State News

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Alabama State University has approved plans to build more on-campus student housing. Two new residential apartments will be built on Forest Avenue and South University Drive in Montgomery with 288 beds and […]

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Talladega College is trying to avoid the fate of Birmingham-Southern College as it navigates its own financial “crisis.” The school, which is the oldest private historically Black college in Alabama, said it is […]

By  Svetlana Shkolnikova Stars and Stripes (TNS) & Tribune Media Services Upcoming negotiations over an annual defense policy bill will see lawmakers debate a measure that would grant back pay to military officers whose promotions […]

By Margaret Kates Mobile County broke ground Friday on a new aquatic center that will bring the city’s first Olympic-sized competition swimming pool. “Kids need to learn how to swim,” said Paige Madden, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Drake State Community & Technical College will hold its first Celebration of Scholars event, hosted by the Drake State Foundation. The elegant evening is set to take place on Friday, […]

By Mike Cason An initiative to help people released from prison in Alabama has set a goal of cutting the state’s recidivism rate by half by 2030. The Alabama Commission on Reentry, also called Reentry […]

By Roy S. Johnson  In June, Circuit Judge Tamara Harris Johnson dismissed a lawsuit by the Black Contractors Association of Alabama (BCAA) seeking to halt construction of the nearly $50 million amphitheater in downtown Birmingham because the Birmingham […]