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 Black Republican and State House candidate, Darius Foster, released a statement critical of comments by Congressman Mo Brooks...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Former Alabama Governor Bob Riley (R) was re-elected in 2006 despite a strong primary challenge from former Alabama...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, August 1, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell, (D) from Selma, voted against H.R. 5230, the Republican appropriations...
By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard has dismissed the contents of a recently leaked internal RSLC...
By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – The Office of the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives has announced the departure of its...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The nation is increasingly becoming polarized along racial and cultural lines. Congressman Mo Brooks has suggested that much...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Millions of Americans believe that every woman has the right to terminate a pregnancy for any reason and...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, August 4, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) filed a friend of the court brief asking the...