Tag: Alabama

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down a 2023 federal court-ordered Alabama congressional map on Monday.

A 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court of the United States found the use of race-based redistricting to be unconstitutional in a Louisiana case on Wednesday.

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced on Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate is 2.7%, unchanged from January’s rate.

This Christmas season is the first in which the crime of stealing packages from the homes of Alabamians — a practice commonly known as “porch piracy” — is a felony offense punishable by stiff prison sentences and high fines, thanks to a new law passed by State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) during the 2025 regular session.

The Auburn Tigers will host No. 10 Alabama on Saturday in hopes of spoiling the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff hopes while looking to avoid their fifth-straight losing season. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined Missouri and 20 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a federal district court ruling that preliminarily barred use of Texas’s congressional map and ordered the state to use a map that would likely reassign multiple seats to Democrats.

Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles director Cam Ward will receive the 2025 Pillar of Excellence Award from the Addiction Policy Forum next week.

Alabama ranked first in the nation for religious freedom in the 2025 Faith and Freedom Index released on Monday by Napa Legal.

ESPN cancelled appearances by Paul Finebaum on the network after he recently expressed interest in running as a Republican for U.S. Senate in Alabama in 2026.

Alabama’s overtime tax exemption “has been a game-changer for the state’s frontline workers,” according to The HR Digest.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries announced recently they’ve received reports of “unsolicited” seeds being delivered to residents across the state through the United States Postal Service. 

Since November, the Alabama Department of Public Health has been warning about higher numbers of the highly contagious whooping cough, also known as Pertussis.

The University of Alabama President, Dr. Stuart R. Bell, announced on Wednesday his plans to step down from the presidency mid-summer after occupying the position for over a decade.

Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency for 37 counties ahead of an incoming winter storm expected to hit parts of the state this week.

Alabama’s population increased by 40,026 residents in 2024, according to U.S. Census numbers released on Thursday.

It’s a new year, but the same ol’ Iron Bowl. A new era of college football, but the same ol’ tradition. New coaches, but the same ol’ standard of excellence. A new Alabama, but the same ol’ rivalry that divides the state. It’s a rivalry that has Alabamians thankful for their home state, and maybe more thankful for their football team.

What place in Alabama would you suggest be added to our list of fascinating places?

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is partnering with the Helios Alliance to end the opioid crisis in Alabama.

It was a cold night on the Plains Wednesday as Auburn fans celebrated the news that University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban was planning to retire.

Though Christmas has been celebrated by Christians on December 25 since at least the 4th century, it did not become a federal holiday in the United States until President Ulysses S. Grant signed it into law in 1870.

Byler Road was once just a pioneer trail started by buffalo. But in 1819, it became the first state-commissioned highway project, just two days after Alabama became a state.

After a four-hour flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles and another brutal 15-hour trek across the Pacific, I arrived in Sydney, Australia, two weeks ago today.

Coming out of SEC Media Days this week in Nashville, the University of Alabama football team has been picked to win the SEC West, while Auburn University has been picked to finish sixth in the division.

Alabama was ranked 42nd in the nation in a survey of state’s business friendliness released by CNBC this week.

Eighteen years after the disappearance of Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway, the suspect in her death has been extradited to Alabama to face charges in connection to the case.

The Alabama House of Representatives honored Randy Owen of the country music band Alabama on the final day of the 2023 legislative session.

In November 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that has garnered a significant amount of both awe and criticism from the public. 1819 News sat down with ChatGPT to ask it ten questions about Alabama: