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 Wednesday conservative Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery introduced legislation that would firmly establish the Constitutional principle...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Popular Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead announced on Wednesday that he has finished the 28th out of...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barack H. Obama has refused for years to permit America’s energy industries to easily access Canadian oil...
By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–As the 2013 regular legislative session came to a close at midnight on Monday, May 20, several Democrats...
Staff Report On Monday, Senator Roger Bedford (D-Russellville) and Representative Todd Greeson (R-Ider) passed SB22, which will greatly benefit breast cancer patients in the...
Staff Report MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday said various state agencies in Alabama are in contact with their counterparts in Oklahoma to...