MONTGOMERY — Alabama lawmakers are seeking the ability to borrow an additional $500 million for prison construction after the price of the state’s new mega-prison rose to over $1 billion, ...

What started as a colorful, family-friendly event in downtown Mobile has now become the latest battleground in Alabama’s ...

The bill moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration, passing the House Judiciary Committee with 8 votes in ...

I guess my question about taking on additional debt is, what are the plans to repay it?” said Sen. Larry Stutts.

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000-bed prison.

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans hope to entice the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the decision banning ...

A federal appeals court has upheld singer R. Kelly's racketeering convictions and a 30-year prison sentence, finding he ...

An Alabama prison inmate was fatally stabbed inside William Donaldson Correctional Facility in west Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as Cordel Ladon Battle ...