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Last week's slowdown in the Alabama State Senate by State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) and State Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) is still having a ripple effect throughout Montgomery.

End of voyage. SS United States is docked in Mobile to prepare for sinking as the world's largest artificial reef.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is leaning towards running to be Alabama’s next governor in 2026.

The General Service Administration’s Public Buildings Service announced on Tuesday they’ve picked six federally-owned properties in Alabama to possibly sell. 

In a recent hearing on the confirmation of Elbridge Colby for the number three command spot in the Pentagon, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) questioned the nominee on the future of Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal as the home of U.S. Space Command.

Gov. Meemaw outdid Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in terms of a bad political week.

The top-ranked Auburn Tigers are coming off a historic weekend on the hardwood but are looking to finish the regular-season off strong.  

Many schools in Alabama have seen their enrollment explode virtually overnight due to immigration. One unintended consequence of that has been a decline in student athletics. State Rep. Brock Colvin (R-Albertville) is hoping to change that with his newly proposed bill.

For some, Gov. Kay Ivey's crusade to revamp the governance of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) has been a trying episode.

Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA settled a lawsuit last week brought by 53 employees who were denied exemptions from the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. 

After 50 years, the Troy University Board of Trustees recently voted to shut down its Phenix City campus, citing a growing interest in online schooling as the reason for the shuttering.

The U.S. Senate failed to advance U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on Monday after the body was unable to garner enough support to cloture debate and proceed to a final vote.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early morning shooting at a bingo hall off Chalkville Road.

"He was just put to sleep. He was euthanized, and there was no rattling. There was no — he was so paralyzed. There was nothing that he could have done or that I could have done to wake him up. It's so unfair. It is unfair."

I am proud to stand with a coalition of beauty professionals supporting the passage of HB 341, sponsored by State Rep. Susan DuBose, which will exempt makeup artistry from the licensure requirement that is stifling growth in our industry.

Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) Chairman John Wahl on Monday endorsed legislation requiring post-election audits in state elections after years of attempts in the legislature.

Graham’s latest turnabout on the war – publicly throwing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy under the bus moments after taking a smiling selfie with him – is the stuff of Machiavellian legend, while also pointing the way through the harsh political winds. 

Alabama football’s first practice of the spring is officially in the books.

American freedoms are so much a part of our daily lives, so taken for granted, that we rarely give them a second thought.

A day ahead of Tuscaloosa's municipal elections, legendary former Alabama football coach Nick Saban and his wife, affectionately known as Miss Terry, have thrust their support behind Mayor Walt Maddox in his bid for re-election.

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama announced federal indictments against two Colombian nationals charged with drug crimes.

It was a win for veterans when the Alabama Republican Executive Committee voted with a 61% majority in favor of a resolution urging the Alabama Legislature to prevent the governor from stripping authority from the Veterans Board and taking control of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The “Designation of English as the Official Language of the United States Act of 2025” comes shortly after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to accomplish the same thing.

The case of a seized 1968 Chevrolet Camaro is back in the hands of the Baldwin County Circuit Court.

The Alabama Republican Party will consider a resolution to increase tax cuts for Alabama families at its next Steering Committee meeting.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) received a bevy of support from women’s rights organizations as the Senate prepares to vote on his bill preserving Title IX protections for female athletes by prohibiting biological men from competing in women’s sports.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently canceled 13 more federal office leases in Alabama, saving taxpayers over $14 million.