BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama is once again at the center of a major voting rights battle after the Supreme Court’s latest decision reshaped how courts can consider race in redistricting, a ruling with direct consequences for the state’s long-running fight over congressional maps and Black representation. The decision lands in a state where federal courts…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is about to give shoppers a two-month break on the state’s grocery tax, suspending the 2% state sales tax on qualifying food items from May 1 through June 30. The move will not eliminate all grocery taxes, as city and county sales taxes will still apply, and the change is likely…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has named Aaron Wright as its first chief artificial intelligence officer, a new role meant to coordinate how state agencies use AI, promote responsible adoption and help set guardrails around a fast-moving technology that is already spreading across government operations. Wright is not being positioned as an AI gatekeeper, but as…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is observing Confederate Memorial Day on Monday, continuing a state holiday that dates to 1901 and remains tied to Civil War remembrance, Lost Cause traditions and a long-running debate over how the South remembers the Confederacy. The day is observed the fourth Monday in April in Alabama, and state offices are…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Canadian human rights lawyers are asking Ottawa to block some U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts they say are tied to forced prison labor in Alabama, putting renewed scrutiny on the state’s prison work system and its role in the auto supply chain. The complaint targets imports the lawyers say can be traced…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal appeals court on Friday overturned an $8.2 million defamation verdict that former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore won against a Democratic super PAC over a 2017 campaign ad that referenced sexual misconduct allegations against him, including claims that he had pursued a teenage girl at a shopping mall. The 11th…