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 Four of the Republican candidates for State Auditor attended the Republican Party’s Pumpkin Patch event on Saturday, April...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, May 1st, Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama spoke critically of NASA’s 2015 budget request. Sen....
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Senator Gerald Dial’s (R-Lineville) campaign received some welcome news when the political arm of the Alabama State...
By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Just days before and after his arrest by the State’s Attorney General’s Office, Rep. Barry Moore, (R-Enterprise), received three large...
By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Representative Barry Moore, (R-Enterprise), has filed a motion through his attorney Bill Baxley to have the criminal charges...
By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Governor Bentley visited the city of Kimberly on Wednesday to tour extensive damage left by this week’s severe...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Over a year ago, Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn wowed young Republicans in Birmingham, by telling...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, April 26 former Montgomery Probate Judge Reese McKinney and Alabama State Representative John Merrill, both Republican...