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Lawmakers approved four contracts totalling $800,000 to hire legal representation for Department of Corrections employees in lawsuits alleging brutality.
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- Elections
Terry Waters announces candidacy for Alabama Senate District 22
ABPAC endorses Derek Chen for Alabama State Auditor
Grant Blackburn announces candidacy for Baldwin County District Court judge
Rep. Terri Collins endorses Patrick Johnson as successor for HD8 seat
Jones vows to remove APLS members if elected governor
- Governor
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
Gov. Ivey establishes board to oversee emerging technology
Gov. Kay Ivey signs law to limit Mobile Bay dredge dumping
Gov. Ivey shares support for energy cost bill package
Governor announces appointments including Baldwin and Cullman County circuit judgeships
- Legislature
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
House committee advances bill to reshape Archives board
HB161 advances amid debate over child online safety enforcement
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Democrats want to give people an opportunity to vote on a state lottery
- Economy
Alabama home sales, median prices soar in 2025 report
German chain manufacturer to invest $34M into new Auburn operation
Alabama achieves record $14.6 billion in economic development investment
Alabama home sales drop 3 percent in December amid seasonal trends
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to 2.7 percent in November
- National
Mobile, Hoover pause internet sales tax challenge
Sen. Britt join colleagues in introducing the CLEAR LABELS Act
Brookside accepts settlement, including $1.5 million compensation proposal
Commemorative coin for America’s 250th anniversary gets unanimous House support
Sen. Britt demands answers from Meta on youth safety allegations
- Education
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Bill passes Senate allowing UA to reorganize School of Social Work despite public pushback
ALSDE seeking expanded funding to sustain literacy gains
Alabama House debates, passes bill to let UA restructure social work school
Gov. Ivey introduces a CHOOSE Act family: Charlie Perkins and Susan Stacy
- Health
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
Alabama Rural Hospital Investment Program reaches $20M cap in just one month
Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame to induct 12 healthcare figures
Breast, prostate cancer screening bills advance to Alabama House for vote
- Opinion
Prisons
Trey Norwood, 28, was found unresponsive at Ventress on May 17. Earnest Charles McReynolds, 69, died on May 10 at Donaldson Correctional Facility.
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WBHM's Mary Scott Hodgin spent several years investigating Alabama's prison crisis for the podcast, which released the first episode Wednesday.
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The two were arrested Tuesday for allegedly not rendering aid when a man became stuck in his cell's automated door and died in April.
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There have been at least 15 preventable deaths — suicides, overdoses and homicides — in Alabama prisons so far this year.
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Marcus Terrell Grubbs died after he was attacked by another incarcerated man at Kilby Correctional, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday.
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Students in the program will be trained to repair and maintain diesel engines, and can obtain full-time employment through a work-release program.
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APR received a redacted version of the contract of Friday, which details the agreement with Montgomery-based Caddell Construction.
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The contract with Montgomery-based Caddell Construction was signed April 15.
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The DOJ in a lawsuit against Alabama alleges the state's correctional officers' use of violence and coverups are unconstitutional.
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A federal judge sentenced Ulysses Oliver Jr., 47, a former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant, to 30 months in prison.