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On Thursday, the U.S. Senate will bring U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Auburn) Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to the floor for a vote, his office confirmed with 1819 News.

The Ukraine war effort, at least as it pertains to the U.S., would’ve had a better chance … if it hadn’t gone woke.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a police chase that ended in a crash on U.S. 231 in Montgomery County.

The Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) will no longer charge a religious exemption fee for vaccines, according to Health Freedom Alabama.

An anti-violence group in Mobile is calling on those attending Mardi Gras parades to turn their backs when groups of young children dancing sexually suggestive go by.

The Birmingham Police Department announced an arrest in a July 13, 2024 triple homicide.

The Alabama House Education Committee advanced on Wednesday legislation to ban student use of cell phones and other electronic communication devices in K-12 classrooms in the state.

The Marshall County Personnel Board voted Wednesday during a special called meeting to proceed with litigation against the Marshall County Commission for allegedly violating Alabama Act 82-206, which sets the board's rules and regulations.

The Marine Corps League recently opposed legislation to make the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner a cabinet position while restructuring the role and authority of the State Board of Veterans Affairs.  

Ray Hunt, also known as Abdolrahman Hantoosh, Rahman Hantoosh, and Rahman Natooshas, 71, of Owens Cross Roads, has been sentenced in federal court for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.  

A new compromise bill regulating pharmacy benefit managers in Alabama will be filed soon.

A 13-year-old was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Evergreen, and two others were injured.

5 takeaways from No. 1 Auburn’s 106-76 win over Ole Miss 

After Gov. Kay Ivey rescinded a reception invitation to a Republican women’s group in apparent retaliation for voting to openly oppose her effort to restructure the state veterans department and board, Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth stepped up to host the group at his own reception.

State Rep. Kenneth Paschal (R-Pelham) traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Black History Month event at the White House, his first visit.

What does our increased use of once-obscene language in our conversations and in the public square say of our culture? Does it elevate our social and civil interactions, or is it one more sign of crudity in our increasingly ragtag civilization?

The innovation districts bill hasn't made its way to the Alabama Legislature yet this year, but we must be ready to head it off if it comes.

The Florence mayor’s race has a new candidate who could appeal to a younger portion of the town’s electorate.

A Guatamalan man in the country illegally has been charged with the first-degree rape of a 12-year-old in Marshall County.

Former State Rep. Jack Williams is at a national conference in D.C. He has accidentally networked there.

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) blasted former President Joe Biden's handling of the Ukraine-Russia war, which he said the previous president could have stopped "day one."

During a Wednesday appearance on FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth seemingly took a shot at Gov. Kay Ivey over her support of legislation putting the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner under the governor's control.

State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) filed legislation on Tuesday to allow high school juniors and seniors to enroll full-time in college.

The House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced the hotly-debated legislation to make the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner a cabinet position while restructuring the role and authority of the State Board of Veterans Affairs (SBVA).  

Sources are telling 1819 News that Gov. Kay Ivey rescinded an invitation to the Alabama Federation of Republican Women to dine at the governor’s mansion on Wednesday night after the group defied Ivey’s request not to allow a vote on a resolution opposing Ivey’s goal of grafting the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs into her cabinet.

Last year, State Rep. Chad Robertson (R-Heflin) introduced and passed a bill amending Alabama’s election law. His goal was to relieve some administrative burden on the state and candidates in small municipalities who never raised or spent $1,000.

Candidate Trump repeatedly said during the 2024 campaign that if elected, he would put an end to the Ukraine war. But he didn’t say how.