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 Friday February 14, 2014 U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose announced that he was cosponsoring H.R....
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On September 11th, 2012 terrorists attacked the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya killing our ambassador to Libya and...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) on Monday formally announced that the State of Alabama has successfully recruited the...
By: Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter As the Alabama Political Reporter had predicted on Wednesday, two bills that would deal with predatory payday and title lending...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, February 13, 2014, the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives both passed SB 217 creating the...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Over the weekend, the Executive Committee of the Alabama GOP began hearing challenges to candidates who are seeking...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen ruled in a 41 page opinion that Virginia’s...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 12, 2014, the Alabama House of Representatives approved the Alabama Future Workforce Initiative with bipartisan...