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.
By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A House committee took on an anti-racial profiling bill on Wednesday in a public hearing that sparked a...
By Samuel Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A House Committee passed a bill on Wednesday that would change the standard for special elections in the...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 159 granting equal access to the schools to all...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, expressed his concerns about recent actions by China in Africa, specifically actions in...
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard shouldn’t go to prison. Nope. His sentence should be commuted and he...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Recently, a lawsuit led primarily by Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights and joined by Alabama Appleseed Center...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a controversial bill that specified that economic developers are not lobbyists....
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There they go again. Your Alabama Legislature, playing with the ethics laws. Loosening them. Giving themselves a little...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter In the wake of months of sexual harassment and assault allegations against high-profile politicians and public figures across...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Alabama’s statewide pre-K program is widely regarded as one of the best in the country, but Democratic candidate...