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 Wednesday, October 1, Mark Lester, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in Alabama’s 6th District, marked the...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The last six years have been hard on American business. Obamacare is raising health insurance costs substantially, proposed...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, October 1, Congresswoman Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, released a statement to mark the one year anniversary of...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R from Alabama) released a written statement after meeting with World War II and...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The 2016 Presidential election begins in earnest a year from now, but among the early names being mentioned...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, has been busy raising campaign cash. The latest FCPA reports...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, September 29, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced a funding...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 30, the Center for Education Reform (CER) released its Fifth edition of its Parent Power...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 30, Alabama House candidate Walton Hickman (D) announced that he favored a lottery to pay...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, September 29, the Alabama Voter’s Coalition announced that they have endorsed a slate of Democrats for...