Governor
The state will now have 30 hours to carry out the execution, a six-hour boost over the previous limit.
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- Elections
- Governor
- Legislature
Lawmaker pre-files bill requiring insurers to give 90 day notice before cancellations
Lawmakers, ALDOT meet but contract blockade carries on
Bill to criminalize absentee ballot assistance back on the docket
HD10 special election set, candidates start to emerge
Alabama’s Legislative Black Caucus responds to court’s rejection of congressional map
- Economy
Bridge + Root named Alabama’s Emerging Retailer of the Year
Alabama’s labor force participation rate remains unchanged at 57 percent
Small business optimism declines in August as inflation drives costs higher
AlabamaWorks announces 2023 Innovator Award winners
Statewide survey of employed, unemployed youth in Alabama
- National
Britt, colleagues push bipartisan bill to permanently end budget brinkmanship
Milligan plaintiffs ask SCOTUS to deny Alabama’s appeal for a stay in redistricting case
Sewell, Democrats introduce John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Tuberville’s military hold causing GOP division, more criticism from military personnel
Dark money: The backstory of Alabama’s redistricting defiance
- Education
Troy University reaches milestone with ACHE instructional role change
Leader of DOJ Civil Rights Division delivers remarks at Miles College convocation
Nursing apprenticeships through community colleges see exponential increase
Governor provides update on the statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
New computing center expands innovation opportunities at UA
- Health
Demands for Medicaid expansion increase amid coalition growth, new data
Affidavits center on violation of Open Meetings Act by Cannabis Commission
The word “secret” triggers hold on medical cannabis: Who’s to blame?
ADPH approves birthing center regulations amid lawsuit
Multiple lawsuits: Did the Cannabis Commission get it wrong again?
- Opinion
Opinion | “Disrespecting” an officer isn’t an excuse to make situations worse
Opinion | Explaining Alabama’s state grocery tax reduction
Opinion | “School choice” is a scam designed to hurt the most vulnerable students
Opinion | If it was in your backyard…
Opinion | It’s time for Biden to replace Garland with Doug Jones
execution stories
Legislature
Judges have been barred from overriding the jury in death penalty sentencing since the Legislature passed a law to that effect in 2018.
Governor
In 1982, Neelley, along with her late husband, Alvin Howard Neelley, abducted 13-year-old Lisa Ann Millican.
Prisons
The ACLU is criticizing Ivey for proposing that the state be granted more time to carry out certain executions.
Prisons
Ivey suggested "death warrants" be extended past the 24-hour window when the process is delayed by a stay of execution.
Prisons
Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.
Prisons
The groups are calling for transparency in response to the delayed execution of Joe James Jr. in July, in which witnesses were kept outside...
Featured Opinion
The account from Joe Nathan James' autopsy is horrifying, and no one in Alabama government is talking about it.
Prisons
ADOC forced a female reporter to change her clothes because her skirt was "too short."
State
James was executed for the 1994 murder of Faith Hall, a 26-year-old mother of two.
