MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A bill introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives would allow the state to contract with foreign nations to house its prisoners, drawing sharp criticism from advocates and raising new questions about the state’s ongoing prison crisis. House Bill 618, sponsored by Rep. Chris Sells, was introduced in April and is currently…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Trump administration has terminated a federal grant that funded community air quality monitoring in North Birmingham, a historically Black neighborhood long burdened by industrial pollution and environmental neglect[1][2]. The $75,000 grant, awarded to the Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (GASP), supported efforts to train residents to monitor air pollution in…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is among 19 Republican state attorneys general backing former President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles, even as critics say the deployment escalated tensions and undermined local control. Marshall joined a legal brief last week defending Trump’s authority to federalize the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabamians in at least 14 cities, including Birmingham, will join millions nationwide Saturday for the “No Kings” protests, a coordinated day of action rejecting President Donald Trump’s military parade and what organizers call his authoritarian approach to governance. The protests, scheduled for June 14 to coincide with Trump’s 79th birthday, Flag Day,…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, is again making headlines with a new bill to bar transgender women from participating in women’s sports at U.S. military academies—a move critics say is pure political showmanship and a distraction from real issues facing Alabamians. Tuberville’s legislation, introduced this week, would require the Defense Secretary to…

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama executed Gregory Hunt by nitrogen gas Tuesday evening for the 1988 beating death of Karen Lane, marking the state’s continued reliance on capital punishment as much of the nation moves away from the practice. Hunt, 65, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. at a south Alabama prison, in the nation’s sixth…