As of Thursday, The University of Alabama School of Law will now be named the Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law in recognition of a $26.5 million donation from the prominent business executive and attorney.

In yet another interview with CNN, Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Wednesday voiced his full support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's decision to refuse to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing scheduled for Monday.

Music legends Alabama will headline a concert on Wednesday, September 26 at Burgess-Snow Field to benefit Jacksonville State University (JSU). The Charlie Daniels Band will join them, as will other well-known entertainers with Alabama roots, including Jamey Johnson, Shenandoah and Jason Isbell.

Per CBS 42, Blounty County Schools will no longer allow student or volunteer led prayer over the PA system before football games.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of three Alabama citizens who are complaining that Secretary of State John Merrill blocked them on Twitter, and Merrill responded by calling the legal action "an attempted political hack job" by "this liberal group."

Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Tuesday told CNN's Jim Acosta that Mark Judge, a longtime friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who allegedly witnessed the sexual assault that he is accused of, should be subpoenaed to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Central Six AlabamaWorks! is partnering with the Birmingham Business Alliance and the Alabama Workforce Training Center on Thursday to host a manufacturing hiring fair wherein 19 local companies will seek to fill 500 positions.

The Navy on Tuesday awarded two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to Mobile-based Austal USA, a move which Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) applauded.

Birmingham-based Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. on Tuesday announced that Lucas B. Gambino has been named as the company's General Counsel and Vice President.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), the powerful chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense, on Tuesday announced Senate passage of the bill that will cover defense funding for Fiscal Year 2019, which begins October 1.

Three residents of Troy were arrested Monday and charged in a burglary at a house in the small town of Banks in Pike County, per WSFA.

President Donald Trump's approval rating in Alabama held steady at 63 percent through August according to Morning Consult, however West Virginia and Wyoming now rank atop the list of states in which Trump is best received.

Alabama Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) on Tuesday called for yet another delay in the confirmation process of SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, this time giving two new, separate reasons in one interview with CNN.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Alabama Political Action Committee has endorsed Gov. Kay Ivey in the November 6 gubernatorial election.

In the story of "Noah’s Ark except it’s a school bus," The Washington Post detailed how a truck driver saved more than 60 animals from Hurricane Florence and drove them to Alabama.

Akil Michael Figures, son of Alabama state Senator Vivian Davis Figures (D-Mobile), has been arrested on a domestic violence charge, per Fox 10.

On Monday, Dr. Mary Jane Caylor's campaign for Huntsville City Council released a creative new social media ad that invoked her opponent's ties to Socialist Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

After Secretary of State John Merrill published an op-ed last week strongly criticizing the Alabama Ethics Commission, the commission's director, Tom Albritton, appeared on Capitol Journal to push back and give their side of the story, saying "We did our job."

After an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket, which was built at the company’s Decatur facility, powered NASA's launching of the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California on Saturday, Alabama lawmakers celebrated, with Senator Richard Shelby saying, "Congratulations to ULA on their 130th consecutive successful launch!"

Dr. Sarah Parcak, an archaeology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), recently led an expedition that discovered over 800 Egyptian tombs, according to a press release by the university. The expedition, which was a joint venture between UAB and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, revealed one of the largest sites of Middle Kingdom tombs in […]

Democratic nominee for governor and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, in an interview on the Matt & Aunie show Monday, said that he will vote against the pro-life "Amendment Two" on the November 6 General Election ballot.

Per the Associated Press, a federal judge last week extended the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau's deadline to respond to Alabama's lawsuit challenging their practice of counting illegal immigrants until November 13.

The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) last week announced that six early-stage companies have advanced to the Alabama Launchpad Startup Competition Finale, which will take place in Huntsville on September 27.

All of Cullman County's schools will display "In God We Trust," the national motto, after a unanimous voted by the local school board on Thursday.