The 2025 regular session of the Alabama Legislature is underway. Here are issues to watch.
After a violent year with multiple mass shootings, Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers in both parties are supporting a ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.
The Alabama Legislature will be back in session on Tuesday, with crime and immigration two of the topics on the 2025 agenda.
Construction on a new Alabama State House has been hit by delays but the new facility is still expected to be ready for the 2027 legislative session.
Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed is stepping down and joining Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration.
Former Alabama State Sen. Jimmy Holley of Elba has died at the age of 80.
Former State Rep. John Rogers of Birmingham has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison on charges of federal conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
Family members of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons packed a public hearing held by the Joint Legislative Prison Committee, a panel of lawmakers focused on prison oversight.
The three University of Alabama System campuses have shuttered diversity, equity and inclusion offices and opened new offices to comply with a new state law attempting to ban the programs on public college campuses.
Federal prosecutors are recommending that former Alabama state Rep. John Rogers be sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to diverting state grant funds.
