State News

By Trisha Powell Crain  The Alabama Board of Education has approved the state’s first non-college-based alternative teacher preparation program, a move the schools chief said could help with the state’s teacher shortage. Iteach was one of […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Alabama’s bill to define the sexes passed the House 77 to 24 on Thursday and is now winding its way through the Senate. Two legislators abstained. The bill, HB111, defines the terms “male,” “female,” “boy,” […]

Craig Monger Lawmakers are slated to deliberate this week on legislation to repeal the 2023 law creating a loan program for universities in financial straits after its designed recipient, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), closed its doors […]

By Shelby Harris Alabama led the country in passenger vehicle exports last year, shipping out more than $11 billion in cars. Alabama surpassed South Carolina, the second highest vehicle exporter, by more than $1 billion, according […]

By William Thornton A bipartisan group of Alabama state senators has filed a bill that would give education employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. If the bill is passed, educators could take parental leave […]

By Roy S. Johnson Miles College President Bobbie Knight, like many, is intrigued about the future of the hilly, 192-acre site in west Birmingham that will be vacated on May 31 when Birmingham-Southern College shuts its […]

By John Sharp Since the 2020 election, poll workers and secretaries of state have testified throughout the U.S. over how their lives have been threatened over disinformation and threats. State lawmakers are taking notice, even as […]

By Mike Cason Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter says upcoming negotiations over gambling legislation present lawmakers with an opportunity they cannot afford to waste. Representatives and senators will try to reconcile the differences in the comprehensive […]

By Howard Koplowitz Several Republicans have seized on the immigration status of a man charged last week with sexual abuse and other offenses allegedly involving an underage girl in Alabama. Those claims come despite statistics showing […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek  New restrictions on what books children can look at in the library could soon become law in Alabama, as lawmakers debate adding libraries to an old law targeting adult video stores. On top […]