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Alabama’s attorney general pushes extreme execution methods and narrow legal arguments, testing constitutional limits and abandoning the restraint our founders expected.
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House passes bill to allocate $43.1 million in opioid settlement funds
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SCOTUS refuses to hear case which struck down anti-panhandling laws
Sen. Britt celebrates new U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama
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Alabama politicians respond to Trump beginning a war with Iran
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- Education
Rick Pate receives the Alabama School Nutrition Association’s Friend of the Year award
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Alabama Senate passes bill to limit screen time in early childhood education
Alabama lawmakers propose $150 million to expand career tech programs
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- Health
Bill to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer screenings heads to Ivey’s desk
House passes bill to allocate $43.1 million in opioid settlement funds
Health committee votes against ER doctor staffing transparency effort
Gov. Ivey authorizes bonds to support Jackson Hospital in Montgomery
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nitrogen hypoxia stories
Prisons
The new US Campaign to End the Death Penalty argued the surge in executions, especially in the South, was disconnected from current public opinion.
Prisons
A federal judge rejected Alabama death row inmate Anthony Boyd's request for a stay of execution.
Prisons
One of the victim’s sons had sent a letter to Gov. Kay Ivey, explaining the execution would “weigh heavily on me.”
Prisons
Alabama plans to execute Anthony Todd Boyd using nitrogen hypoxia, while he challenges the method in federal court
Prisons
Gregory Hunt was executed Tuesday, the state's third execution of 2025. This marked the fifth use of the controversial nitrogen hypoxia method.
Prisons
Alabama has a long and deeply flawed history with capital punishment.
Prisons
This year marks the first time Alabama has led the U.S. in executions.
Courts
The 11th Circuit affirmed a district judge's ruling from earlier this month that the execution may proceed.
News
This marked only the second time the state has used this controversial method, in which the condemned inmate inhales pure nitrogen.