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A federal judge presiding in a lawsuit involving mental health treatment in Alabama prisons is giving officials until Friday to move mentally ill inmates…
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Alabama’s prison system is on trial once again starting today.The next phase of hearings regarding health and mental health care for Alabama state inmates…
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Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker will have his own day in court after all.U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins recently ruled against dismissing…
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The Southern Poverty Law Center says it has added Heather Heyer's name to its Wall of Tolerance at the Civil Rights Memorial Center. The SPLC said on its…
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Some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederacy tried and failed to achieve in the 1860s: secession from the Union. So-called…
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An Alabama county's judges, sheriff and circuit clerk have been sued for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of people charged with misdemeanors…
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Lawmakers in both chambers of Alabama’s legislature are debating changes to payday loans in the state.Dueling bills in both the House and the Senate each…
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The state Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a plan to build four new, massive prisons in Alabama this afternoon.The bill would authorize Alabama’s…
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The news headlines over the past year have been dominated by tensions. Conflicts over illegal immigration, refugee resettlement, terrorism and community…
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The fight over the legality of same-sex marriage in Alabama is finally, officially over. And as the cases wrap up, state taxpayers will be on the hook for…