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 U.S. Representative Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile in his weekly column discussed the debt crisis and the difficulty...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The best known living jurist in Alabama is back. Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) from Gallant...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Influenza is hitting Alabama and most the country unusually hard this year. Reports of influenza have been higher...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Subcontractors Association of Alabama (SubAla) has named Monique Solorzano as its Director of Events and Membership. SuAla...
Staff Report BIRMINGHAM, Ala – Recently, the three members of the Republican National Committee who represent the state of Alabama endorsed RNC Chairman Reince...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) and new PSC appointee Jeremy...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, January 12, 2013, the Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...