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 Monday, September 8, Walker County District Attorney Bill Adair announced that he has officially left the struggling...
By Rep. Darrio Melton Last week, Speaker Mike Hubbard promised that the Republicans would be “bolder” if they kept the supermajority after the election....
By Amy Elizabeth McGhee As the discussion continues regarding the Alabama GOP’s 2014 super majority takeover of the legislature and to what extent it...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, September 5, it was announced that Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose, is returning to the...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Throughout our history, Americans have embraced the wonderful idea that they were living in a new age, where...
By Representative Martha Roby (AL-2) WASHINGTON, D.C. – I highly value the time that the Congressional calendar affords me during August and early September...
By Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Alabama Political Reporter Some may wonder why what happens thousands of miles away in the Middle East has any...
By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter See Opinion MONTGOMERY—Today, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled with the prosecution in the case against indicted lawmaker, Rep. Barry...