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Chaos at Alabama State House as redistricting protests erupt
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- Chaos at Alabama State House as redistricting protests erupt
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- 1:47
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- 6 months ago
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- Chaos erupts at the Alabama State House as redistricting protests continue. Dee Reed, of Black Voters Matter, was carried out of the House gallery by state troopers and building security after protesting. Reps. Juandalynn Givan and Mary Moore stepped in to intervene.
Reporting by Mike Cason
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#alabama #localnews #supremecourt #government
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- Aniah Blanchard’s killer sentenced to life with chance of parole: ‘Justice was served,’ mother says
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- 0:51
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- 6 months ago
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- Ibraheem Yazeed, 36, was sentenced to life in prison in the 2019 shooting death of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard.
A jury convicted Yazeed of felony murder and murder in March. He was sentenced to two life terms with the possibility of parole.
Blanchard, a Southern Union College student from Homewood, was reported missing in October 2019. The vehicle she was last seen in was recovered. Her cell phone never was.
The case drew national attention and led to state laws expanding the list of criminal offenses ineligible for bail, such as Aniah’s Law in Alabama.
Aniah’s mother, Angela Haley Harris, launched Aniah’s Heart to teach young people about safety and says her advocacy isn’t stopping.
Harris initially told reporters outside the courthouse she was nervous of what could happen: “I’m happy that justice was served.”
Reporting by Carol Robinson
#alabama #localnews #conviction #homicide #v...
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- Shomari Figures at the Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee
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- 2:46
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- 6 months ago
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- Shomari Figures speaks at the Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee meeting on May 7, 2026.
#supremecourt #redraw #alabama #localnews #government
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- Flooding, alarms trigger evacuation at Alabama State House
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- 0:59
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- 6 months ago
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- A tense day at the Alabama State House on May 6 ended abruptly when a severe storm caused flooding and the evacuation of the building.
The Alabama Senate convened at 4 p.m. to debate one of two bills lawmakers will consider during the special session.
Democrats opposed the bill and were offering amendments.
Senate rules allow extended debate, and it could have gone on for hours.
But when an alarm rang out in the State House after flooding in the lower part of the building and the parking lot, senators moved quickly to finish their business in the seventh-floor chamber.
Senators answered the roll call for a vote over the sound of the alarm. The Republican majority passed SB1 by Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Baldwin County, by a vote of 26-7 over the opposition from Democrats.
The bill passed, SB1, would allow the special primary to include two state Senate seats representing the Montgomery area. The Legislature’s map for t...
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- Protesters take message inside Alabama State House: ‘We shall not be moved’
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- 0:54
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- 6 months ago
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- The protesters arrived a few minutes before the Senate convened to consider the bills Republicans hope to pass during the special session called by Gov. Kay Ivey. Protests are commonplace at the State House but usually take place on the steps at the front entrance.
It was unusual to see the restricted area near the Senate chamber packed with people objecting to legislation. Reporting by Mike Cason.
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- Sen. Cory Booker speaks in Birmingham amid Supreme Court redistricting decision
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- 1:21
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- 6 months ago
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- New Jersey Senator Cory Booker visited Birmingham Monday evening for a town hall event with Rep. Terri Sewell and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones. Booker spoke about the recent Supreme Court decision that weakens the Voting Rights Act in a press conference before the town hall.
Video from Will McLelland/AL.com
#alabama #localnews #congress #elections #votingrights #voting #montgomeryalabama
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- “Do what is fair”: Rep. Terri Sewell on Alabama redistricting
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- 1:03
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- 6 months ago
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- Rep. Terri Sewell spoke to the media Monday night about the Alabama Legislature’s special session following a recent Supreme Court decision involving the Voting Rights Act.
Video: Will McLelland/AL.com
#alabama #localnews #congress #elections #votingrights #voting #montgomeryalabama #supreme court
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- Former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones comments on Supreme Court ruling on voting rights
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- 1:15
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- 6 months ago
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- Doug Jones shared his thoughts on Gov. Kay Ivey calling a special session to discuss redrawing Alabama's congressional map in wake of the Supreme Court ruling earlier this week.
The former senator is currently running for governor of Alabama.
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#alabama #politics #votingrights #supremecourt #elections
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- Doug Jones comments on Supreme Court ruling on voting rights
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- 3:07
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- 6 months ago
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- Doug Jones shared his thoughts on Gov. Kay Ivey calling a special session to discuss redrawing Alabama's congressional map in wake of the Supreme Court ruling earlier this week. He also commented on what he thought the state of democracy is currently in Alabama and the country.
The former senator is running for governor of Alabama this upcoming election year.
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#alabama #politics #votingrights #supremecourt #elections
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- The top 10 most expensive Alabama cities to buy a home in 2026
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- 0:14
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- 6 months ago
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- Alabama home values in general just barely increased over the last year. Typical homes were about $1,000 more valuable across the state in February of this year compared to March of 2025, per seasonally adjusted Zillow data. That represented about a 0.4% increase year-over-year.
But in Mountain Brook, where homes are already staggeringly expensive by Alabama standards, typical home values shot up by more than $50,000 — a 5.3% increase. That was among the biggest increases in the state over the last year.
Source: Zillow
Reporting by Ramsey Archibald
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#costofliving #realestate #alabama #localnews #ranking #homeowner #homes #rankings #Zillow
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- 4 Alabama news stories you missed this week: April 25th - May 1st
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Here's what you missed in Alabama news: April 25th - May 1st
Pickleball might be America’s fastest‑growing sport but in Alabama, the noise is starting to drive people a little crazy. In Mobile, the City Council just approved nearly $30,000 to add sound‑blocking panels after residents said the repetitive popping was affecting their health.
A Fairhope judge cleared Renea Gamble who was arrested last fall for wearing a giant inflatable penis costume at a “No Kings” protest. The case went viral, sparking free speech and law enforcement debates. Gamble is now seeking $2 million in damages from the city. The body cam footage of the arrest can be found on our channel here.
Birmingham is still sorting out new rules for data centers. City leaders hit pause on a vote so they can tweak the proposed regulations before finalizing a decision in June. The draft rules would require things like big buffers from neighborhoods, limits on noise and lightin...
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- A Supreme Court ruling could undo minority representation in Alabama
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- 2:55
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- 6 months ago
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- A bombshell Supreme Court ruling April 29, focused on Louisiana congressional districts, could change Alabama’s voting maps and the balance of power in Congress -- but not immediately.
In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court decided that the state should not have drawn two majority-Black districts. Justices agreed that Louisiana white voters were discriminated against. Immediately after the decision, Alabama Republicans began calling for an effort to redraw maps in a way that would send as many as nine Republicans to Congress.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday that she would call a special session in an effort to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps.
The decision reversed her earlier statement that she would wait for the Supreme Court to settle the state’s pending legal arguments. Alabama is currently enjoined by the courts from changing its congressional districts before 2030.
#alabama #politics #voti...
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- Endangered animals off Alabama's coast just lost key protection. Here's what's at stake.
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- 2:38
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- 6 months ago
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- The Endangered Species Committee, known as the “God Squad,” has voted unanimously to exempt the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species laws, an unprecedented move that environmental advocates say will drive at least one species to extinction. Reporting by Maggie Kates.
#alabama #conservation #endangeredspecies #environmentalprotection #oildrilling #gulfofmexico
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- Tuberville: 'The federal government is broken right now'
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Senator Tuberville shared his views on political division while responding to a question during a public appearance at the Regions Tradition Pro‑Am.
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- Alex Mortensen says UAB football has "a lot of work to do"
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- 6:01
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Alex Mortensen speak with reporters at the Regions Tradition in Birmingham on April 29, 2026. AL.com media coverage presented by Medical Properties Trust
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- Arrest made in brutal murders of Alabama mother, son, pregnant teen
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- 0:42
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- 6 months ago
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- The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest for the April 20th murders of Lisa Ferguson, 46, Keziah Luker, 17 and Thomas Cordell, 12.
The suspect was identified as 54-year-old William Graham Oliver. Authorities have not yet released details about the nature of the arrest nor the charges against him.
At the crime scene, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said the victims were each found in separate rooms. Two of them had their throats slit, and one of them was nearly decapitated.
Luker, the sheriff said, was roughly eight months pregnant. The teen’s 18-month-old daughter was found unharmed inside the home.
Reporters asked Oliver questions as deputies places him in the backseat of a truck, but he remained silent.
Reporting by Patrick Darrington
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- This plane helps keep the lights on during severe weather in North Alabama
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- 1:09
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- 6 months ago
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- The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is utilizing a high-tech plane to protect its entire electricity grid, especially ahead of the severe weather season.
TVA pilots annually fly a Tecnam P2012 SMP airplane equipped with multispectral and high-resolution cameras and Light Detection and Ranging, or LIDAR, system. The system can create a precise 3-D model of Earth’s surface and build a comprehensive picture of the area’s topography. The system offers such high resolution that it can zoom in on a single leaf on a nearby tree.
This helps protect transmission lines, which are the backbone of the North Alabama power system. Without them, local utility companies, like Huntsville Utilities, can’t provide power to their customers. Reporting by Megan Plotka.
#alabama #tva #severeweather #poweroutage #electricity #northalabama #emergencyresponse #emergencypreparedness
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- Every tornado that passed through Alabama on April 27, 2011
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- 1:02
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- 6 months ago
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- April 27, 2011 is a day that will live in the hearts and minds of the people of Alabama for years to come. This map shows the path and strength of each of the 62 tornadoes that cut through the state during that fateful day. Each corner of the state was affected by this storm, especially the city of Tuscaloosa, which suffered a direct hit from an EF-4, resulting in significant damage and loss of life.
#alabama #severeweather#onthisday #localnews #tornadoes
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- 15th anniversary of Alabama’s deadliest generational tornado outbreak
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- 1:00
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- 6 months ago
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- On April 27, 2011, over a nearly 18-hour period, Alabama was struck by 62 confirmed tornadoes. Those tornadoes claimed at least 252 lives, according to the National Weather Service.
It has been called the deadliest day in Alabama history. The day saw what veteran meteorologists called a “generational outbreak,” one rivaled in modern times by only the super outbreak of 1974. Story by Leigh Morgan.
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- President Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- President Donald Trump and other U.S. leaders were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night. Authorities said no injuries were reported, and one person is in custody after a shooting incident near a security checkpoint, according to the Associated Press.
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- 5 Alabama news stories you missed this week: April 18th - April 24th
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- 2:59
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- 7 months ago
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- Here's what happened in Alabama news:
The Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering just opened a brand-new $12.5 million facility called the Sentinel Center. The school also announced $3 million donation from philanthropist Hank Isenberg to launch the Isenberg Institute.
Later this month, the U.S. Space Command will open its first operational building at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville—a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. Command leaders say construction on the full headquarters could start in 2027 and wrap up by 2031.
A Jefferson County judge ruled that Central Alabama Water can move forward with its plan to stop adding fluoride, despite Birmingham suing to block the decision. The judge said he personally supports fluoride for dental health but made it clear he doesn’t have the legal power to force the utility to keep using it. He also ruled that while the water utility messed up its notification process, it wasn’t done ...
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- Man bites police dog during arrest in Florence
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- 1:06
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- 7 months ago
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- An Alabama man was bitten by a K-9 while being arrested by the Florence Police Department on April 22. But the man, identified as David Culliver, 46 of Sheffield, responded by biting the dog back.
About 12 minutes of body camera footage released by the department depicts the encounter between Culliver and police that were helping to execute a search warrant in the 200 block of North Locust Street.
#police #k9 #lawenforcement #localnews #arrested #bodycam #policedog #alabama #florencealabama
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- Man bites police dog while being taken into custody by Florence Police Department.
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- 12:26
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This footage from the Florence Police Department shows a man biting a police dog during an arrest earlier this year.
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- Person spotted atop City Federal building in downtown Birmingham
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A person was spotted atop the City Federal building in downtown Birmingham this morning. Landon Smith, a man working in an adjacent building who recorded this footage, said the person got down safely.
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- DOJ claims, Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funded KKK to ‘manufacture racism’
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- 2:26
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- 7 months ago
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- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a non-profit civil rights organization focused on fighting against white supremacy, is charged with 6 counts of wire fraud, 4 counts of band fraud and 1 count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The DOJ's indictment alleges that beginning in 1980, the SPLC started a network of informants or “field sources” that were associated with violent extremist groups or directed to infiltrate such groups.
The field sources were then paid by the SPLC in a covert manner and those funds would benefit the hate groups without donor knowledge.
Between 2014 and 2023 the these informants were allegedly paid over $3 million in total by the SPLC.
These groups included the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, Unite the Right, National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club, National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party) and American Front....
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- Trial pending for Decatur police officer that shot Steve Perkins
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A federal judge dismissed three Decatur police officers and the City of Decatur from a lawsuit regarding the death of Steve Perkins. The claims were made by his widow, Catrela Perkins, in a lawsuit against the City of Decatur and Christopher Mukadam, Joey Williams and Sergeant Vance Summers. They were on the scene when Perkins died, but did not fire the shot that ended his life. Perkins, 39, was shot by Decatur police officers in his front yard during the early hours of Sept. 29, 2023, during a car repossession.
#alabama #decatur #policeofficer #lawenforcement #investigation #shooting
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- Gucci Mane and the Pig from Piggly Wiggly. A match made in Alabama. #alabama #guccimane
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- 8 Alabama bills that were passed this legislative session
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- HB 475 expands the Alabama Public Service Commission from three members elected statewide to seven members elected by congressional district. The law also creates a secretary of energy position to serve in the governor’s cabinet and oversee the PSC.
SB 71 prohibits the state from making environmental regulations that are more stringent than federal rules. If there is no federal regulation, the state can make a rule only if it can show a “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm.”
SB 99, signed into law, requires public schools to post the Ten Commandments alongside other historical documents. The Senate also approved a bill to require public schools to offer a student-led prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. This bill is a constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot in November.
SB 269 sets minimum reimbursement rates paid to ground ambulance services. The legislation is intended to help resolve a shortage of ambulance serv...
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- HGTV star Carmeon Hamilton coming to Birmingham #alabama #hgtv #birmingham #homedecor
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- HGTV star Carmeon Hamilton, will bring her design and improvement skills to Birmingham Saturday for a home expo designed to help homeowners increase their home values for themselves and future generations.
Hamilton is headlining the HomeWise Expo Saturday presented by Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham.
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- Terri Sewell slams RFK over Black children on ADHD meds needing to be ‘reparented’
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- 2:24
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- 7 months ago
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- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over comments from two years ago suggesting Black children taking ADHD medication be “reparented.”
Kennedy denied to the Alabama congresswoman that he made the remarks during a 2024 podcast interview. Sewell also expressed outrage at the comment given that Kennedy has no medical experience.
At the hearing, Sewell asked, “Mr. Secretary, in your opinion, what factors should the federal government consider when reparenting a Black child who has been on ADHD or ADD” medications."
“I don’t know what you are talking about, congressman,” Kennedy replied.
Reporting by Howard Koplowitz
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#congress #alabama #healthcare #CSPAN #mentalhealth #rfkjr #robertfkennedy
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- Important federal student loan notifications are going out: What to know about SAVE, RISE plans
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- People with federal student loans may get a notification from the U.S. Department of Education soon about an important update to their repayment options.
The federal goverment has ended the student loan repayment plan known as Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE), and launched the new Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) plan.
The SAVE plan offered lower repayments, loan balance forgiveness and no interest accrual. Trump argues the RISE plan is better and will save taxpayers more money by shifting responsibility back to the borrowers.
Under the RISE plan, borrowers can choose from two new repayment plans: The Repayment Assistance Program and the Tiered Standard Plan.
The plan also includes canceling the Grad PLUS loan. Borrowers have 90 days to enroll. The new repayment plans launch July 1.
Reporting by Williesha Morris
#studentloans #repayment #loans #repaymentplan
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- Nick Saban's on-air swears triggered multiple FCC complaints
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- 1:19
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- 7 months ago
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- During the 2024 season of ESPN’s College Gameday, three viewers filed FCC complaints that mentioned Saban through the body’s online portal. Saban’s total fell to two complaints during the 2025, as the ex-coach reined in some of his swearing during his second year on the show.
However, none of them came from the state of Alabama. #nicksaban #alabama #football
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- Radio ad attacking Rep. Juandalynn Givan surfaces on Birmingham airwaves
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The same Alabama companies keep winning bigger ICE contracts
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Federal funding for immigration-related contracts has swelled in recent years as the government has devoted more and more funding for fewer businesses, including for work in Alabama.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spending on contracts in Alabama soared past $45 million in 2023. That’s the highest since 2008, the earliest federal spending data analyzed in a new report by Good Jobs First.
Reporting by Hannah Denham and Sarah Whites-Koditschek.
#alabama #ice #immigration
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- Nick Saban appears in White House video on "saving college sports"
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The White House posted a video of Nick Saban thanking President Donald Trump for his "foresight to know that there are things we need to do to change the future of college athletics."
The former Alabama coach was part of a presidential roundtable with Trump and other lawmakers and college sports leaders in March.
President Donald Trump released an executive order earlier in April that will seek to limit player movement in college sports, among other things.
In the 10-page order entitled "URGENT NATIONAL ACTION TO SAVE COLLEGE SPORTS," Trump called on federal agencies (including Congress) to enact several sweeping changes that would take place on or before Aug 1.
Among the changes Trump is proposing:
- Athletes would be limited to a 5-year college career, except in extraordinary circumstances such as military service or church missions
- Athletes could only transfer once as an undergraduate and then a second time aft...
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- Alabama widens Public Service Commission as utility costs spark alarm
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill to expand the Alabama Public Service Commission from three members to seven and make other changes to the utility regulatory agency.
The Legislature passed the final product after several proposed reforms to the PSC that sponsors said would help control electricity rates, which are higher in Alabama than most southeastern states.
The bill changes the PSC from three members elected statewide to seven members elected by congressional district, creates a new secretary of energy position in the governor’s cabinet, places a freeze on electric rates until 2029, and adds a requirement for an annual public hearing with utilities regulated by the agency, including Alabama Power.
Reporting by Mike Cason
#alabama #politics
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- Alabama news you missed this week: April 4th - 10th
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Here's what you missed in Alabama news: April 4th - 10th
Singer-songwriter Ethel Cain has created a homage to the iconic "Go to Church or the Devil Will Get You" sign with a new billboard for Coachella featuring a woman in a red dress holding a scythe mirroring the original.
President Donald Trump is advocating for making daylight savings time permanent. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been a key supporter of this initiative since 2022, cosponsoring the Sunshine Protection Act, aimed at abolishing the practice of changing clocks twice a year.
Tamica Shipman has filed a federal lawsuit against the Hoover City School System, alleging harassment and unjust removal of her daughter due to claims she did not reside within the city. Shipman's attorney questions if racial bias influenced the school’s actions highlighting historical discrimination in their policies.
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wild...
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- Good boy retires after 10 years of protecting the University of Alabama
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Boomer, a University of Alabama Police Department K‑9, retired after more than 30,000 hours of service as a certified explosive detection dog. 🐾
🔗 https://www.al.com/news/2026/04/alabama-k-9-retires-after-surviving-cancer-snake-bites.html
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- News You Might Have Missed: March 28 - April 3rd
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Pink tutus have been seen around town in Birmingham on monuments and various trees. They are a part of a public art project by Artist Renee Hanan Plata.
A bill mandating public schools in Alabama (grades 5-12) to display the Ten Commandments passed the Senate, with Republican majority cutting off debate. The Senate voted 27-7 to end debate, followed by a 27-6 vote to pass the bill, which now moves to the House.
Jefferson County judge Fred Bolling ordered Central Alabama Water to immediately resume adding fluoride to its water system.
The move follows CAW’s CEO abrupt announcement to halt fluoride, sparking lawsuits from the city of Birmingham.
The Alabama Senate approved a bill recognizing President Trump’s name change for the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America."
The bill mandates that starting October 1, state and local entities must use "Gulf of America" in new materials, with exceptions if updates incur operational or financi...
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- Endangered species in Gulf of Mexico no longer protected
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Endangered Species Committee known as the “God Squad” has unanimously voted to exempt Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operations from endangered species protections. The committee met for the first time in 30 years after the exemption was framed as a national security issue by Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth said that litigation tied to endangered species was obstructing the Gulf's energy production, which supplies 15% of U.S. domestic energy and a crucial supply for the military.
The exemption applies to all endangered species in the Gulf, including sea turtles, Gulf sturgeon, and the critically endangered Rice’s whale — a species with an estimated just 51 individuals left, heavily impacted by the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010.
Because of the vote, proposed protections for the whale will not move forward. The decision also raises questions about ongoing lawsuits and the future of endangered species protections in the Gulf
Reporting by...
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- Banished - One Man's Deportation Story
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- 18:27
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- In the winter of 2025, Fonzie Andrade was deported to Mexico — a country he does not know. Born in Mexico, Andrade was brought to the United States at 1 year old and moved to Alabama at age 3.
As part of President Donald Trump’s push to enact the largest mass deportation effort in American history, Andrade was detained by ICE agents in July 2025. After three months in detention, he was deported to Mexico, leaving behind his fiancée and 1-year-old child.
AL.com’s John Archibald and Will McLelland followed Andrade to Mexico to document how his deportation has affected him and those closest to him.
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- What you need to know about the Artemis II launch mission
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen are scheduled for a 10-day mission that will take them around the Moon. It will be the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville has been involved with mission preparations. The upper stage of the SLS rocket was built at the United Launch Alliance plant in Decatur.
Artemis II is scheduled for a 5:24 p.m. Central Daylight launch time on April 1 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
There’s also a full “Pink Moon” expected. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac the name “comes from the early spring bloom of a wildflower native to eastern North America.” This flower is often called phlox moss or “moss pink,” and is in full bloom about this time.
The moon is expected to reach peak fullness around 9:11 pm CDT. The skies over Alabama will be mostly cloud-free for moon-watching, according to the National Weather...
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- Saban talks about his most memorable season
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Nick Saban has had a long association with Mercedes-Benz, and he made that clear Tuesday in an event at the automaker’s Vance plant.
Answering questions from Mercedes Board Chairman Ola Källenius, the legendary Alabama coach said his association with the brand began in 1981 when he was an assistant coach at the Naval Academy.
Saban is now co-owner of nine dealerships in Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas and Florida.
Saban went on an extended discourse about his time at Alabama when asked what his most memorable season was. As you might expect, he didn’t dwell so much on the successes.
Reporting by William Thornton
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#mercedes #alabama #nicksaban #alabamafootball #rolltide
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- Nick Saban talks about his most memorable season at Alabama
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Former head Alabama football coach Nick Saban talks about his most memorable season there at a Mercedes event in Vance, Alabama.
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- Alabama leads the nation in immigrant removals
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Immigrants detained in Alabama were the most likely to be removed from the country of any state last month, according to federal data.
There were 406 immigrants from Alabama ordered removed from the U.S. in February and 1917 so far in 2026. In cases filed in the last 90 days, only 15.7 percent of Alabama immigrants had legal representation, making it the seventh-to-last state nationwide for immigrants’ access to an attorney, according to the university’s TRAC database.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reporting by Sarah Whites-Koditschek.
#alabama #ice #politics
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- Did you know Alabama has a Rattlesnake Rodeo located in the city of Opp?
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This past weekend, the small Alabama town of Opp hosted nearly 20,000 people at its 65th annual Rattlesnake Rodeo. From March 27 to 29, Opp’s Channell-Lee Stadium (where Opp High School football is played) was home to dozens of rattlesnakes.
What started as a fundraiser has now blossomed into a cultural event, with hundreds of arts and crafts vendors, music, a car race and even a beauty pageant.
But the centerpiece of the event—rattlesnakes—has become controversial over the years. And Opp is one of 13 places in the country that still holds a rattlesnake rodeo with snakes that have been captured.
Reporting by Margaret Kates
#snakes #rattlesnakes #festival
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- 'No Kings' rally in Birmingham
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- 'No Kings' rally at Railroad Park in Birmingham, AL on March 28, 2026.
Video courtesy of Keith O. Williams, The Neighborhood Guy Report
#nokings #protest #alabama #birminghamalabama #birminghamal
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- Alabama News You Might Have Missed: March 21st - 27th
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Here's what you missed last week:
Madison County has been named the best county to live in Alabama by education research platform, Niche.com. Shelby County ranked second and Lee County third, with all achieving an A+ overall grade.
World Atlas recently released its list of the 9 “most laid-back towns in the South,” and Guntersville made the cut. Guntersville offers picturesque views and plenty of outdoor recreation, like fishing, boating, hiking and birding.
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last week announced Japan’s commitment of up to $40 billion for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Alabama and Tennessee. The reactors will be located at the Bellefonte site in Alabama, producing 300 megawatts each—enough to power 200,000 to 300,000 homes.
Ken McFeeters, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, has filed a lawsuit challenging Senator Tommy Tuberville's residency, claiming he does not ...
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- Families upset over mass shooting plea deal: ‘You don’t always get justice’ #alabama #massshootings
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- 0:06
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Families of the victims of the 2023 Dadeville mass shooting that killed four people and wounded 32 others expressed outrage over Friday’s guilty plea and the sentences of the five men in the case.
Willie George Brown Jr., now 21, of Auburn; Wilson LaMar Hill Jr., now 23, of Auburn, and Tuskegee brothers Ty Reik McCullough, now 20, and Travis McCullough, now 19, and Sherman Peters, now 18, pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Steve Perryman to the deaths of Dowdell, Collins and Smith.
Killed in the shooting were Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell, 18, Marsiah Emmanuel “Siah” Collins, 19, Shaunkivia Nicole “KeKe” Smith, 17, and Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 23.
Under the plea agreement, the defendants were sentenced to 20 years in prison, with five years to serve.
Read more on AL.com
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- Kay Ivey was one execution away from breaking a record.Instead she did the unexpected.
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Kay Ivey was one execution away from setting a record among Alabama governors in the modern era of the death penalty. But instead she chose to spare a man’s life, setting an entirely different record in the state.
There are only three known instances of a governor granting clemency to someone on death row in Alabama. Ivey, a Republican, is now responsible for two of them, as she commuted the death sentence of Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton.
Nationwide, clemency is “extremely rare,” according to the Death Penalty Information Center, with less than 1% of people on death row having their sentences commuted. Meanwhile, the use of the death penalty in states where it’s legal has “risen sharply” - 2025 had more executions than any year since 2009.
#alabama #deathpenalty #politics
