Adjust the results for such things as student poverty, and the “southern surge” is even more impressive. On a ranking compiled by the Urban Institute, a think-tank, Mississippi comes top (see chart 1) ...

Keeping existing prisons open could strain the state’s General Fund budget. ADOC is seeking close to $868 million from the $3 ...

When the Alabama Legislature approved the construction of two new men’s prisons in 2021, it also committed to shuttering existing ones. HB 4, sponsored by Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, outlined ...

Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, David Reynolds Thrasher, MD, is honored as a Pinnacle Professional Member Inner Circle of Excellence for his contributions to Pulmonary Medicine and Community ...

Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday signed a controversial bill that could weaken the state’s environmental regulations. SB 71, sponsored ...

Gov. Kay Ivey will join state leaders, veterans, and community members in Montgomery ot celebrate the grand opening of the Alabama Veterans Resource Center, a new facility aimed at supporting former ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Gov. Kay Ivey has activated the Alabama National Guard as the state responds to the impacts of winter weather across the Tennessee Valley. The deployment is intended to ...

Three counties in the southern half of Alabama have been added to the state of emergency issued last week for north Alabama because of the winter storm. The counties are Geneva, Houston, and ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Gov. Kay Ivey now has two things named after her. With a new $1.25 billion prison, the Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex, set to be completed in Elmore County sometime ...

The grants are for projects in seven southern Alabama counties impacted by Hurricanes Sally and Zeta in 2020.