State News

By Dennis Pillion At the top of America’s Amazon, nearly 8,000 acres of Alabama’s most sensitive and ecologically important land is being preserved forever, thanks to a multi-million dollar collaboration involving The Nature Conservancy in Alabama, […]

By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama’s school principals could receive as much as a $15,000 stipend during the coming school year if they show they are boosting student outcomes. The new program is the result of a […]

By Trisha Powell Crain  Gov. Kay Ivey and supporting senators unveiled a plan Tuesday to funnel $100 million of state money into a new form of school choice. Thirteen states currently have some form of education savings […]

On January 17, 1834, the Alabama State Legislature passed Act 44 as part of a series of increasingly restrictive laws governing the behavior of free and enslaved Black people, which prohibited Black people from being […]

By Mike Cason People 60 and older who meet income eligibility standards can receive a $50 benefit card to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from farmers markets and farm stands in Alabama. The Alabama Department […]

By Mike Cason Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Thursday night’s execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia went according to plan for the never-used method. Marshall held a press conference Friday morning about Smiths’ execution for […]

By William Thornton Last week’s blast of winter already has some Alabamians nervous about what next month’s power bills will look like. A week of freezing temperatures, where people in large parts of Alabama were huddled indoors waiting […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Eleven counties in Alabama have HIV rates considerably higher than the national averages, according to a recent study from the University of Alabama. Researchers looked at Medicaid data to find which parts of the […]