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The University of Alabama (UA) School of Social Work was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1965 to address what was then described as a critical shortage of trained professionals in the field. On Monday, State Rep. Danny Garrett filed House Bill 152 (HB 152), a one-page bill to remove the language in state statute that requires the University to continue that program as a standalone college. 

After a 22-point rout of then-No.15 Arkansas at Neville Arena over the weekend for its first SEC win, Auburn aims to stay in the win column Wednesday night as it travels to Columbia, Missouri, to take on the black and gold Tigers. 

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office are 270 miles apart, but that didn’t stop the two agencies from working together to bring justice to an imaginary teenage girl.

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after what they call a “disturbing crime.”

On Tuesday, attorney and small business owner Hampton Harris officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama’s second congressional district.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katherine Robertson, in her role as chief counsel for the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, gave speeches defending women's sports in Washington D.C. today.

The owner of StarDome in Hoover announced his retirement after more than 42 years.

There will likely be legislation introduced focusing on the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) in the 2026 session, according to State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

The United States Army Corps of Engineers said thin-layer placement of dredge material in Mobile Bay is beneficial.

Barry Glisson was sworn in on Monday before city officials, employees, and his family.

State Rep. Greg Barnes (R-Jasper) will focus on ways to lower the cost of living and improving mental health in his first session.

Muscle Shoals city clerk Brittany Walker has been placed on leave following an unfavorable audit of the City’s finances.

Nearly 50 enthusiastic supporters braved the cold outside the Republican Party of Alabama (ALGOP) to greet and hear from Attorney General Steve Marshall as he qualified for the U.S. Senate.

A settlement was reached between the Attorney General’s Office and the owners of Cullman’s Aurora IV and Wellness Clinic.

Legislation that would place conditions on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects will be introduced Tuesday and Mobile Baykeeper said if the law is passed, it would not affect operations of the Port of Mobile.

Maybe I should just put the phone down and pick up the Good Book instead.

The Enterprise Police Department announced the arrest of a 90-year-old man in connection to his wife's killing.

A $14 million project to improve infrastructure along the Dauphin Street corridor near the Interstate 65 intersection will soon begin.

Capturing Maduro shows the world that America still stands ready to defend our interests, protect our people and rise against tyranny when it directly threatens our security. 

Following the discovery of 186 illegally registered noncitizens, 25 of whom voted in Alabama elections, Secretary of State Wes Allen has released a list of the counties where the the illegal registrations and voting took place.

As fallout from the massive child care fraud scandal in Minnesota intensifies, the Senate Republican Conference is now demanding answers from outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) and State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) joined constituents on the Fairhope Municipal Pier Monday morning to officially announce legislation to stop the federal government from dumping dredge material into Mobile Bay.

Members of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on Friday reversed a lower court’s ruling that barred the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) from licensing birth centers that operate in the midwifery model of care.

When central bankers presume to fine-tune economic growth through monetary manipulation, when politicians promise prosperity through fiscal profligacy, and when commentators dismiss millennia of economic wisdom as relics of a benighted past, gold stands as a rebuke to hubris.

Jones acknowledged having "real disagreements" on education policy and specifically cited the school choice legislation.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently vacated a lower court's ruling that denied religious liberties to members of the Amish community in rural New York.

In the third legislative session since passing Alabama’s divisive concepts bill in 2023, lawmakers and universities alike are still working toward the goal of ending radical ideology and discriminatory practices, including those masked under programs to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion" that have been commonplace on campuses nationwide.