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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is seeking a pause in executions and ordering a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system. The move occurred after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections is looking for developers interested in building three men's prisons that the state would…

Alabama's unemployment rate is up slightly from a month ago. A-P-R’s Stan Ingold reports, officials say it isn’t entirely bad news…Labor statistics…

Cherokee County officials say Leesburg Mayor Edward Mackey has died after a bulldozer accident.Coroner Jeremy Deaton says Edward Mackey died around 10:30…

State prison officials say visitors to Alabama prisons will have their fingerprints scanned for security reasons.The the policy begins this weekend.Prison…