State News

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Amid rising grocery costs and growing shopper frustration, two of the nation’s biggest retailers — ALDI and Costco — are stepping up with major changes aimed at saving customers both money […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a historic judicial appointment, Gov. Kay Ivey has named Judge Bill Lewis to the Alabama Supreme Court, making him the first Black Republican justice and only the fourth […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A nationally acclaimed program designed to introduce Black girls to computer science has been abruptly canceled just weeks before students were set to arrive on campus — a casualty of a federal directive to end race-specific […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 27-year-old refugee resettlement worker says she lost her job after publicly criticizing her nonprofit employer for participating in a controversial Trump-era program that resettles white Afrikaners from South Africa in Alabama. […]

Civil rights advocates warn of wrongful detentions and rising fear as more Alabama police departments sign agreements to enforce federal immigration laws By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Local law enforcement agencies in Alabama are increasingly entering […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — “Let us be the generation that doesn’t wait for change — we create it,” said Amarachi Okafor, valedictorian of Stillman College’s Class of 2025, as she addressed her fellow […]

Compiled by SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS In Birmingham, a one-of-a-kind school is reshaping the future for teens like Simeon Franklin. At just 17, Franklin is already mastering the skills of a professional tradesman—measuring, cutting, and installing […]