Mary Claire Wooten

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Alabama chief justice-elect advocates for more programs to reduce recidivism

Alabama Chief Justice-elect Stewart emphasized expanding courts and job programs at the Alabama Reentry meeting Tuesday.

November 13, 2024

Birmingham's homicides have surged in 2024, passing last year's total with a month and a half left in the year.

November 12, 2024

Sen. Chris Elliott blocks all contracts at the contract review meeting on Thursday to persuade the ABC Board to comply with a 2023 law.

November 8, 2024

Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. rejected the claims that the method violates constitutional protections.

November 7, 2024

Alabama utilizes paper ballots and optical scanners, limits mail-in ballots and has no early voting.

November 6, 2024

Sen. Katie Britt is calling for the Senate to pass the Laken Riley Act as her accused killer's trial begins.

November 5, 2024

Alabamians will vote on an amendment that would allow Franklin County School Board to manage school lands and retain all revenue.

November 1, 2024

Gov. Kay Ivey and ADECA announced the funding on Wednesday, provided by the Emergency Solutions Grant Program.

October 31, 2024

Board of Pardons and Paroles member Darryl Littleton spoke to the Alabama Commission on Reentry about the positive impacts of PREP.

October 30, 2024

Marshall joined a coalition that praised Columbia for resisting demands to divest from Israel, asking them to "hold the line."

October 29, 2024