Featured Opinion Opinion | Labor Day was built on strikes and blood, not barbecues and sales From coal miners to sanitation strikers, Labor Day’s meaning is written in sacrifice, and Alabama’s future rests on remembering it. Bill BrittSeptember 1, 2025
Governor Gov. Ivey releases Labor Day message to Alabama’s workforce The governor celebrated Alabama's workforce, highlighting the state's record high employment and decreasing unemployment rate. Alex JobinSeptember 1, 2025
Opinion Opinion | Heating up the Cold War World War II ended 80 years ago, but before any peace dividend could be paid or the euphoria fully experienced, the Cold War started. Will SellersSeptember 1, 2025
Courts Five Alabama men, including former state trooper, sentenced for cocaine trafficking Nine men, including a former state trooper, were sentenced in a large-scale operation that transported cocaine from Mexico into Alabama. Jacob HolmesAugust 29, 2025
Featured Opinion Opinion | Maybe the Alabama Democratic Party could try something new ADP owes it to the people working hard to move the party forward to do the right thing and be better. Josh MoonAugust 29, 2025
State Alabama’s new tax exemption for menstrual products starts Monday The state’s new sales tax exemption on menstrual and maternity products, as well as baby essentials, will take effect on September 1. Mary Claire WootenAugust 29, 2025
Courts Judge orders new trial for Alabama death row inmate in light of new DNA evidence New DNA evidence implicated another man, leading a federal judge to order a new trial for the inmate after three decades on death row. Alex JobinAugust 29, 2025
Health Veterans Resource Center Board talks operational plans at inaugural meeting Members of the Alabama Veterans Resource Center Board discussed plans to improve support programs for veterans at their inaugural meeting. Wesley WalterAugust 29, 2025
News ABC of Alabama opens the Fall Protection Institute to prevent workplace casualties This new facility, the first of its kind in the Southeast, provides hands-on training, taking fall safety beyond the classroom into simulated workplace settings. StaffAugust 29, 2025
Legislature Lawmakers officially pre-file “Child Predator Death Penalty Act” in Alabama Legislature The legislation would allow prosecutors to request the death penalty for those convicted of raping or sodomizing children younger than 12 years old. StaffAugust 29, 2025