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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, recognized two military veterans from Alabama during 2024.
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FLORENCE — Starting May 7, Alabamians planning to fly domestically in 2025 will be required to show a new form of identification known as a STAR ID.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Human Resources is no longer restoring Alabamians' stolen food stamps after Congress, in its stopgap spending bill signed by President Joe Biden last week, did not reauthorize the replacement of stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that he won’t run for governor in 2026, removing his name from the list of possible candidates eyeing the highest state office.
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FLORENCE — New Year's Eve has passed, but there are still good reasons to put together a game plan to get home safely from holiday events, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.
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FAYETTE (AP) — The mother of a missing Alabama toddler told investigators that the boy died and that his body was kept in a bag in a storage shed before being moved, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday against the woman.
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TUSCUMBIA — Tom Heflin still vividly remembers the scene at Spring Park on Labor Day 1980.
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MONTGOMERY — A new tax credit for Alabama employers who help provide childcare for eligible employees goes into effect Wednesday, and companies will soon be able to apply for a credit of up to $600,000.
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ATHENS — Utility and emergency crews and residents in Athens were cleaning up Sunday after a tornado tore through the city's downtown Saturday night.
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MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday authorized flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for the next 30 days.Â
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BIRMINGHAM — Most of Alabama’s school districts have exhausted their share of $3.1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, but questions remain about how some of that money was spent. While most districts adhered to spending rules, audits have flagged several for compliance issues – most n…
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BIRMINGHAM — Teacher shortages in Alabama have shown improvement in some subjects, but persistent challenges remain, according to State Superintendent Eric Mackey.
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MONTGOMERY — Enrollment among Alabamians in Medicaid stabilized toward the end of fiscal year 2024 and into FY2025 after a year defined by Medicaid unwinding saw more than 264,000 lose coverage since July of 2023.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Muscle Shoals High School students will receive training on how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) through a state grant program inspired by a state senator who suffered a cardiac event while visiting South Korea last year.
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MONTGOMERY — U.S. Senator Katie Britt will add the Judiciary Committee to her slate of assignments for the 119th Congress, according to an announcement from U.S. Sen. John Thune, the incoming Senate Majority Leader.
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MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s prison system, which has been plagued with violent conditions and drug use due to understaffing and crowding, saw significant signs of improvement in 2024, according to some state lawmakers and officials, though much work remains to be done, advocates say.
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Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.†On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.
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FLORENCE — If you're travelling on Christmas Day, the Alabama Department of Transportation encourages motorists to plan ahead, buckle up, and allow more time to get to their destination.
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MONTGOMERY — State Sen. April Weaver, R-Briefield, will try again in 2025 to increase the penalties for “porch pirates†who swipe deliveries from doorsteps, making some cases felonies punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
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MONTGOMERY — A white-tailed deer in Colbert County has been confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced on Monday.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has launched its annual “12 Days of Safety†campaign to remind travelers to act wisely throughout Christmas and the New Year.
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MONTGOMERY — Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Senior Trooper Chad Dyer has received the agency's Lifesaving Award for his actions on Oct. 12 when he saved two lives after a fishing boat overturned near Wheeler Dam on Wilson Lake in Lauderdale County.
MONTGOMERY — Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Senior Trooper Chad Dyer has received the agency's Lifesaving Award for his actions on Oct. 12 when he saved two lives after a fishing boat overturned near Wheeler Dam on Wilson Lake in Lauderdale County.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Veterans Mental Health Steering Committee was told Wednesday that opioid misuse among Alabama veterans was more than ten-times greater than national rates.
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DADEVILLE (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair. It didn’t matter that Jake Jones once had escaped or that he had…
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HUNTSVILLE — A Lexington business owner pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official a day after he entered into another guilty plea in a separate case in which he was charged with three counts of money laundering.
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MONTGOMERY — A proposal to create a new, sustainable funding mechanism for a state branding campaign will be presented to a handful of state lawmakers ahead of the 2025 legislative session, Alabama Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair said.
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MONTGOMERY — Playing off a new buzzword in Washington, the Alabama Policy Institute on Tuesday said it is launching an Alabama Department of Government Efficiency, or ALDOGE.
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MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s nine electors cast their ballots Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance in the historic Old House Chamber at the State Capitol, with Gov. Kay Ivey sharing a few remarks at the ceremony in support of the United States’ Electoral Colle…
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — A former Alabama police sergeant was sentenced to over a year in federal prison with nearly two years of supervised release after pleading guilty in August to beating a man in a jail cell.
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FLORENCE — The Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc. has received a $118,795 grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide local services that assist low-income residents.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Association of School Boards is raising concerns on a proposal lawmakers are considering to change the state’s K-12 school funding formula from one based on head count to one based on student needs.
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BIRMINGHAM — The Alabama Commission on Higher Education voted in favor of a $2.6 billion budget request for all two- and four-year colleges and universities along with other higher education-related programs in fiscal 2026.
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NEW YORK — An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Board of Education, including Gov. Kay Ivey, voted unanimously to adopt new social studies standards expanding teaching of Alabama and U.S. history along with civics, geography and the Holocaust.
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MONTGOMERY — Exempting hourly workers’ overtime pay from state income tax this year will cost significantly more than early estimates predicted, but lawmakers say they knew those rough calculations in 2023 came with a big asterisk.
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A longtime chaplain of the Auburn University football team died Sunday afternoon after falling in Lake Martin.
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FLORENCE — The Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc. is one of 18 community agencies across the state which will share in nearly $44.5 million provided by the federal government for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
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BIRMINGHAM — Alabama homeschoolers may gain access to public school career technical classes as soon as the start of the 2026-27 school year under a proposal by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover.
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BIRMINGHAM — Alabama’s Community College System board approved asking lawmakers for $694 million for their fiscal year 2026 budget, an 18% increase it says is essential to meet the state's workforce development demands.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles ended fiscal year 2024 with an average parole grant rate of 20%, its highest rate since 2019 after four consecutive years of declining rates.
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MONTGOMERY —The tax cut on Alabamians’ overtime wages that went into effect in January and officials thought would cost the state about $34 million this year is actually worth an estimated $230.7 million through September, according to a recent report by the Alabama Department of Revenue.
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MONTGOMERY — The United States' semiquincentennial (250th birthday) is still a year-and-a-half away, but organizers in Alabama are planning events that will begin in April and culminate on July 4, 2026.
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BIRMINGHAM — A top Alabama lawmaker want to keep schools and libraries from allowing drag performances in front of minors without their parents’ express permission.
MONTGOMERY — Once estimated to cost around $62 million, the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences may now cost as much as $80 million, according to Rob Pearson, chair of the school’s fund-raising foundation.
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BIRMINGHAM — Alabama students could face a statewide ban on cell phone use during the school day as soon as the 2026-27 school year under a new bill aimed at reducing classroom distractions and improving academic outcomes.
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MONTGOMERY — A joint task force charged with researching and proposing solutions for Alabama’s high obesity and diabetes rates appeared this week to pour cold water on the idea of expanding access to weight-loss drugs, something the group had explored for more than a year.
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MONTGOMERY — Tax receipts in the Alabama Education Trust Fund increased from October to November but are still down more than 5.4% in the first two months of fiscal year 2025 when compared to a year ago.
MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature’s Contract Review Committee approved a $6 million contract this week for the Department of Human Resources designed to help the agency combat rising instances of EBT theft.
MONTGOMERY — Leaders from Alabama’s historically Black colleges and universities met recently with the head of state law enforcement to discuss how to make their campuses and communities safer.
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