The House has voted decisively to approve a $578 billion spending bill. The measure keeps the U.S. armed forces operating through September and sets the stage for substantial increases to the Pentagon's budget advocated by President Donald Trump. The defense…
A committee has approved a lean general fund budget that gives level funding to most Alabama state agencies and strips a proposed pay raise for state employees that lawmakers said the…
Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $6,807 grant to provide equipment for the Prattville Police Department. The grant will enable the city to purchase new laptop computers for patrol officers, replacing outdated laptops, reducing the number of shared computers and…
The Latest on the publication by WikiLeaks of what it described as thousands of pages of confidential files about CIA hacking activities (all times ET): 4:30 p.m. The CIA says Americans should be "deeply troubled" by WikiLeaks' disclosure of thousands…
Alabama lawmakers are telling a lawyer to resume a long-paused impeachment investigation of Gov. Robert Bentley. The House Judiciary Committee unanimously made the move Wednesday. A committee resolution directs special counsel Jack Sharman to proceed with his activities and investigation…
The Latest on the deadly collision between a freight train and a bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Authorities are releasing the names of the victims in a train-bus collision that killed four Texas tourists in Biloxi.…
Alexis Shantell Boswell was taken into custody late last night in Jackson, Alabama by the Jackson Police Department. The Troy Police Department was contacted just before midnight by Jackson Police Department who advised them that they had Boswell in custody.…
The annual White House Easter Egg Roll will take place on April 17. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump made the long-awaited announcement on Wednesday. Tickets are free to the public and will be distributed through an online…
Melania Trump is hosting a luncheon on International Women's Day. It's her first solo White House event as first lady. The U.N.-designated day commemorates the push for women's rights. Women across the U.S. are observing the day by skipping work…
FBI Director James Comey says he plans to serve his entire 10-year term, even as controversy swirls over his attempt to rebut President Donald Trump's claim that the Obama administration tapped his phones during the election. Comey said Wednesday during…
Newly released court documents say a man accused of decapitating his mother told authorities he killed her because he "felt like it." Attachments to a search warrant filed Tuesday afternoon give a detailed timeline of the grisly crime's aftermath after…
President Donald Trump's new choice to be secretary of labor says he'll leave his position as a law school dean and resign from the board of a bank if he's confirmed. That's according to Alexander Acosta's filing with the Senate…
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will present a series of free community forums on issues affecting women this month in recognition of Women’s History Month. The events, which will be held in the museum’s auditorium at 252 Montgomery St., will…
State wildlife officials say hunters killed more than 82,000 deer in Alabama this past hunting season. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources released statistics based on the results of the first year of a new mandatory reporting system…
Gov. Robert Bentley has undergone what's being called a "routine procedure" at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery. The Governor’s communications director released the following statement this morning:…
Last year ride sharing company Uber set up shop in Montgomery. Now, Uber could be getting some competition. The Montgomery City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the transportation network company permit for ride sharing company Lyft. The San Fransisco based company…
The Alabama Senate has approved a bill that would do away with the requirement for probate judges to sign marriage licenses. The bill comes as a few probate judges in the state continue to refuse to issue marriage licenses to…
You don't have to go very far to see payday lending shops in Alabama. "The states around us have done things, so that has pushed a lot of payday lenders into Alabama.…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A charity basketball game erupts in violence during the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The incident was caught on camera and now the video has gone viral.…
Parents of children with autism in Alabama are fighting a fight for access to care. "Services are difficult to find and secondly they are very, very expensive and as for us,…
A plan to end Arkansas' practice of commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same day as slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. has won approval in the state Senate but faces an uncertain future in the…
Lawmakers are continuing to negotiate over Gov. Robert Bentley's prison construction proposal. The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote Tuesday on a scaled-back plan that would build two or three prisons. Bentley had wanted to construct four. Committee Chairman Cam…
Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $139,796 grant to collect and evaluate traffic safety data as part of the annual “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign. The grant to the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety…
Earlier this week it was reported that the Turkey Day classic contract between Alabama State University and HarCal Inc would be terminated. HarCal Inc. is an investment company owned by famed actor Steve Harvey and Montgomery businessman Greg Calhoun. Alabama…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Latest on the impeachment investigation of Gov. Robert Bentley (all times local): 12:25 a.m. The impeachment investigation of Gov. Robert Bentley will remain paused, at least for now. Members of the House Judiciary Committee exchanged…
