State Steve Marshall endorses call for “largest deportation in U.S. history” Marshall was among the 21 Republican state attorneys general who endorsed the letter. Wesley Walter2 days ago
State Secretary Merrill announces two million newly registered voters Alabama currently has 3,625,249 total registered voters, and 2,000,957 of those voters have registered since Jan. 19, 2015. StaffMarch 8, 2022
State Kamala Harris urges continued fight for voting rights at Bloody Sunday commemoration "If we all continue to work together, to march together, to fight together, we will secure the freedom to vote,” Harris said. Jacob HolmesMarch 7, 2022
Prisons Prisoner in altercation with correctional officer seven days before found unresponsive Victor Russo was found unresponsive Feb. 23 and died two days later. He was in a physical altercation with an officer on Feb. 16. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 7, 2022
Prisons Incarcerated man at Donaldson prison dies after attack The man's death is the latest in what is quickly becoming one of the deadliest years in Alabama prisons. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 4, 2022
State Autherine Lucy Foster, University of Alabama’s first Black student, dies at 92 Foster attended the university for three days in 1956 before being expelled for her safety after a white mob attempted to attack her. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 2, 2022
Education House Education Committee mulls $8.1 education budget The $8.1 billion budget includes more for classroom materials, technology coordinators, math programs and Pre-k classrooms. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 2, 2022
Party politics Tripp Powell ends campaign for Senate District 21 after ALGOP drops him from ticket A $500 donation to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox's campaign for governor — during which he ran as a Democrat — proved the deciding factor. John H. GlennMarch 2, 2022
State ADOL secretary appoints first deputy secretary over government affairs Attorney Don Harrison, currently assistant general counsel for ADOL, will serve as deputy secretary government affairs. StaffMarch 2, 2022
Health Alabama Education Policy Center releases report on COVID in the Black Belt Researchers noted the Black Belt's lack of access to medical care likely resulted in more COVID deaths in those counties. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 1, 2022
State Sharpton to deliver keynote sermon honoring “Bloody Sunday” march The Selma to Montgomery marches helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. StaffMarch 1, 2022