Alabama women would be able to defer their prison sentence until after the birth of their child or after a postpartum recovery period under a new bill moving through the Alabama House of Representatives.
Calling it “100% preventable,” the parents of 8-year-old Sarah Marsh — who died tragically when floodwaters swept through cabins at Camp Mystic in Texas last summer — are urging stronger camp safety laws.
Alabama’s efforts to improve literacy were on full display on Capitol Hill on Feb. 10 as Bonnie Short of the Alabama Reading Initiative detailed to House appropriators how the state’s efforts have helped students become better readers.
Alabama’s public school improvements have been drawing national attention with increasing frequency, and a New York Times opinion column published Monday marks the latest recognition.
The Alabama House could soon vote on a bill creating a new crime for the disruption of a worship service.
As Alabama prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States’ Declaration of Independence, more than 500 schools across the state have joined a growing effort to strengthen civic education, American history and …
After a winter storm swept across north Mississippi in late January — at the same time a tornado and straight-line winds affected south Alabama — Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are hard at work.
The Senate Thursday also passed Sen. Keith Kelley’s Senate Bill 41 to prohibit people who are convicted of elder abuse and neglect or financial exploitation of an elderly person from profiting from that person’s death.
