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 Over 130 members of the Alabama Disability Advocacy Network (ALDAN), many of them in wheel chairs, rallied in...
By Richard Garrett Alabama Political Reporter Within the last couple of weeks, federal judges in three conservative states have ruled that those states’ bans...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Birmingham/Hoover area talk-radio personality Michael Hart, 101.5 FM, spoke Thursday night, February 20, 2014, to the Rainy Day...
By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter All will remember the days before the beginning of this year’s 2014 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday the Alabama House Health Committee, chaired by Representative Jim McClendon (R) from Springville, held a public...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) said in an email to constituents on Saturday, February 15 that he and House...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Over the weekend, members of the ALGOP hierarchy met to consider challenges to potential candidates who are seeking...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation which would insure all of Alabama K-12 schools so...