Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile) has introduced a bill in the Alabama Senate to repeal the state’s extreme abortion ban. “There are consequences for every decision we make as legislators, and for every vote we cast there are ramifications,” Sen.…
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved legislation to put doctors in prison if they don't try to save babies "born alive" after an attempted abortion. Representatives voted 66-18 for the bill Tuesday. The bill now moves to the Senate…
It is no surprise that Montgomery's tourism industry is seeing a jump with the state's overall increase of 8.5 percent last year. For Montgomery, it's a 15 percent increase that has city…
Driving change- that's what Hyundai is hoping to do with a big donation to the Montgomery Public School system. Hyundai Motor America gave $250,000 to provide better educational opportunities for MPS students.…
Lottery legislation has stalled in the House of Representatives after supporters did not have enough votes to get the bill up for debate. The bill has failed a procedural vote required…
Montgomery's Valiant Cross Academy is getting an important donation from members of the Montgomery Rotary Club. The club has presented the school with a street-legal golf cart. The reason that's so important is…
The Central Alabama Community Foundation, along with affiliates Autauga Area Community Foundation and Elmore County Community Foundation has awarded $123,482.10 in grants to 22 non-profits that provide family, food, and medical programs in Autauga, Coffee, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston,…
A proposal to start a state lottery in Alabama is heading to a key vote in the House of Representatives. Lawmakers are expected to debate the bill this afternoon. The proposed constitutional amendment would authorize a state lottery played with paper…
The 2019 legislative session is only less than a month from ending but there is still a lot more to accomplish. Alabama's critical prison system is something that lawmakers are required…
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop in the Capital City Monday. Early Monday morning, Sanders toured homes of some of the impoverished people living in Lowndes…
Hyundai Motor America has announced that it will donate $250,000 for STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) education in Montgomery Public Schools. This comes through the company's Hyundai ST Math Initiative with the MIND Research Institute. Hyundai says this will benefit more than 3,000 students…
Hundreds of abortion bill opponents have been rallying outside the Alabama State Capitol Sunday. The march began as protesters walked up Dexter Avenue. Most were opponents of the state abortion bill signed…
A single-vehicle crash in Pike Road has claimed the life of a Shorter man. According to ALEA Corporal Jess Thornton, Michael Jerome Hall, 53, was killed when the 2012 Ford F-150 he was driving left the roadway and hit a ditch. According to Thornton,…
A single-vehicle crash in Autauga County has claimed the life of a Marbury man. According to ALEA Corporal Jess Thornton, 40-year-old Terry Lee Oates was killed when the 2002 Cadillac Deville he was driving left the roadway and struck a utility…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama environmental regulators have proposed a $250,000 fine against Alabama Power Company after groundwater tests near the company's coal ash pond in Gadsden showed high levels of arsenic and radium. Alabama Department of Environmental Management says…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama State commemorated its 150th anniversary with an event celebrating its founders. Nine former slaves established the Lincoln Normal School in Marion, Alabama, in 1867. The school later moved to Montgomery and changed its name to…
If you have a taste for beer, the River Bend Brew Fest was the place to be Friday night, serving up a variety of flavors. "It's a great opportunity to see and taste a variety of beers that I normally…
Alabama's unemployment rate is up slightly despite what officials are calling record employment in the state. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April is 3.8%. That's up one-tenth of a percent from March, but it's still below the rate…
Maryland's comptroller says he's urging the state's pension system to divest itself from Alabama-based companies due to the state's strictest-in-the-nation abortion ban. In a Facebook post, Comptroller Peter Franchot said the law was "a malicious assault on the rights and…
Live music, food and a bit of history - that is what Dinner on Dexter is all about - supporting the Montgomery City-County Library System. "Our family has been such a…
If you're a history buff, you are going to want to make plans to visit the Montgomery Regional Airport for the Air Power History Tour. Montgomery is the first stop in this year's…
The Alabama Senate voted 30-0 to overhaul the existing state school board. A bill, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, would replace the elected state school board with a commission…
Many are calling Governor Kay Ivey's approval of Alabama's abortion bill, a costly move for the state. "You certainly cannot deter your efforts to protect the unborn because of cost," says Governor Ivey. Wednesday, Governor Ivey signed one of the…
Flags were flying at half staff all across the nation on Wednesday in honor of law enforcement officers who lost their lives while on duty. In 1962 President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May…
With the stroke of the Governors pen, Alabama now has the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, but today many are questioning the constitutionality of the law. Political analyst Steve Flowers says " anybody that walks around the Senate…
