Prisons
Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by the state via lethal injection for the 1993 murder and robbery of Edward Lee Williams Sr.
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January 2026 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
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Rep. Aderholt to host Passport Fair in Florence
Alabama Sens. Britt and Tuberville decry Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs
Southern Research secures $2 million for scientific expansion projects
Alabama leaders remember civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Democrats call for investigation into IRS taxpayer data leak
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Gov. Ivey proclaims Public Schools Week, celebrates gains by students
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Alabama State University to host Montgomery.AI summit in March
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Bill passes Senate allowing UA to reorganize School of Social Work despite public pushback
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Alabama AG urges AMA to disavow hormonal treatments for trans minors
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
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Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame to induct 12 healthcare figures
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death row stories
Prisons
Gov. Kay Ivey set the execution date and time for Casey McWhorter, an incarcerated individual on death row.
News
The new multi-episode docuseries asks the central question: why is Johnson still on death row?
Opinion
Alabama, for some reason, has now volunteered to be the guinea pig state responsible for developing the newest execution method.
Prisons
Barber was the first individual to be executed since the state’s moratorium on executions was lifted.
Prisons
"We do not trust the Alabama Department of Corrections to properly investigate itself, and who would?" an organizer said.
Featured Opinion
The ADOC has reviewed itself and determined that the real cause of its three botched executions were all of these laws.
Prisons
The letter suggests state officials follow the example of the state of Tennessee, which launched an independent investigation.
Featured Opinion
There are issues that most of Alabama knows we need to address. I’ll write about them over and over again.
Courts
Executions in Alabama were previously carried out by the Alabama Department of Corrections in a single 24-hour window.