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Alabama lawmakers are shown architectural drawings of what a new Alabama Statehouse will look like when it is complete in 2027 during a meeting of the Alabama Legislative Council in Montgomery, Ala. on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The project also includes a new parking deck and a green space where the current building is located (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
A new Statehouse and related projects will cost about $400 million
The construction of a new Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery and related projects such as a parking deck and green space will cost about $400 million.
 
Gambling legislation stumbles in Alabama Senate, lawmakers delay vote
The Alabama House of Representatives has advanced a compromise on gambling legislation to authorize a state lottery and allow slot machines at seven locations in the state, but the measure has stalled amid opposition in the Alabama Senate.
 
Alabama lawmakers advance bill that could lead to prosecution of librarians
Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that could see librarians prosecuted for providing “harmful” materials or programs to minors. The Alabama bill removes the existing exemption for public libraries in the state’s obscenity law.
 
Lawmakers vote down bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment.
 
Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state’s ballot
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot. The legislation advanced Wednesday mirrors accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump.
 
In this image provided by the Figures for Congress campaign, Shomari Figures poses for a photo. Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday, April 16, 2024, to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest. Figures and Anthony Daniels, the state House Minority Leader, will compete for the Democratic nomination in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District after neither candidate received the vote majority needed in the March 5 primary to avoid Tuesday's runoff. (Terri Baskin/Figures for Congress via AP, File)
Figures and Dobson win nominations for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
Alabama voters have decided primary runoffs for the state’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. Shomari Figures won the Democratic nomination over Rep. Anthony Daniels. Figures was the deputy chief of staff and counselor to U.S.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to the National Action Network Convention remotely from the South Court Auditorium of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Washington. President Biden's re-election campaign is wrangling with the Republican-dominated states of Ohio and Alabama to assure he's listed on their November ballots, amid hints that a routine procedural negotiation is becoming politically charged. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Will Biden be on the ballot in Ohio and Alabama? That’s up to Republicans
Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots.
 
Alabama lawmakers advance bill to define sex based on reproductive systems, not identity
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to define who is considered a man or a woman under state law, saying it must be based on reproductive systems and not gender identity. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 77-24 for the legislation.
 
FILE - Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks during his inauguration ceremony on the steps of the Alabama State Capital, Jan. 16, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. Allen, a Republican, said Tuesday, April 9, President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama because the state’s certification deadline is several days before the Democratic Party’s convention. A similar concern was raised in Ohio that Biden could be left off the ballot in that state. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)
Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, the state’s election chief says
Alabama’s election’s chief said President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama because the state’s certification deadline is several days before the Democratic Party’s convention.
 
Alabama lottery, casino legislation heads to conference committee
Legislation that would authorize a lottery and other types of gambling in Alabama is headed to a conference committee. Lawmakers are trying to bridge divisions over sports betting and the number of potential casino sites.
 
Restrictions on absentee ballot help in Alabama are being challenged in a lawsuit
A new Alabama law that criminalizes types of assistance with absentee ballot applications is being challenged by a lawsuit.
 
Inmate’s lawsuit seeks to block Alabama’s bid to arrange 2nd execution using nitrogen gas
Miller’s attorneys argued that the first nitrogen execution in January left Kenneth Smith shaking and convulsing on a gurney as he was put to death. The suit argued that it would be a violation of the ban on cruel and unusual punishment to put him to death using the same protocol, which used a mask
 
This undated photo released by the Alabama Dept. of Corrections shows Jamie Mills. The Alabama Supreme Court on March 20,2024, authorized Alabama's governor to set an execution date for death row inmate Jamie Mills. Mills was convicted of killing Floyd and Vera Hill during a 2004 robbery in Marion County. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)
Alabama sets May lethal injection date for man convicted of killing couple during robbery
Alabama has set a May 30 execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a couple during a robbery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set the date for the execution by lethal injection of 50-year-old Jamie Mills.
 
Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who ran a campaign centered on reproductive rights, on is photographed on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open legislative seat, according to unofficial returns Tuesday, March 26. Powell, a member of the Madison City Council, Ala., issued a statement conceding the race and congratulating Lands on her victory. ( Marilyn Lands via AP)
Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House
A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature.
 
Struggling private Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama says it will close at end of May
The private liberal arts school Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama has announced it will close at the end of May.
 
Jay Fife, language liaison for the Muscogee Nation, looks at luminaries set up at the site of the battle of Horseshoe Bend in Tallapoosa County, Ala., on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United States
Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend. More than 800 American Indians were killed.
 
Alabama gambling bill faces uncertain outlook in second half of legislative session
 
Alabama state Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, speaks at a rally for legislation that would allow about 30 death row inmates, who were sentenced to death by judges despite a jury's recommendation of life imprisonment, to receive new sentences, , Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama in 2017 ended the practice of allowing judges to override sentencing recommendations in death penalty cases, but the change was not retroactive. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
Activists rally for bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
Advocates are pushing for legislation that would allow for the resentencing of about 30 Alabama inmates sentenced to death despite a jury’s recommendation of a life sentence.
 
This undated photo released by the Alabama Dept. of Corrections shows Jamie Mills. The Alabama Supreme Court on March 20,2024, authorized Alabama's governor to set an execution date for death row inmate Jamie Mills. Mills was convicted of killing Floyd and Vera Hill during a 2004 robbery in Marion County. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)
Alabama high court authorizes execution date for man convicted in 2004 slaying
The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized an execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a couple during a robbery.
 
FILE - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers the State of the State address at the state Capitol, Feb. 6, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. Ivey on Wednesday, March 20, signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies and prohibit the teaching of “divisive concepts” including that someone should feel guilty because of their race or gender. (The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)
Alabama governor signs bill barring diversity, equity and inclusion programs
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies.
 
FILE - A person holds up a sign reading, "Trans People Belong in Alabama," during a rally outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2023. Teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity would be banned in public schools and displaying Pride flags in classrooms would be prohibited under legislation lawmakers advanced in Alabama on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)
‘Don’t Say Gay’ law would be expanded to all public school grades in Alabama under proposal
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would prohibit teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools and also ban Pride flags from being displayed in classrooms.
 
FILE - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers her State of the State address, March 7, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama has placed new restrictions on assistance with absentee ballot requests, making it illegal to return another person's ballot application and making it a felony to pay someone to distribute or collect applications. Ivey on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, announced she had signed the bill into law a day after it was given final approval in the Alabama Legislature. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett, File)
Alabama enacts new restrictions on absentee ballot requests
Alabama has placed new restrictions on absentee ballot requests. The new law makes it illegal to return another person’s absentee ballot application or distribute an application prefilled with the voter’s name.
 
Alabama lawmakers approve absentee ballot, anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bills
Alabama lawmakers have approved a bill that would outlaw paid assistance for help with absentee ballot applications.
 
"Black Renaissance," by Rayvenn D'Clark, bronze, 2023, during a media tour of Equal Justice Initiative's new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it
The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who endured slavery’s brutality.
 
FILE - Alabama Sen. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, speaks during a House session at the Statehouse, April 17, 2012, in Montgomery, Ala. Rogers will plead guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice, federal prosecutors announced Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Alabama state lawmaker Rogers to plead guilty to federal charges
Alabama state Rep. John Rogers will plead guilty to federal conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges. A plea agreement was filed Monday in federal court.
 
Alabama Senate approves lottery, gambling bill, final outlook unclear
The Alabama Senate on Thursday advanced a scaled-back gambling proposal. The 22-11 vote on the proposal would allow a lottery, electronic gambling machines at several locations and a compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
 
Alabama lawmakers have approved a school choice program
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed legislation creating a program similar to school vouchers. The state Senate voted 23-9 on Wednesday for the proposal.
 
Doctors from the Alabama Fertility Clinic takes photos of the votes as the debate over SB159 bill (IVF Fertility Bill) in the House Chambers is voted on, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/ Butch Dill)
Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law
Alabama has a new law protecting in vitro fertilization providers from legal liability. Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday that shields IVF providers from possible lawsuits and criminal prosecutions stemming from a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children.
 
Voters enter and exit a polling facility at the Seale Courthouse in Russell County during a primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Seale, Ala. About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district, that includes Russell County, formed to boost Black representation, received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Thousands of voters in Alabama district drawn to boost Black political power got wrong information
About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district formed to boost Black representation received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.
 
FILE - Hundreds gather for a protest rally for in vitro fertilization legislation Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama lawmakers, who face public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted, are nearing approval of immunity legislation to shield providers from the fall out of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Legislative committees on Tuesday, March 5, will debate the bills that would protect clinics from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during IVF services. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)
Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers, with final approval still ahead
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to protect in vitro fertilization providers. Committees in the state Senate and House approved bills Tuesday to provide legal immunity for clinics.
 
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