In a press call Tuesday afternoon, Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, called the current House Republican budget proposal “a bill that features very large tax ...

Lawmakers wrapped up another legislative session in Montgomery a week ago today, and along the way passed a number of bills that are either unpopular, harmful to its citizens or both. It’s tough to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Alabama Legislature convened for Day 30 of its annual Regular Session on Wednesday, May 14 and adjourned Sine Die shortly before midnight. Absent a Special Session, the Legislature will next ...

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 ...

On Monday, Alabama Supreme Court Justice James L. “Jay” Mitchell announced his resignation from office. According to Yellowhammer News, Mitchell stepped down in order to launch a campaign for the ...

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.

U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Ala., hosted Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, along with Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kans., in Huntsville to tour the Army’s capabilities on Redstone Arsenal. “It’s always an ...

Across Alabama, hardworking families, veterans, small business owners, and farmers form the backbone of our economy and our way of life. From our rural communities to our growing towns and cities, ...

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 ...

A view of downtown Birmingham. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin presented the Birmingham City Council with a proposed $591 million budget for fiscal year 2025, the largest in the city’s history and a ...