Reaction is coming in after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday that orders Alabama to redraw its congressional map to create a second majority Black district.
Expanding on the current laws surrounding the safety of surrendered infants, the Alabama State Legislature aims to further protect these infants through House Bill 473.
After years of debate, Alabama taxpayers will get a break on the state’s grocery tax. It’s one of several bills waiting to be signed into law that will save you money.
Ivey’s signature makes House Bill 261 into state law, limiting transgender students in Alabama to playing sports in public colleges and universities only with their biological sex.
Lawmakers were at the state house until early Friday morning passing over 70 bills, but the process hit a snag when it came to allocating billions of dollars from the state’s general fund and education trust fund.
If the bill is passed and you’re found guilty of criminal activity that benefits a criminal enterprise or gang, you’ll receive much stricter consequences.
Two former Alabama governors, from opposite sides of the political aisle, wrote in an opinion piece that they are now troubled by the state’s death penalty system and would commute the sentences of inmates sentenced by judicial override or divided juries.
Several members of the House of Representatives stated their views this week on why U.S. Space Command should be located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
Protesters gathered outside Alabama’s Capitol Monday afternoon to oppose the “Alabama Property Protection Act,” legislation they say is discriminatory.
Ceremonial bill signings will be held Tuesday afternoon for multiple pieces of legislation passed during the 2023 Regular Session Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office says.
State lawmakers return to work next week to continue discussions and possible votes on several controversial bills, but also a bill that could put more money back in your pocket.
A bill aimed at preventing some foreign ownership of Alabama land has passed the state Senate by a vote of 26-7, moving it closer to being signed into law.
State senators passed a bill that would prohibit state contracts with businesses that boycott certain sectors of the economy based on environmental, social, and governance or ESGs.
Alabama legislation that would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to sue their abusers has stalled in a committee amid opposition from insurance companies.
Some Republican lawmakers want to define womanhood in state law. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Jefferson County, calls her bill the What is a Woman Act and she says the goal is to protect women. However, members of the LGBTQ community have said the goal is to erase the existence of transgender people.
Legislators are now discussing the idea of renewing the mandatory ignition interlock technology that prevents people with DUI’s from driving while intoxicated.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced anti-pornography legislation that would require phones and tablets to automatically block sexually explicit content or pornography until the purchaser changes the device settings.
Some prisoners serving life sentences under Alabama’s habitual offender law could see their punishments reviewed under legislation that advanced Tuesday.
Hundreds of LGBTQ Alabamians and their allies marched across downtown Montgomery in protest against what they call anti-trans legislation. The group started at the judicial building, walked to the capitol, and finished at the Alabama State House.
A bill making its way through the Alabama Legislature would prevent Chinese ownership of property in the state, marking the latest development in the strained relationship between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies.
Dionne Mack has seen the death of her son Tyrell Spencer go from an unsolved mystery to the inspiration behind House Bill 45 legislation named in her son's memory.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/PAC5625DAZGSVI3ISNX33NYCEI.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/SOE63H22JJF7LEL5IBNGT4R7EA.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/K24H45LFL6AB3BLZIVCVP75X3U.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/4UKIYSHJ2RGERLNLQLHBYOMZ54.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ZAWRUBO47VF6DPCYGLYHGRI6CY.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YUYDJP6WFZHX5N2ESLNBFW5R5U.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UUVSPO4PMFDE5NIXDDXUP7GFF4.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/N3S2CD6XBBAYDDN2QNHAVVQYBQ.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MANWWIOBVBCA5MOAVZ4VFYJJTQ.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MZIHCYV2RZFV5LFVRMWDLZN6TY.bmp)