Sunday, June 14, 2026

ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Supreme Court

Elections

Ivey sets qualifying deadline based on court-ordered map

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

June 2, 2026

How the promise of Reconstruction was narrowed and denied

The words remained in the Constitution, but courts, states and white power worked to drain them of force.

June 2, 2026

Plaintiffs tell SCOTUS that lifting injunction would lead to election chaos

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

June 2, 2026

The Second Constitution tried to redeem America’s promise

The Reconstruction Amendments did not merely add language to the Constitution. They attempted to transform the nation itself.

June 1, 2026

A federal judge said that some suffering during an execution is OK. It’s not.

Suffocating for three minutes and dying is not cruel and unusual punishment, according to a federal judge. But it is.

June 1, 2026

Registrars stand ready for redistricting in event of Supreme Court reversal

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

May 29, 2026

US solicitor general files brief supporting Alabama in redistricting case appeal

The 29-page brief states that “the district court failed to properly account for Alabama’s partisan motives” behind redistricting.

May 29, 2026

Governor extends candidate certification deadline as Alabama awaits word from SCOTUS

Election officials faced shrinking windows to certify candidates and reassign voters as Alabama pressed to use its disputed congressional map.

May 28, 2026

Federal court rules Alabama must use map that granted two Democrat seats

Judges said the GOP-backed 2023 plan was tainted by intentional race discrimination and would dilute Black voters’ power.

May 26, 2026

Plaintiffs seek preliminary injunction in remanded redistricting suit Caster v. Allen

The Supreme Court remanded Caster v. Allen to the Northern District of Alabama following its decision in Louisiana v. Callais.

May 22, 2026