Jacob Holmes

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Prisons

Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution

The ruling left Jeffery Lee facing execution by another method amid mounting scrutiny of Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas.

June 12, 2026

Cuevas allegedly told an undercover cop the journalist was a "pawn who needed to be taken off the board."

June 11, 2026

The state appealed to the Supreme Court as courts weighed claims the method caused unconstitutional pain beyond death itself.

June 10, 2026

The attorney general said six companies violated Alabama’s abortion ban by advertising and shipping medication abortion drugs to residents.

June 10, 2026

Faculty leaders warned the vote weakened shared governance, academic freedom and protections for dissent at one of Alabama’s flagship institutions.

June 9, 2026

Court filings warned the switch could be impossible as counties faced locked voter records, absentee ballot deadlines and looming vendor timelines.

June 4, 2026

The decision revived a disputed congressional map, drew sharp dissents and left election officials racing toward an August special election.

June 3, 2026

The deadline to qualify is in just nine hours, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

June 2, 2026

They said Alabama had only hours, with offices closed for a state holiday, to reassign voters before absentee ballots went out.

June 2, 2026

With voter records set to lock June 2, registrars said they could quickly shift voters despite federal judges’ logistical concerns.

May 29, 2026