State News

By The Associated Press Members of the Tuskegee University marching band are threatening to quit performing at school events to protest what they say is a lack of resources and support. Concerned members of the Marching […]

By Rebecca Griesbach  Birmingham City Schools adopted a resolution to “condemn racism and advance equity” Tuesday, in stated opposition to a critical race theory ban that teachers fear will limit discussions of race and racism in […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek  Federal authorities did not prosecute any human trafficking cases last year in Alabama, while four of its neighbors reported multiple cases, according to a report by the Human Trafficking Institute. “The crime of trafficking […]

By William Thornton  The Biden Administration today announced that Nivory Gordon Jr. has been chosen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s state director for Alabama. Gordon is the first Black person to hold that job, according […]

By William Thornton A new survey finds that three-fourths of Alabamians are more likely to lie on their resumes, a larger percentage than almost every other state except Alaska. But more than half of Americans have […]

By Amy Yurkanin  Seven tribes are asking the University of Alabama to return 5,892 human remains and the artifacts buried with them at Moundville, an archaeological park in Alabama and a major center of Native American […]