BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama public health officials have withdrawn the state’s objection to the federal rescheduling of marijuana, ending a months-long procedural delay and removing one barrier to a policy change that supporters say could improve patient access, research and the functioning of the state’s young medical cannabis industry. The governing body of the Alabama…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An international tribunal has found that Mexico violated its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement in its treatment of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials Co.’s limestone operations in Quintana Roo, awarding the company $15.9 million plus interest in a dispute that has drawn years of pressure from Alabama’s congressional delegation. The decision…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Wall Street Journal editorial board is criticizing U.S. Sen. Katie Britt for publicly defending President Donald Trump’s broad tariff policy while her office previously sought exemptions for Alabama manufacturers affected by the import taxes. In a Sept. 14 editorial headlined “One Senator’s Plea for Tariff Breaks,” the Journal said Britt’s legislative…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is scheduled to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee by lethal injection this week in a case that brings renewed attention to the state’s former judicial-override system, its shifting execution practices and continuing litigation over how it may put prisoners to death. Gov. Kay Ivey set a 30-hour execution window beginning…