Politics

By John Sharp  Shomari Figures inched closer to a history-making candidacy on Tuesday, with a convincing win in the 2nd congressional district Democratic runoff election. The victory puts Figures, an attorney who recently worked with in […]

BY MARY SELL Lawmakers return to Montgomery this week for the second half of the legislative session and awaiting the House are significantly different and scaled-back versions of gambling bills than what it passed in February. […]

By  Dennis Pillion For the first time, Alabama has released a plan to dramatically cut the state’s greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25 years, although the state will have to compete for federal dollars […]

By Mike Cason The mayors Alabama’s 10 largest cities have endorsed a bill to increase the penalty for firing a gun into an occupied home, business, or vehicle. The mayors cited two tragedies that happened in […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek  Alabama lawmakers are looking to bar undocumented immigrants with out-of-state licenses from driving legally in Alabama. The new bill targets a class of licenses currently issued in just a few states. Sponsor Sen. Arthur Orr, […]

By Hannah Denham After serving more than 40 years in the Alabama legislature, Rep. John Rogers will resign and plead guilty to federal felony charges in a kickback scheme that also brought down his longtime assistant and […]