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 Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday February 1, 2017, the US Senate Judiciary Committee, on a party line vote, recommended that US Senator...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 7, the Alabama 2017 regular legislative session begins. Almost anything can happen when the Alabama...
Education Matters By Larry Lee At its heart, education is more about hand-to-hand combat than about ballyhooed plans and initiatives. Sure, we love the...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Last year, during the 2016 Special Legislative Session, a crisis was created to convince the Legislature to allocate...
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Stan Stabler left lawmakers at a joint budget committee hearing on Tuesday flabbergasted,...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction appeal has been delayed again. On Monday, the Lee County Circuit...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday passed a local resolution intended to designate Alabama’s largest city as its...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The regular legislative session of the Alabama Legislature is set to convene in less than two weeks, but...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, January 31, 2017, the Birmingham City Council voted to make Birmingham a Sanctuary City for illegal immigrants....