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.
In 2019, not enough Alabamians specified that their income tax be allotted to the Scholarship Granting Organizations that help Alabama students assigned by the...
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby on Thursday applauded the Senate’s passage of an emergency supplemental funding package to deal with the coronavirus. The legislation provides...
Dear Fellow Montgomery Citizens, Respectfully, we must have an honest conversation, with ourselves, about the poor leadership coming from, our Mayor and City Council,...
President Donald Trump won the Alabama Republican primary with 96.2 percent of the vote, with former Vice President Joe Biden taking the Democrat field...
Wednesday, the State Senator Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report that would establish a cohesive and statewide management process for administering and managing concealed...
Two correctional officers and two visitors to state prisons have been arrested on charges related to illegal contraband, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced...
Wednesday, Alabama Public Health Officer Scott Harris told the Alabama Senate Health Committee, “We have no cases in Alabama,” referring to the new strain...