State News

By Mary Colurso Music lovers in Birmingham could have a brand-new concert venue right in their backyard, if plans continue to move forward for a $50 million amphitheater on the city’s Northside. The 9,000-seat amphitheater isn’t […]

By Kyra Miles | WBHM A handful of small airplanes line the runway on windy day at Bessemer Airport and if you look through the windows you’ll see high schoolers in the cockpit. For students like Finn Payne, […]

By Dennis Pillion A large-scale water sampling program has confirmed the presence of PFAS, or so-called “forever chemicals,” in dozens of rivers across the United States, including eight in Alabama. The sampling, conducted by the environmental […]

By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama students led the nation in maintaining math and reading learning during the pandemic, according to a new national analysis. The state is among the top 10 of states that either improved […]

By Trisha Powell Crain Montgomery’s Principal Bryan Cutter is the newest Alabama educator to win the Milken Educator Award, called the “Oscar of teaching.” At a schoolwide assembly Wednesday morning that Cutter helped organize, officials surprised […]

By Trisha Powell Crain Amid teacher shortages, Alabama school officials are increasingly relying on alternative pathways to get teachers into classrooms, including certifying those with college degrees who want to teach but don’t have formal training […]

By Rebecca Griesbach, The Associated Press Gov. Kay Ivey signed a proclamation Oct. 3 declaring the month as HBCU Month. The signing makes Alabama the first state in the country, leaders say, to dedicate a […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Alabama has stopped taking new applications to help people pay their mortgages during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are not accepting further applications at this time, because the number of applications we can accept […]

By The Associated Press Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville asserted that Democrats support reparations for the descendants of enslaved people because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.” Tuberville spoke at a Saturday […]