State News

BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) – Amazon is in talks to build a warehouse near Birmingham that could create up to 3,000 jobs. Public notices show Amazon plans an 855,000 square-foot (7,900 sq. meter) fulfillment center in […]

A new system created by the Secretary of State’s Office will allow business owners around the state to file formation forms online. Secretary of State John Merrill said the system will be a “removal of […]

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Tuition is going up for Alabama’s community and technical colleges. The Decatur Daily reports the Alabama Community College System on Wednesday approved a $10-a-credit-hour increase set to go into effect […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A group is calling for the removal of a statue on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol honoring a 19th century doctor who experimented on slaves. State Sen. Hank Sanders and […]

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey is applauding the announcement that for the 12th year in a row, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program is being hailed as one of the nation’s highest quality state-funded pre-kindergarten programs […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A second Auburn University employee has sued the school for racial discrimination in a month, the Montgomery Advertiser reported Wednesday. Cameron Boozer, who is black, has been a supervisor in the […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a young boy was shot while he was asleep inside his southwest Birmingham home early Monday. Birmingham police said shots were fired about 3 a.m. into the home at […]

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) – The search for a new president of Tuskegee University is down to two people. The historically black school in east Alabama says Lilly McNair and Jack Thomas are the remaining two […]

An Alabama woman was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed inside a Waffle House over plastic utensils. Chikesia Clemons, 25, and her friend Canita Adams placed an order at a Waffle House in Mobile, Alabama […]

HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — Charles Barkley has donated $250,000 toward educating Mississippi and Alabama high school students about African-American history. The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee reported last month the basketball Hall of Famer and […]