The legislation allows capital punishment for sexual crimes against children under 12, directly challenging a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision on non-murder offenses.
Lawmakers approved four contracts totalling $800,000 to hire legal representation for Department of Corrections employees in lawsuits alleging brutality.
The Alabama House significantly increased penalties for making terrorist threats, requiring principals to immediately suspend students charged with such crimes.
Congressman Robert Aderholt submitted nominations for six exceptional students across Alabama's 4th District to attend United States Service Academies.
The Alabama Senate passed legislation making child predators eligible for the death penalty and required age filters for inappropriate app store content.
The Surface Transportation Board rejected the initial merger application between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, insisting on a thorough, fact-based review.
Less than two weeks after two inmates died, ADOC Commissioner John Hamm failed to address deadly conditions during the Legislature's prison oversight meeting.
U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, Tuesday encouraged the public to heed Gov. Kay Ivey’s warnings earlier in the day that despite her loosening some...
Five federal detainees being held at the Montgomery City Jail tested positive Tuesday for COVID-19, and one other detainee is awaiting results, according to...
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the Saturday death of an inmate serving at Limestone Correctional Facility, the department confirmed to the Alabama...
Accurate estimates of the financial costs of the COVID-19 pandemic on local municipalities will be critical when cities ask the federal government for help...
The Alabama Department of Labor would like to announce the launch of AlabamaWorks.alabama.gov, the new free online jobs database that is replacing Alabama JobLink....
United States Attorney Jay E. Town, Northern District of Alabama, United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin for the Middle District of Alabama, United States...
President Donald Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to force meat-processing plants to continue to operate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
Renowned infectious diseases expert Dr. Michael Saag, a professor and associate dean at UAB’s School of Medicine, said Tuesday that Gov. Kay Ivey’s new...