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 On Tuesday, March 31, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) released a statement in which he blasted the findings of...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, April 3, Congressmen Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) and Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) both issued separate statements critical of President...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) has demanded that the legislature increase revenue for the state’s beleaguered general fund...
By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Sen. Cam Ward’s (R-Alabaster) bill, SB67, was debated on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, receiving multiple...
By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford Gadsden’s representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Robert Aderholt, was recently chosen as the National Association...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporte MONTGOMERY—In Alabama, school children don’t have textbooks, teachers don’t have classroom materials, even toilet paper is in short...
By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Wednesday, Gov. Bentley swore in Col. Jeff Dunn to serve as the next Commissioner for the Department of...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) announced that he and other members of his Immigration Subcommittee...