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House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) expressed surprise after one of the most controversial bills of the session thus far sailed through the House of Representatives Thursday just over 10 minutes.

As Americans prepare to “spring forward” this weekend, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke on the Senate floor on Thursday about the benefits of making Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent at the federal level. 

The 159-year-old Tuskegee News has an unusual new owner, the Macon County Economic Development Authority. The transfer was a means of maintaining a local paper.

Outdoor music concerts on many Friday afternoons in Fairhope. March 28 - May 30.

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had nominated Montgomery native Lynda “Lindy” Blanchard to serve as ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome.

If you read only the narrative spun this week by the College Democrats and an AL(dot)com opinion piece, you might believe that the University of Alabama ceded LGBTQ+ protections to a group of hateful students last week.

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Looking to complete a season sweep of its in-state rival, No.1 Auburn invites No. 7 Alabama to Neville Arena on Saturday for the regular-season finale. 

This prompts a question for Alabama and our ecosystem of publicly subsidized universities: What administrative, constitutional or legislative means might replicate Florida’s nascent academic renaissance?

The beloved novel by Victor Hugo was turned into a long-running Broadway musical. "Les Mis' performs in Birmingham March 25-30.

When we confuse or ignore the “hierarchy of obligations,” which is a hierarchy of love, we wind up like Mrs. Jellyby, a hypocritical do-gooder gone bad.

Last month, student organizations at Samford University received an email demanding that each group add the university's nondiscrimination statement to their organization constitution.

While President Donald Trump continues to enjoy relatively high approval among voters, far-left activist groups are organizing protests against him and planning town hall events to pressure Republican lawmakers into giving them a platform for their cause.

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ordered Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson to vacate a temporary restraining order on the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) on Friday.

The Mobile Public Library has removed a graphic children's comic book for review.

May a school transition a child and not inform the parent?

The left-wing organization Bright Blue Dots, which celebrates liberal and progressive voters in red states, has recently placed Russian-themed billboards in Birmingham targeting U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) with false messaging insinuating that they or President Donald Trump support Vladimir Putin.

Despite hours of democratic protests, the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed several bills aimed at bolstering public safety, most from the Gov. Kay Ivey-backed Safe Alabama Package.

A town hall meeting on gun violence in Mobile will be held on March 13.

The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office conducted the largest fentanyl seizure in the county’s history.

Fight for Alabama Families, an IVF advocacy group, called for Alabama to pass a constitutional amendment offering permanent protection of IVF in the state at a rally on Thursday.

The Alabama Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 178, the Speedy Trial Act, on Thursday.

How would the federal government function if Republicans held 77 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats in Washington, D.C.?

The Alabama House of Representatives swiftly advanced the Gov. Kay Ivey-backed legislation restructuring the State Board of Veterans Affairs and grafting the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner into the governor's cabinet.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations arrested a suspected member of the violent MS-13 gang on Wednesday.

The artist died, but his art did not. Clark Walker of the Montgomery art community died at age 85.

State Rep. Leigh Hulsey (R-Helena) seems determined to find vindication in a fight her hometown lost.