1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (746+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama’s State Department of Education needs to better document how it makes certain contracting and school funding decisions, according to a state audit that also found payments to two vendors exceeded amounts authorized in their contracts by nearly…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1043+ words) Shortly after the new attacks were announced, Iranian state media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas, a critical hub for moving military supplies as well as trade cargo, where two people were reportedly injured. Blasts were also…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (926+ words) The withdrawals in U.S. District Court followed a remarkable back-and-forth between a visibly irritated Judge Arun Subramanian and government lawyers. They come at a time when the Trump administration is vigorously going after news organizations whose reporting and coverage it doesn’t…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (285+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Tommy Tuberville for governor campaign on Thursday announced it has formed a transition team ahead of the November election. Dubbed the “Golden Age Action Team,” the group of nine will be tasked to review the operations of…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (607+ words) Schools that discipline students of color at higher rates than white students won’t be in violation of federal civil rights law for that disparity alone, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday. The Education Department’s regulatory changes prohibit the agency’s…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (886+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources Board voted unanimously Thursday to ask Alabama’s congressional delegation to seek the same two-year delay already granted to states with the nation’s highest SNAP payment error rates. Under the federal One Big…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (517+ words) In 2026, Florida and Tennessee will be complete strangers. Their once-a-year matchup that, back in the day, featured Steve Spurrier, Peyton Manning, Phillip Fulmer and snark that sometimes even outweighed the stakes — “You can’t spell Citrus without ‘U-T’” — is absent from…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (437+ words) MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Transportation expects construction on the Mobile River Bridge project to start in early October, spokesman Tony Harris said on Wednesday. Briefing members of the Legislative Joint Transportation Oversight Committee about the construction, Harris shared…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (398+ words) WASHINGTON — Alabama’s entire House delegation supports a bill to establish a memorial in the nation’s capital honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures introduced the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act on Wednesday to authorize the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., a…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (684+ words) WASHINGTON — Alabama’s Republican House lawmakers lent their support Wednesday to a $95 billion budget blueprint to boost funding for the Pentagon, farmers and voting restrictions. Republicans’ third party-line bill this year aims to bolster defense funding in the wake of the…...