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, April 1 U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R from Montgomery) and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Late Monday, Attorneys for indicted Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, issued a subpoena for Governor Robert...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter House Bill 213, which is designed to protect parental rights, will receive a hearing in the Alabama House...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, March 31, the Alabama House of Representatives voted down legislation, HB 85, that would have required animal...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, March 31, our sources are reporting that a Republican Alabama general fund budget will be introduced on...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Voters in Baldwin County sent a message to the County’s education establishment when they rejected a proposed 8...
By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In what is being described as both a fit of desperation and a Hail-Mary pass, Speaker Mike Hubbard, (R-Auburn)...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, March 26 former First Lady Laura Bush was in Homewood at Samford University. Alabama Republican Party Chairwoman...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Federal filings show that an Alabama scholarship granting organization (SGO) is actually a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida...