State News

By Joseph Ostapiuk  An Alabama committee tasked with improving transportation infrastructure Thursday began deliberating how to distribute $40 million to road projects across the state. The committee, Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II), received […]

By Greg Garrison  Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, while acknowledging there are good teachers and administrators working hard for students in difficult circumstances, said Tuesday that any teachers not committed to improving the city’s struggling schools should […]

By John Archibald  This is an opinion column. Tarrant – a blue-collar suburb of Birmingham that is home to 6,000 souls, bless their patient hearts – boasts on welcome signs that it is a “City of […]

By Mike Cason A federal grand jury has indicted 11 people for possession of machine guns or small devices to convert semiautomatic weapons to fully automatic, officials announced on Friday. Jonathan S. Ross, acting U.S. Attorney […]

By Joseph D. Bryant  U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell was all smiles as she pressed a few buttons on a vending machine, then sat down to read books to infants by bedside. Sewell this weekend took part […]

By Mike Cason  The ACLU of Alabama has released its third annual “Statehouse to Prison Pipeline Report,” which says the Legislature focuses too much on criminal punishment and not enough on issues that could help families […]