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Alabama became the 37th state to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday.Couples throughout Alabama have been applying for – and receiving – marriage…

Same-sex marriage is officially legal in Alabama starting today, but Chief Justice Roy Moore is doing everything he can to stand in its way.Moore issued a…

Governor Robert Bentley says there are no easy solutions to the state's budget and prison problems. Bentley, in his second inaugural address, said state…

Alabama prisons are changing the way razors are distributed.The change comes from an agreement with lawyers for inmates suing the state over medical care.…

Alabama has agreed not to enforce a provision of the state's controversial immigration law that required the state to publish a list of people known to be…

Advocacy groups say Alabama prisons are giving inmates virtually unlimited access to razors, a practice that's leading to deaths and injuries inside the…

The city of Montgomery is settling lawsuits that accuse it of wrongfully jailing people who can't pay fines.The Southern Poverty Law Center represents two…

A state judge has thrown out a lawsuit from payday lenders looking to challenge regulations requiring a central database to track payday loans.The…

Alabama's school superintendent is telling all Alabama public school systems to start using a new student enrollment process that makes clear a Social…

The Southern Poverty Law Center is taking its legal challenge of the Alabama Accountability Act to a federal appeals court.The Montgomery-based group has…