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All eyes will be on the action in Coleman Coliseum on Saturday as No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Alabama face off in a battle for SEC and national supremacy. 

With reports of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) rumored to be pushing a gambling bill in the Senate, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter says any gambling bill out of the Senate must be comparable with what the House agreed to last year to garner consideration.

As significant rate hikes at Huntsville Utilities go into effect, many customers receiving payment assistance were also hit with a $100 surcharge.

A federal case involving a multi-million-dollar illegal sports betting operation ended this week with 10 defendants pleading guilty to multiple charges.

Daily prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance were as common as school lunch from students in previous generations, a time when many things were better in America, according to State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road). That’s why he’s proposed a constitutional amendment to return both practices to the classroom.

Alabama state agencies and nonprofits received $7,500,861.35 from the federal government for migrant and immigrant-related health care, housing, and education in 2024.

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) seeks to curb some perceived abuses by Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs), companies that act as intermediaries between health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and consumers.

To round out the second week of the legislative session, State House Rep. Ernie Yarbrough (R-Trinity) introduced HB277, The “2nd Amendment Sales Tax Holiday” Act, which would create a tax break from Memorial Day to the July Fourth holiday exempting all firearms, ammunition, and hunting accessories from sales taxes.

In a show of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives passed legislation by Democratic State Rep. Marilyn Lands (D-Huntsville) to accelerate pregnant women’s coverage under Medicaid, ensuring swifter access to prenatal care.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed the so-called What is a Woman Act into law on Tuesday, codifying definitions of male, female, man, woman and other sex-based terms into Alabama law after its third attempt in the legislature.  

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of a 36-year-old Foley man accused of sexually abusing a child under the age of 12 over the last year.

Digital vigilantes brook no clemency, academic tribunals subordinate truth to predetermined verdicts, and the machinery of cancellation serves not justice but raw power.

As President Donald Trump's team works to clean house within the federal government, much focus is being put on Elon Musk and actions by the Department of Government Efficiency. While the critics are loud, one Alabama man says he knows firsthand why some moves are being made.

While marital unhappiness is a common reason for divorce, it is almost entirely preventable.

Earlier this week, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth publicly announced his opposition to a bill that would change the makeup of the State Board of Veterans Affairs and how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner is appointed.

During an interview on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) weighed in on Kash Patel's confirmation as FBI director, which cleared its first major hurdle on Thursday when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Patel to the Senate floor.

The Alabama House of Representatives bade farewell to the House Majority Whip Randall Shedd (R-Fairview) with a parting House resolution as he prepares to depart the body to join the staff of new State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

Most of the bills in an immigration package introduced by Republicans in the Alabama Senate passed along party lines on Thursday.

On Thursday, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the Alabama State Department of Education to adopt policies requiring a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer "consistent with Judeo-Christian values" at the beginning of every school day advanced in a House Committee.

Legislation that would make murder and assault punishable by life imprisonment if the offender used a machine gun passed the Alabama Senate with little dissent on Thursday. 

After months of whispers and innuendo, multiple sources have confirmed talks between the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and lawmakers in the Alabama Senate to pursue gambling expansion during the ongoing legislative session.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently joined U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in introducing a bill to help put power back in the people’s hands instead of the "out-of-control administrative state."

Modern liberalism is like a like a branch sawed from a tree, after which it falls to the ground, because it lost the trunk that held it up.  

When I ran for U.S. Senate, I promised the people of Alabama that I would fight for them in Washington, D.C. Many Alabamians are enthusiastically pro-life and sent me to the U.S. Capitol with a clear message: every life is worth fighting for. 

Representatives of multiple Alabama veterans’ associations crowded into a small committee room at the Alabama State House on Wednesday to speak out against proposed legislation that would change the makeup of the State Board of Veterans Affairs and how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner is appointed.

In its first committee hearing of the legislative session, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up the “Glock Switch ban” bill and Senate Bill 119 proposed by committee chairman State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road).

Former Public Safety Director and Police Chief Lawrence Battiste, County Commissioner Connie Hudson, and former County Commissioner Stephen Nodine gave opening statements and then answered written questions submitted by the audience.