State News

by Kirsten J. Barnes Mobile, Ala. – – Proven leadership, an ability to unite people, and the tenacity to rebuild Alabama’s Democratic Party are some of the reasons Senator Vivian Davis Figures announced her plans […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department issued a scathing report on Alabama’s prisons on Wednesday, saying the state is violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse and by […]

SOURCE: Associated Press In this Feb. 28, 2019, photo a worker adjusts a banner celebrating Alabama’s bicentennial outside the Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama is the latest state trying to balance […]

The African-American woman who took over an Alabama newspaper after its previous editor endorsed the Ku Klux Klan’s return has resigned after less than month. Elecia R. Dexter told The New York Times on Friday […]

NEWS RELEASE: Alabama House Democratic Caucas “The economic and human impact of investing in our transportation infrastructure cannot be overstated. Neglecting our infrastructure means losing out on in-state business growth, as well as potential out-of-state […]

By Craig Ford, Independent member of the Alabama House of Representatives Craig Ford Earlier this month, the governor announced her plan to spend almost a billion dollars of taxpayer money to build three new prisons […]

by Former State Senator Hank Sanders (D) Former State Senator Hank Sanders (D) SELMA, AL – Former State Senator Hank Sanders said, “Many national leaders will be participating in the Bridge Crossing Jubilee from February […]

By Patricia Mokolo, Alabama NAACP Communications Chair The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others, will hold a joint press conference at the Hoover Police Department Thursday, […]

SOURCE: Urban Faith; AL.com, Shauna Stuart 2018 was a whirlwind year for Tarana Burke, the founder of the “Me Too” movement. During the latter part of 2017, the long-time activist skyrocketed to fame as the […]

By The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — One Birmingham police officer was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting early Sunday as the officers questioned two people suspected of trying to break into […]