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After legislation requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments passed the House Education Policy Committee late last week, a Huntsville City School Board member expressed disdain for the state legislature's efforts on the issue.

Alabama gas prices are on the rise, but remain lower than the national average of $3.49 per gallon of regular gas.

A new 2.2 million square foot defense industrial facility is coming to Muscle Shoals, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The Enterprise Police Department has charged the mother of a missing two-year-old with capital murder after investigators found evidence she placed the child’s body in a dumpster.

Jim Zeigler, candidate for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2, responded on Monday to the federal government's recent announcement of a $4.1 billion loan to Alabama Power.

Much of central Alabama experienced power outages Monday afternoon into the evening after a severe storm system moved through the state.

Monday on Fox Business Network's "The Evening Edit," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) criticized former President Joe Biden for his lack of leadership when it came to Iran.

The City of Arab is working with federal authorities to investigate a phishing scam that cost the City over $432,730.

As far as politics goes, public institutions should reflect the will of the people, as long as the people’s will serves the common good and respects the individual’s God-given liberty. Prayer should always be voluntary, never officially discouraged to silence.

Former Trump official and Tuberville staffer Morgan Murphy announced on Monday that he is leaving the U.S. Senate race and redirecting his efforts towards flipping one of Alabama’s two House seats occupied by a Democrat.  

We must stop this steal of our precious insurance and the premiums that have made BCBS successful. Please contact the Alabama Legislature to say no to SB247.

Legislation that would allow businesses to round cash transactions at Alabama businesses to the nearest five cents will be heard in the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday.

Late Sunday evening, a passenger from American Airlines flight 5458 reached out to 1819 News to report an incident unfolding at the Birmingham Airport.

Just months after the University of Alabama suspended funding to two student publications, students involved in them are preparing to release new, similar and independent magazines.

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) has fully endorsed State Rep. Reed Ingram’s (R-Pike Road) bill that aims to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to bring prayer back to schools. 

Turning Point Action has added U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) to its growing list of endorsements as he vies for the U.S. Senate seat being left open by U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

Following the speech, the senator joined reporters in a press gaggle, speaking on several topics, including the likelihood of President Donald Trump seeking congressional approval for the growing conflict in Iran.

That is what regeneration actually looks like: not replacement, but incorporation. The old life held inside the new, spring holding winter in its memory even as it refuses to become it.

The Killen Police Department arrested a woman in connection to the armed robbery of a gas station on Saturday.

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) took to the airwaves during Friday's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal" to revisit the prolonged saga of now-former House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen's (R-Hartselle) ouster and leaked surreptitiously recorded audio from a House Caucus meeting on February 13.

Trump's endorsement could heavily sway the odds toward one candidate or the other, and could even end the race entirely if the other were to drop out.

Of the contributions made by Alabama Voice of Teachers for Education, the AEA political action committee contributed over half to Republicans, totaling $420,000.

Consistent pitching and a dominant performance at the plate helped lift Alabama baseball to a three game sweep of North Florida over the weekend.

Eileen Gu will continue reaping the benefits of being an American while waving the flag of one of the world’s most immoral and repressive regimes. Every time Gu competes for China, her hypocrisy and lack of patriotism will be on full display. 

If Alabama lobbyists want to represent our enemies, they can hold their noses and do so. But legislators and taxpayers deserve to know who is pushing policy and whose interests are truly at stake.

During a candidate forum this week in Huntsville, former ALGOP Chairman and candidate for Lt. Governor, John Wahl, spoke about the societal and moral dangers presented by pro-transgender ideologies, particularly in Alabama's public libraries.

Mobile County businessman Doug Harwell is challenging former State Sen. Rusty Glover (R-Semmes) for the Alabama Senate District 34 Republican nomination.