Latest Alabama state government News
New Statehouse has small construction delays, expected to be finished in 2026
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Construction on a new Alabama Statehouse has been hit by delays but the new facility is still expected to be ready for the 2027 legislative session. Al.com reports that Retirement Systems of Alabama CEO David Bronner said the a portion of the project had to...
Alabama Senate Republicans pick Garlan Gudger as new Senate leader
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in the Alabama Senate on Tuesday picked Sen. Garlan Gudger of Cullman to be the next Senate president pro tempore. Republicans named Gudger as their nominee after a closed-door meeting. The full Senate will elect the new pro tempore when...
Man who set off makeshift bomb outside Alabama attorney general's office sentenced to nine years
MONTOGMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who detonated a homemade explosive device outside the state attorney general's office was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on Thursday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 27, plead guilty in August to the charge of malicious use of an...
Greg Reed will step down as Alabama Senate leader and join Gov. Ivey's administration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed is stepping down and joining Gov. Kay Ivey's administration, her office announced Tuesday. Reed will serve as a senior adviser and lead an overhaul of the Department of Labor, which under legislation passed...
Figures wins Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, on Tuesday won election to Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court to give Black voters a greater voice in selecting their representative. Figures,...
Ivey defends dismissal of veterans commissioners, has no plan to replace parole board chair
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday defended her decision to fire the state veterans commissioner as what she called a last resort after the state board refused her request to do so. Ivey spoke briefly with reporters after a speech to a Montgomery civic club....
Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86. Ledbetter's discovery that she was earning less than her male...
