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Alabama House approves $85 million for prison improvements

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Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday approved an $85 million increase for the state's prison system as they try to comply with a federal court order to improve...

Alabama lawmakers hold hearing on proposal to arm teachers

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Alabama lawmakers will hold public hearings on proposals to allow some teachers to carry concealed handguns into their schools The House Public Safety and Homeland...

Auto supplier MöllerTech opens $46.3 million Alabama plant

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Auto supplier MöllerTech has completed work on a $46.3 million Alabama manufacturing facility that will create 222 jobs and serve as a flagship plant for...

Ethics Commission director says bill weakens ethics law

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The director of the state Ethics Commission said a bill before Alabama lawmakers could open up a potentially wide loophole in state ethics law...

Alabama Department of Education plans top personnel cuts

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The Alabama Department of Education is planning top personnel cuts. Al.com reports that state interim Superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson told board of education members that...

Records show bus company had other crashes

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records show that in past two years, the company that owns the bus the crashed in Alabama has been...

The Hope Cottages: Birmingham non-profit that serves mentally disabled patients gets three new beautiful homes

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Glenwood, Inc., a non-profit serving people with autism and other mental health concerns, just got three new “Hope Cottages” on its 363-acre Birmingham campus...

The Latest: Sheriff: About 45 people were aboard crashed bus in Alabama

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The latest on the crash of a tour bus that was returning to Texas from Disney World (all times local): 1:50 p.m. A bus carrying Texas...

More details about Texas high school bus that plunged into Alabama ravine

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A bus carrying Texas high school band members home from Disney World plunged into a ravine before dawn Tuesday in Alabama, killing one person and injuring...

Family of Alabama school shooting victim calls for action

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The aunt of a 17-year-old killed by a fellow student at an Alabama high school last week is calling for school safety reform and...

Alabama’s booming auto industry could soon have its own ‘roll-on, roll-off’ facility at the Port of Mobile

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Alabama’s efforts to create a $60 million “roll-on, roll-off” facility at the Port of Mobile to serve the state’s growing automobile industry took two...

Bus carrying Texas students plunges into Alabama ravine

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A charter bus carrying high school band members home to Texas from Disney World plunged into an Alabama ravine early Tuesday, and numerous children were...

New York City halts sewage train to Alabama amid stink issue

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An operation sending train loads of partially treated sewage material to an Alabama landfill has been halted. AL.com reported Monday that six wastewater treatment plants from New...

Alabama city: Coyote traps humane despite PETA criticism

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An Alabama city says its effort to trap coyotes is humane amid criticism from an animal rights group. Vestavia Hills City Manager Jeff Downes tells...

Interior Department announces civil rights grants

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Four Deep South states are getting nearly $6 million to preserve sites and highlight stories related to the African-American struggle for equality in the...

Dothan City Schools employee arrested for soliciting sex

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A middle school band director in the Dothan City School system faces a charge related to the alleged solicitation of a sex act with...

Rep Mo Brooks: Doug Jones victory in U.S. Senate election a ‘major loss to our country’

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During a speech Monday to the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) declared that Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) being elected...

Lawyers say Alabama death row inmate mentally incompetent

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Lawyers on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the upcoming execution of an Alabama inmate who they say was mentally ill when he moved...

Citing free speech, Rosa Parks house artist pushes forward

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The artist who turned a house where Rosa Parks once lived into an art piece says he's working to ensure the home is displayed...

Snow flurries, freeze warning in north Alabama

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Forecasters have issued a freeze warning for north Alabama. The National Weather Service says snow flurries fell in the Tennessee Valley early Monday ahead of a day...

35 tons of catfish products produced in Mississippi recalled

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A Mississippi company is recalling around 35 tons (31.75 metric tons) of catfish products that might have been tainted by a compound that poses...

Alabama attorney charged with human trafficking – again

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An Alabama attorney faces additional charges of human trafficking just weeks after being arrested on similar charges. Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry says Randy Allan...

Alabama police charge young students with terrorist threats

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Police in a central Alabama city have charged two 12-year-olds with making terroristic threats toward schools. Prattville Police Chief Mark Thompson says a 12-year-old boy...

Alabama jobless rate drops to 3.7 percent

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The state released preliminary, seasonally adjusted numbers Monday showing the jobless rate declined one-tenth of a percent in January from the December rate of...
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