Mike Cason

Alabama lawmakers got an update Thursday on the plans to spend $2.1 billion the state received from the American Rescue Plan Act, a bill passed by

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed on Friday signed an ordinance that will require people carrying a concealed gun or carrying one in concealed in a vehicle to have a drivers license or another valid photo identification.

Democrats have already introduced gun control bills for the next legislative session but they face tough opposition from the GOP majority.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that Davis would resign at the end of the year. The governor had asked the state board to remove him.

On the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, Gov. Kay Ivey told students at a Montgomery elementary school they can develop the qualities of the leaders and

Rep. Matthew Hammett, R-Dozier, has pre-filed a bill that would increase penalties for promoting illegal gambling from a misdemeanor to a felony.

A Republican state representative from south Alabama has introduced a bill that would increase penalties for illegal gambling operations from misdemeanors to felonies, an effort to strengthen laws that do not appear to be working.

| Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Gorman Houston, remembered for his integrity and devotion to fairness in the legal system over a career that spanned most of his long life, has died. Houston was 91.

Priscilla Dunn of Bessemer, a career educator who served 24 years in the Alabama Legislature and inspired other Black women who followed her into politics, has died. Dunn was 80.

No weapon was found after multiple news reports of an active shooting at the Montgomery VA Hospital and a lockdown of the facility on Wednesday, officials said.