Mobile and Baldwin County News
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers are preparing to take up legislation aimed at expanding high-speed internet access across the state. State Sen. Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) is sponsoring a bill that…
Lawmakers returned to the State House in Montgomery on April 30, 2019, expecting one of the most consequential votes of the session: a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions…
The Alabama Senate has narrowly approved a lottery bill, voting 21-12 on Thursday to advance a proposal that would let voters decide on a state lottery. The vote came after…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A bill that would create a paper-ticket lottery in Alabama cleared a state Senate committee Tuesday on a 6-5 vote and now heads to the full Senate…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The mayors of Alabama’s five largest cities gathered in Montgomery on Thursday to press their legislative agendas with state leaders. Mayors Randall Woodfin of Birmingham, Tommy Battle…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A newly proposed Alabama bill would give residents a tax break to help cover the cost of qualified storm shelters. State Rep. Joe Lovvorn, a Republican, introduced…
ATMORE, Ala. — A hunger strike by Alabama inmates protesting their placement in solitary confinement has ended after prison authorities shut off the water to their cells, according to the…
Two Alabama senators are pushing measures that could let voters decide whether the state joins the lottery era. Sen. Jim McClendon, R-St. Clair, introduced a pair of bills Tuesday —…
An associate commissioner at the Alabama Department of Corrections has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, the agency said Tuesday. Prison system spokesman Bob Horton…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told a Mobile audience that state attorneys general now play an outsized role in national policy fights, while also defending his office's lawsuit against Birmingham…