Gov. Kay Ivey urges calm amid gas pipeline shutdown, driver panic
Ivey's office said a gas shortage hasn't reached Alabama, and the pipelines should be back online by the end of the week.
Public safety
Bureau of Pardons and Paroles expanding assistance for those recently released
Bureau Director Cam Ward is pushing to expand assistance for those on pardons and paroles.
Pardons and Paroles director working toward more transparency in hearings
Director Cam Ward said he's working on a plan to allow virtual attendance at pardons and paroles hearings.
Gov Kay Ivey issues state of emergency ahead of severe storms
The National Weather Service predicts severe thunderstorms Wednesday into early Thursday morning.
DOJ sues Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, sheriff over sexual harassment by inmates
Allegations include jail administrators ignoring or losing complaints, and blaming harassment on the female officers' appearance.
Letter to lawmakers: Repeal Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act
165 former judges and prosecutors, professors and public defenders signed on in support of Rep. Chris England's bill to repeal HFOA.
Black Alabamians are four times more likely to be jailed for marijuana
Alabama has the 16th-highest disparity in the country, according to a recent report.
Birmingham man sentenced to 204 months in prison for shooting carjacking victim
Joshua J. Young of Birmingham pleaded guilty in 2019 to one count of carjacking and other charges.
No protestors at Alabama’s fortified Capitol on Sunday
State Troopers and Montgomery police patrolled the Capitol by foot and from above, but no protestors showed.
Alabama officials watching for possible armed protests
The Montgomery Police Department will have officers at the Capitol on Sunday, girding for potentially violent demonstrations.