U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Alabama Public Service Commission over solar panel fees. The lawsuit challenges fees that Alabama Power charges customers who use home solar panels to generate a portion of their own electricity.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama told a federal judge that it is optimistic that it can adequately staff state prisons by a 2022 deadline…

Alabama's near-total abortion ban will remain blocked by a federal judge. The attorney general's office confirmed the state is not appealing the October…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge blocked an Alabama abortion ban Tuesday that would have made the procedure a felony at any stage of pregnancy in…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to pay $675,964 to lawyers for abortion clinics who challenged the state's attempt to…

Alabama’s prison system has been in the news a lot this year, and not for good reasons. Violence, inmate riots, allegations of mismanagement and…

A federal judge says he will rule next week on a request to intervene after a rash of suicides in Alabama prisons. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson on…

As Alabama grapples with a major shortage of correctional workers, more than 60 percent of the required staff positions at the overcrowded,…

An Alabama prison official testified in federal court yesterday that a now-dead prisoner was placed on mental health observation, rather than suicide…

The Alabama Senate has approved a state general fund budget that gives additional money to the state prison system.That’s part of an effort to comply with…