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A larger-than-life-size bronze sculpture of Mobile's Jimmy Buffett will be erected on the Port City's waterfront.

Do schools have the power to force students to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parent's wishes and religious beliefs?

When a customer swipes, inserts or taps a credit card at a store in Alabama, the small business is charged a fee that amounts to between two and four percent of the transaction amount – a total that includes more than just the cost of the item.

House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) called out his colleagues in the Alabama Legislature for not extending the state's overtime tax exemption, which is due to expire this year.

A group of transit workers showed up to the Mobile City Council meeting Tuesday with a union representative instead of going to work, leaving some citizens stranded.

The game of musical chairs in Alabama politics in 2026 is off-and-running after last week’s news that U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is interested in being Alabama’s next governor. 

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl recently came out in support of President Donalds Trump’s proposed efforts to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.

The "Tommy Tuberville for Governor" discussion gained steam last week after a Punchbowl News report revealed Alabama's senior U.S. Senator was telling colleagues and associates he wanted to run for governor in 2026 instead of seeking another term in the Senate.

The Mobile City Council approved a 2% lodging tax increase, bringing the tax to 10%.

Total Lunar eclipse watchers need to stay up late this THURSDAY, not Friday. Eclipse starts Thursday night late and goes total at 1:43 a.m. Friday.

Troy won the Sun Belt Tourney on Monday and an automatic bid to the NCAA, defeating Arkansas State 94-81.

In what might be one of the final chapters of the Hoover Forensic Audit, the outside firm hired by the city attorney has returned answers to nearly 100 questions. 

The most artistic aspect of that mess of a mural around Montgomery’s Court Square Fountain lies with time – sold as temporary only to still stain the street with the dirty rotten propaganda of years gone by.

The Business Council of Alabama affiliate ProgressPAC announced on Monday that it was supporting Heath Allbright as he pursues the Republican nomination for the District 11 seat in the upcoming special election.

The Hanceville City Council voted Monday to suspend and rebuild its police department.

Over two years since facing a wave of criticism for his drag queen performances and inter-classroom behavior, former Mountain Gap Middle School teacher James Miller is touting a new documentary detailing the “harsh modern reality of being an out and proud middle school teacher in Alabama.”

President Donald Trump’s economic policies are going to “work out better” for the country despite a recent downturn in the stock market recently, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl and senior All-American big man Johni Broome claimed the Southeastern Conference’s top men’s basketball postseason awards in a vote by the league’s head coaches released on Monday.

An examination of the school's recent guests clearly shows that reading, writing and arithmetic aren't the only topics on the list of the MCAA administration's priorities.

The speaker at the ALGOP dinner April 3 is Donald Trump, Jr. He is denying rumors that he may run for President in 2028.

Alabama programs will be just fine during the pruning of federal spending by Elon Musk and DOGE.

Wiley Blankenship, CEO of Coastal Alabama Partnership and executive director of Coastal 150, has joined the Connie Hudson for mayor campaign.

Love and gratitude make for a good life and a good death.

Multiple indictments were handed down for illegal reentry after a Homeland Security investigation in Huntsville.

In the opening remarks of his confirmation hearing, Jay Bhattacharya stated that “a culture of coverup, obfuscation, and a lack of tolerance for ideas that differed from theirs” characterized the official federal COVID response.

The Alabama House of Representatives is slated to tackle a handful of tax cuts when it returns from a week-long hiatus from the state house after sailing through committee on the final meeting day last week.

The Walker County Commission held a special meeting Monday to release a statement related to indictments of jail employees in connection with the death of Anthony "Tony" Mitchell in 2023.