Latest Alabama state government News
North Carolina's absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots containing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from being...
State veterans affairs commissioner to resign at the end of the year
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is resigning at the end of the year following criticisms from Gov. Kay Ivey. Commissioner W. Kent Davis on Monday submitted his resignation which will be effective Dec. 31, Ivey’s office...
Gov. Ivey asks state veteran affairs commissioner to resign
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday called for the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs to resign over what she called the mishandling of federal American Rescue Plan Act grant funds. The one-page letter to Commissioner W. Kent Davis...
11th Circuit allows Alabama to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A divided federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a decision allowing Alabama to enforce its ban on treating transgender minors with puberty blockers and hormones. In a decision released Wednesday night, a majority of judges on the 11th U.S. Court of...
Alabama man shot by police during domestic violence call
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Police in Huntsville fatally shot a man after he allegedly fired a weapon at a fleeing woman, state officials said. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation on Monday identified the deceased man as Naimmikal Wayne Sanders, 38, of...
Alabama man pleads guilty to detonating makeshift bomb outside state attorney general's office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man pleaded guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general's office, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert constructed the bomb out of nails, firecrackers and screws, and then set it off...
Alabama Supreme Court authorizes third nitrogen gas execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A third person is set to be executed by nitrogen gas, Alabama authorized Wednesday, months after becoming the first state to put a person to death with the previously untested method. The Alabama Supreme Court granted the state attorney general’s request...
Alabama corrections chief discusses prison construction, staffing numbers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said Tuesday that the state is making progress in increasing prison security staff but will not meet a federal judge’s directive to add 2,000 more officers within a year. The state’s new $1...
Alabama approved a medical marijuana program in 2021. Patients are still waiting for it.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — When Amanda Taylor lived in Arizona, she used medical cannabis to relieve the symptoms of her multiple sclerosis, gastroparesis and other ailments. She returned to Alabama to advocate for medical cannabis in her home state. Taylor thought victory was in view...
83-year-old Alabama former legislator sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for kickback scheme
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison Tuesday on charges of federal conspiracy and obstruction of justice, despite an earlier nonbinding plea agreement that gave the 83-year-old a more lenient...
