Alabama Senate

The Alabama Senate is expected to vote on legislation that would allow people to carry a concealed handgun in Alabama without a getting a permit. In the…

The Alabama Senate has voted to allow a church to form its own police force. Lawmakers on Tuesday voted 24-4 to allow Briarwood Presbyterian Church in…

An Alabama committee has passed a bill allowing death row inmates to be executed with nitrogen gas. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the measure 6-3…

State lawmakers return from spring break Tuesday to a full plate of issues. State budgets, prison construction and action on the proposed impeachment of…

After hours of debate over the lack of a raise for state employees, the Alabama House of Representatives finally approved a General Fund…

The Alabama Senate has approved a bill that would stop requiring probate judges to sign marriage licenses.The bill comes as a few probate judges in the…

House representatives have passed a bill requiring cell phone companies in the state to hand over location data to law enforcement agencies when asked.…

The state Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a plan to build four new, massive prisons in Alabama this afternoon.The bill would authorize Alabama’s…

The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill prohibiting judges from imposing a death sentence after a jury recommends…

Alabama may be close to putting an end to the unusual practice of allowing judges to hand down death sentences in capital murder cases despite a jury…