State News

By Trisha Powell Crain Thousands of Alabama public school teachers could be eligible for a $1,000 stipend for working on their reading instruction. State education officials say instructors who voluntarily completed the training – two years for […]

By Mike Cason Jo Ann Robinson was an English professor at Alabama State College in the 1950s who fought for changes on Montgomery’s segregated buses well before the arrest of Rosa Parks. When Parks was arrested […]

By William Thornton  A social justice group that conducted more than 150 protests in Florence two years ago is suing the city and Police Chief Ron Tyler over ordinances it says are vague and meant to […]

By Carol Robinson Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced Tuesday he would issue a pardon to anyone in the city convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession charges in municipal court. “As you know this time last year, with […]

By John Archibald  Alabama auditors today issued a scathing report on the town of Brookside, detailing haphazard treatment of evidence, missing guns, unexplained extra guns, an unmarked trash bag filled with prescription medicines, undocumented stacks of […]

By Trisha Powell Crain, , The Associated Press A record $8.3 billion education budget approved by lawmakers means potentially big raises for teachers – up to 21% – and more money to use for classroom supplies, typically […]