The Latest News about Alabama

Two Alabama schools were forced to switch to virtual instruction after an individual connected to both schools tested positive for coronavirus, a local news outlet reported. Moulton Elementary School and Moulton Middle School each canceled in-person classes and opted to transition into virtual classes until August 26, when the schools are scheduled to reopen. Superintendent of the Lawrence County School ...

Republicans in Alabama will head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether Auburn’s former football coach or President Donald Trump’s former attorney general will take on Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in November.  Voters will choose between Trump-endorsed Tommy Tuberville and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the state’s runoff election, marking the end to a primary campaign that pit one ...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the passage of Alabama’s abortion ban Tuesday. Judge Myron H. Thompson of the U.S. District Court in Middle Alabama ruled that abortions will still be performed in Alabama until the “court resolves the case in full,” according to the New York Times. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Alabama and the Planned ...

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore raised less than $100,000 as he seeks another bid for US. senate, according to federal data published Tuesday. Moore raked in $63,153 and spent roughly $45,000 in 2019, leaving his campaign with just $34,000 in the bank as the third financial quarter ends, Federal Election Commission disclosures show. Moore’s campaign is off to a ...

Former Alabama Chief Justice formally declared his candidacy for Senate on Thursday, launching his second bid for the state’s Republican nomination. “I will run for the U.S. Senate in 2020,” Moore said at an event in Montgomery, Alabama. “Can I win? Yes, I can win.” Democrats won control of Alabama’s junior U.S. Senate seat in 2017 after holding a special ...

Convicted sex offenders in Alabama might be chemically castrated if Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs legislation on her desk. Republican Alabama Rep. Steve Hurst introduced H.B. 379 to target sex offenders and protect children. If a person is convicted of a sex offense against a child younger than 13 and is eligible for parole, that person will be chemically ...

The Alabama House voted Thursday to end requirements for marriage licenses and use different documents as alternatives. The Alabama House of Representatives passed the bill 67-26 sponsored by Republican state Sen. Greg Albritton, ending the requirement of issuing marriage licenses by probate judges if Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signs the bill into law. The bill goes next to her desk, ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Alabama and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit Friday morning against restrictive Alabama abortion legislation signed in May. ACLU groups and Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit “on behalf of Alabama abortion providers” in the United States District Court of the Middle District of Alabama, according to a press ...

After Alabama passed the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a buzz began on social media regarding the issue of pro-life versus pro-choice. Often I have seen the claim that abortion revolves around women’s rights to their own body, which is, in fact, the reason that many of my own friends are no longer talking to me. Scientifically and logically speaking, ...

Democratic Alabama state Rep. John Rogers is facing criticism after he advocated for abortion access and said that unwanted babies should be killed now or they’ll end up in the electric chair. “Some kids are unwanted, so you kill them now or you kill them later,” Rogers said in a debate on a state abortion bill, arguing the decision to ...

A bill that would allow taxpayers to donate a part of their refunds to a nonprofit collecting money to build more border wall has successfully passed the Alabama State Senate. In a vote that fell along party lines, Alabama state senators voted 23-6 Thursday in favor of SB 22. The legislation would add We Build The Wall Inc. to a ...

First Responders are spread thin as more than 20 people were killed and several more are still missing along an apocalyptical trail of destruction that ripped through Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Lee County, Alabama, one of six hard-hit counties in the state, a fire station, chicken hatchery, trees. mobile homes and cell phone towers were found destroyed by ...

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ private space company, broke ground Friday on its new rocket engine manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama. “Alabama is a great state for aerospace manufacturing and we are proud to produce America’s next rocket engine right here in Rocket City,” Robert Meyerson, president of Blue Origin, said in a statement. The new facility, to be built in Cummings ...

Two Obama-era officials were instrumental in the false flag operation in Alabama ahead of the special election in 2017  One of the Obama-era officials behind the misinformation campaign in Alabama finally opens up about his group’s role in the caper  Two  of the people involved in the social media misinformation campaign in Alabama are denying their roles in the operation, ...

Birmingham is the largest city in the state of Alabama in terms of population, and while it’s largely known as an industrial city, the home of some of the University of Alabama’s satellite campuses, and the location of the Southeastern Conference’s (SEC) offices, it’s also a great place to grab a bite to eat. Oh, and you don’t need to ...