State News

By Mike Cason Most of this year’s priorities for Gov. Kay Ivey and Republican legislative leaders were passed by the time the annual session ended Thursday evening, with one big exception. A constitutional amendment to […]

By Warren Kulo When examined across 71 key metrics in eight categories, including crime, education, health care and infrastructure, Alabama doesn’t fare well against most other states, ranking as the nation’s 7th worst, according to […]

By Mike Cason A plan to allow voters to decide whether to authorize a lottery and casinos died Thursday with the end of the annual legislative session. The proposed constitutional amendment fell one vote short in the Senate […]

By Associated Press The Alabama House of Representatives passed the state General Fund budget Thursday, a plan that would spend $3.4 billion on non-education government services next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. The budget […]

Mike Cason State Sen. Merika Coleman said Miles College is working to organize a consortium of HBCUs to purchase the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, which is closing May 31. Coleman talked about the idea on […]

By John Sharp  Legislation allowing for a vote on a statewide lottery and the authorization of seven casinos for electronic gaming continued to stall on Thursday, two days after a late-night vote fell one-vote short of […]

By Howard Koplowitz  The price of alcohol sold at Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board stores may be going up after both houses of the state Legislature passed a bill changing the general sales tax rate at […]

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes The Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a new statue honoring Rosa Parks — the first in a series of statues that will pay homage to icons of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery. […]

By Rebecca Griesbach Despite protests from a packed crowd, Vestavia Hills City Schools officials voted unanimously May 2 to transfer principal Lauren Dressback to a local alternative school. Dressback is still listed as principal on Cahaba […]