State News

By Rebecca Griesbach After many schools paused tuition increases during the pandemic, most Alabama colleges are returning to rate increases. About a third of Alabama colleges froze tuition prices through the height of the pandemic, but […]

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. From afar, the Montgomery Whitewater rafting park under construction near Maxwell Air Force Base might look like a tourist attraction, but the county commission president there assures me […]

By Greg Garrison Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is getting married. Woodfin said he proposed over the weekend to Kendra Morris, who he has been dating since 2021. “I wanted to do something special, so I […]

By Ramsey Archibald Sales tax is simply a fact of life in Alabama. Residents here are used to it; everything is nearly 10% more than the advertised price. In many Alabama cities, it’s more than […]

By Ralph Chapoco and Alabama Reflector A lawmaker wants to add grandparents to the list of victims for domestic violence to provide them additional protections when living with their children. HB 76, sponsored by Rep. Matt […]

By Amy Yurkanin A Tuscaloosa-based ambulance service is notifying 82,450 patients of a data breach that happened in September 2022 and could have compromised sensitive information including social security numbers and insurance data. NorthStar Emergency Medical […]

By Sarah Swetlik Child care issues kept an average of 19.35% of employed Alabamians from going to work in 2021, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Alabamians missed work for child care […]

By Mike Cason The Alabama Legislature started a special session today on how to allocate $1.06 billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Congress passed ARPA two years ago to help states respond to the […]

By Dennis Pillion A civil rights complaint filed today alleges that the state of Alabama discriminates against communities in the Black Belt when handing out government funding for infrastructure projects such as sewage treatment systems. The […]