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1819 News editor-in-chief Jeff Poor said to expect a "relatively quiet session" compared to last year as lawmakers wait to see how things shake out at the federal level.

In the past, while people may have been living harder lives, they often were far more content. So what changed in our times to bring about a near universal state of anxiety?

Just because someone points out the problems with a school doesn't mean that person hates the students and teachers.

Rather than reveal that some third-grade students had “fallen through the cracks,” State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Mackey euphemistically portrayed these students’ situation as “on the bubble.” 

JD Vance's recent resurrection of Robert E. Lee brings this national hero's virtues to the forefront once again.

An unusual Super Bowl treat was prepared on ABC's Good Morning America by Dothan's Kelsey Barnard Clark -- ‘Fried shrimp po-boy nachos.’

At the 2023 Alabama Republican Party summer dinner, Donald Trump pledged that if he won his third bid for the White House, one of his first orders of business would be to widen Interstate 65 from Huntsville to Mobile.

No. 3 Alabama went into a hostile arena and held off a late surge by Arkansas to secure an 85-81 victory to improve to 9-1 in the SEC and a share of first place in the SEC standings with No. 1 Auburn.

4 takeaways from No. 1 Auburn’s 90-81 loss to No. 6 Florida

Maria von Braun has died at age 96, the widow of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Her life reads like a historical novel and has become one.

Now to March 14 is the best time for Alabama skywatchers to see an alignment of the moon and planets.

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) unveiled his No More Funding for NPR Act of 2025 to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR).

Let’s not kid ourselves – any fee imposed by the government is a tax.

Country music, at its best, is a form of cultural memory – a way of preserving stories and struggles, a testament to the places and people often overlooked by the mainstream. But memory is fragile, and once lost, it is difficult to recover.

I wonder if we Americans couldn’t put aside our disagreements for a moment, and agree on a few things we love. 

A major project has synchronized 682 stoplights in the Mobile area.

While the ballot box has its season and the campaign trail its purpose, there remains this other, quieter necessity: the patient cultivation of ideas, like gardeners tending delicate shoots that may not flower for years.

Multiple agencies worked an operation Friday in Baldwin County leading to four arrests.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) gave the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) a $1.5 million federal grant to study the pain thresholds of transgenders. 

Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and three assistant U.S. Attorneys recently withdrew from a lawsuit challenging the state’s transgender minor surgery ban.

Earlier this week, the State Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee passed a bill that would change the State Board of Veterans Affairs and how the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner is appointed by a 5-2 margin.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees today appointed Sid J. Trant as chancellor of the University of Alabama (UA) System, granting him a permanent spot after serving as interim chancellor for nearly a year.

Two historic murals are being removed from the Mobile Civic Center and preserved.

The issue of parental rights is one of the greatest of our political time, for the line between the duties of the state and the duties of parents in relation to children is increasingly blurred.

The Auburn University board of trustees approved Jordan-Hare Stadium updates at their February meeting.

The Alabama Senate on Friday announced the appointment of State Sen. Lance Bell (R-Pell City) as chair of the Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee and other committee assignments.

Coming off a decisive 98-70 win over Oklahoma on Tuesday, the top-ranked Auburn Tigers are set to host another top 10 showdown with No. 6 Florida making the trip to Neville Arena on Saturday.