they do not feel heard and their children do not feel safe.

The Mises Institute remains one of Alabama’s underappreciated intellectual assets, overlooked even by many Auburn students and locals who seem unaware of this significant resource in their immediate vicinity.

After taking down No. 16 seed Alabama State 83-63 in the first round on Thursday, the top-seeded Auburn Tigers are looking to continue their winning ways in Rupp Arena as they clash with No. 9 seed Creighton on Saturday. 

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines should never have gained FDA approval after a new study found the injections are not safe.

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals voided four more temporary restraining orders (TROs) entered against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) on Friday.

The Trump administration canceled $796,569 worth of National Institutes of Health grants to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in March.

No. 2 seed Alabama survived with a 90-81 win over a scrappy No. 15 seed Robert Morris team.

Fourty-year Hoover resident and former Councilwoman Donna Mazur is running to return to the Hoover City Council. Mazur previously served on the council from 2000 to 2004.

The Alabama Public Library Service board voted on Thursday to send a letter to all state libraries ensuring compliance with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump, threatening to slash federal funding for agencies promoting gender ideology.

The Air Force announced its “validation plan” this week in response to the Restoring America’s Fighting Force task force established following the release of the Secretary of Defense guidance memo in January. 

Popcorn books offer some nutritional value, yes, but I tend to consume them as I would a bowl of popcorn, a bit mindlessly, taking pleasure in the consumption as much as in the contents. 

Fourth graders from Hoover went on a field trip to Vulcan Park and Museum in Birmingham. They were assigned a tour guide, which led to questions about age appropriateness of their visit.

Investigators with the Birmingham Police Department are asking for information on a July 2023 double homicide.

A homeless man in Mobile is facing charges after police say he attacked two Mobile Infirmary workers.

Giving what is now known as “gender affirming care” to minors is as harmful as chopping their arm off because you found a freckle that you are convinced will one day be cancer.

Two pardoned January 6 political prisoners – Anthony Mazzio of Midland City and Russell Alford of Hokes Bluff – recounted their unthinkable experiences to the Republican Women of Coffee County this week.

A bill to prevent closures of public lakes by water systems was filed in the State House by Rep. Shane Stringer.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday barring foreign nationals from donating political funds to candidates or towards constitutional amendments and referendums in state elections.

Alabama Public Library System (APLS) Chairman John Wahl said the Fairhope Public Library has been the worst he's seen in the fight to remove inappropriate material in children and teen sections.

The Birmingham Police Department announced the arrest of two more suspects in connection to the Sept. 21, 2024, mass shooting in front of Hush Lounge in Five Points South.

The Birmingham Police Department made a second arrest in connection to the murder of Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton.

Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Board chairman John Wahl recently stood behind the board’s Thursday decision to fire then-APLS director Nancy Pack after months of growing tension.  

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday the indictment of a former Alabama Medicaid Agency employee for the theft of more than $100,000 in public funds.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said now is the time for Redstone Arsenal to prepare for U.S. Space Command headquarters to make Huntsville its new home.

Some Republicans in the Alabama Congressional delegation applauded President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday that begins the process of shutting down the federal Department of Education.

A free workshop on soapmaking using Alabama plants is March 23 in Florence.