The court will determine if the current map, which led to the election of a second Black Democrat, will be permanent or ...

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans ...

Conservative state lawmakers want to bring God and country back to the classroom. Four bills now in front of the state house and senate deal with prayer, the Ten Commandments, the pledge of allegiance ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state ...

A piece of proposed legislation spurned on by the complaints of two Jefferson County mothers is one step closer to becoming ...

Alabama lawmakers debated Wednesday whether to require schools to start their day with the Pledge of Allegiance and a ...

Alabama lawmakers moved forward with a bill allowing the death penalty for child rapists, hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will reassess its 2008 decision that deemed such punishment unconstitutional.

Alabama politics. Not only did the state host a race on our board of competitive House contests after a 14-year absence, it also sent two African Americans to Congress for the first time ever.

The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago ...

A bill in the Alabama House of Representatives would cause public schools lose funding if they do not implement a daily prayer. HB231, sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram, ...

SPLC Senior Policy Analyst Introduction Alabama residents Greg and Teresa Almond lost their home, business and reputation, ...

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a ...