At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session, it appeared that a bill to criminalize librarians who shelve controversial content had considerable momentum. Nearly every Republican in the House ...

What if you were told you could explore Paris, Peru, Mongolia, Australia, Zimbabwe and more all in a single day, for free? You can do that by reading one of the millions of books in Alabama public ...

There’s a saying in politics: sunlight is the best disinfectant. But in Alabama, that light often struggles to reach the murkier corners of power—and when it does, it tends to uncover more questions ...

Alabama operates one of the worst prison systems in the world — for no apparent reason, other than we just like cruelty. Alabama’s prisons are managed stupidly. This is not an opinion. This is a fact.

Jefferson County saw its first drop in overdose deaths since 2018, a result driven by specific policy changes and the targeted use of resources, a new Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama ...

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-AL, speaks at Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development hearing, May 15, 2025. Last week, U.S. Sen ...

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt represents Alabama in the United States Senate. Sen. Katie Britt Official U.S. Senate photo by Rebecca Hamme Republicans controlling the White House, the Senate, and the House of ...

After a temporary closure due to giant salvinia, the Washington County Public Fishing Lake is reopening for bank fishing on May 24. The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Alabama ...

The logo of the Alabama Library Association. The Alabama Library Association issued a statement Friday condemning the tone of the most recent meeting of the Alabama Public Library Service board and ...

An officer with the Reform Police Department was caught on video tasing a man in the back. In December 2023, Micah Washington and two others stopped on the side of the road in Pickens County to change ...

Librarians in Alabama have been under fire, and now Moms for Liberty of Madison County is calling on the Alabama Public Library Service to push terminations for librarians who oppose their agenda. A ...

Last week, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House Agriculture Committee passed legislation that would cut as much as $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP ...