Alabama and Texas are the latest states to lift restrictions on food stamps for drug offenders, part of a growing number of states opting out of a ban enacted by…
An Alabama woman denied an abortion after her arrest for allegedly exposing her fetus to methamphetamine and Adderall has dropped her July 20 lawsuit seeking the procedure.
An Alabama lawyer has sued the state’s governor in a bid to force the return of four Confederate flags to a memorial on the grounds of the state Capitol.
A call Monday by South Carolina’s governor for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds was swiftly followed by announcements from additional states, major…
Corrected: U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller of Alabama has announced he will resign effective Aug. 1, nearly a year after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his then-wife at…
Following the recommendation of the Alabama jury that convicted a woman of capital murder earlier this year for running her 9-year-old granddaughter to death, a judge on Monday sentenced…
An Alabama woman got a protective order and tried repeatedly to have her estranged husband arrested after he allegedly continued to threaten her. At one point, he texted her a…
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block an Alabama law authorizing judges to appoint a lawyer for the fetus when minors ask a judge…
An Alabama probate judge faces differing court decisions after a federal judge on Monday refused to stay a February order requiring him to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples who…
The former chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court, Sue Bell Cobb, set a goal during the 2006 election to the state’s high court. Raise $2.6 million and win.
With 890 amendments, Alabama has, by most accounts, the world’s longest constitution. But that isn’t necessarily a source of state pride. The length comes from a requirement that local governments…
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