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 Tuesday, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery announced that peanut-state lawmakers have teamed up to support...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The BP legal saga continued on Tuesday when the corporate giant pleaded guilty to 14 criminal charges under...
(Editorial Note: the Alabama Republican Party is faced with a choice this weekend between keeping ALGOP Chairman Bill Armistead or replacing him with Matt...
(Editorial Note: the Alabama Republican Party is faced with a choice this weekend between keeping ALGOP Chairman Bill Armistead or replacing him with Matt...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows, in this instance it might be better phrased, losing jobs...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday Alabama State Representative John Merrill (R) from Tuscaloosa held a rally at the Alabama State Capitol...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday U.S. Rep. Terri A. Sewell (D) from Selma released a written statement in recognition of the...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama introduced dual legislative proposals to address our nation’s deep fiscal challenges...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Mobile businessman Bill Hightower will face Alabama State Representative Jim Barton in a Special Republican Primary runoff on...