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[ November 11, 2026 ] Title games and more on tap Sports
[ November 11, 2026 ] Huntsville Hospital breaks ground on Hampton Cove emergency department Health
[ November 11, 2026 ] Don’t miss the window: what to know about 2027 health insurance open enrollment Health
[ November 11, 2026 ] Glow on a budget: Overlooked drugstore products that can help your skin shine Health
[ November 11, 2026 ] Think you have a sore throat or a frog in your throat? Acid reflux could be the culprit Health

Alabama expands child porn law after teen girls cyberbullied with AI deepfake images

May 7, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed a bill that bans deepfake images created by artificial intelligence under the state’s child pornography law — legislation inspired by a cyberbullying incident at an Alabama middle school. “During […]

Birmingham 4-year-old, preschool help create new Amazon Alexa technology

May 7, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Emmett’s mom tells him every day about the impact he’s going to have on the world. “I tell Emmett…you have accomplished more as a 4-year-old than I ever will in my entire adult […]

Whitmire: Feed poor kids? Alabama lawmakers fatten slush fund instead

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. Alabama could help poor kids eat better next summer, but lawmakers have their hands stuck in their own pockets as they tap dance toward the end of the […]

Alabama librarians facing threat of arrest over books: ‘We don’t have smut’

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Williesha Morris Librarians are worried about the “chilling effect” on speech and reading if Alabama lawmakers follow through and pass a bill that would police librarians if they don’t remove supposedly “obscene” books in schools […]

Raytheon begins $115 million Huntsville expansion that will bring 185 jobs

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton Raytheon commenced a $115 million expansion of its Redstone Raytheon Missile Integration Facility in Huntsville Tuesday. When the 26,000-square-foot project is finished, it will increase the factory’s space by more than 50% and […]

Mobile’s unemployment rate – the highest in Alabama – increases in 2024

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Hannah Denham Even as the Port City’s economic engine drives job growth, Mobile continues to have the highest unemployment rate of all metro areas in Alabama. Mobile County’s unemployment rate was 4.4% in February, according […]

Alabama House approves $9.3 billion education budget

April 23, 2024 Bouldin 0

The budget includes a pay raise for state employees and more funding for education programs. By Trisha Powell Crain & Rebecca Griesbach House lawmakers approved a state education budget that would add up to $11 billion […]

2 of Alabama’s largest cities poised to remove police chiefs within same week

April 23, 2024 Bouldin 0

By John Sharp, AL.com Mobile and Montgomery mayors took action Friday to either discuss the removal of or press forward with the dismissal of their police chiefs. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, in a statement Friday, […]

Alabama lawmakers vote down legislation to make police bodycam footage public record

April 23, 2024 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee voted down a bill that would have required the public release of police body camera footage on Wednesday, with an 8-4 vote against the legislation. Sponsored by […]

Biden nominee Miranda Holloway-Baggett could be Alabama’s first Black woman US Marshal

April 23, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Warren Kulo President Joe Biden has nominated Miranda Holloway-Baggett to become the next U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, according to a release from the White House. Holloway-Baggett, a 23-year veteran of the […]