Jacob Holmes

Jacob Holmes is a reporter. You can reach him at [email protected]

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Clean Up Alabama calls for complete removal of LGBTQ books for youth

The public comment session is now open on an APLS rule that would deem transgender materials "inappropriate" for minors.

September 3, 2025

A lawsuit is seeking footage of police encountering Mayor Tony Kennon after audio confirmed a bartender reported a naked man assaulting a woman.

September 2, 2025

Evidence has shown few noncitizen voters exist and have little to no impact on elections.

September 1, 2025

Nine men, including a former state trooper, were sentenced in a large-scale operation that transported cocaine from Mexico into Alabama.

August 29, 2025

Amid controversy, the incumbent secured his position, having admitted to being at a public building during a reported incident of domestic violence.

August 27, 2025

Ozark's mayor, censured in 2023 after turbulent exchanges and threats, lost his reelection bid, securing only 30 percent of the vote.

August 27, 2025

Candidates backed by groups supporting book relocation at Fairhope Public Library faced election, with only one securing a victory.

August 27, 2025

Last week, the Department of Justice sought rare depositions of undocumented immigrants held as witnesses, likely to be deported by ICE.

August 26, 2025

A judge found the Florida law "plainly slip(s)" into unconstitutional censorship, and Alabama is doing the same thing.

August 25, 2025

The response challenges Alabama law allowing procedural hurdles to acquiring public records.

August 25, 2025