Montgomery AL

The Alabama State Board of Education will not vote on recommended social studies and arts education textbooks at its monthly meeting Thursday, and it’s unclear when the vote will take place. At least two members of the board have criticized the content of the social studies textbooks, which pushed a vote on the...

The Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday bestowed Governor Kay Ivey with the inaugural Capital Legacy Impact Award in recognition of Ivey’s tenure leading the state. The Montgomery Regional Chamber established the Capital Legacy Impact Award to recognize leaders whose service has made a generational...

State officials today plan to sell $730 million in bonds to help finance a major highway project in west Alabama. The state plans to use a significant portion of its revenue from the 2019 gas tax increase to pay down the bond debt over about two decades, to the frustration of some state lawmakers who question...

After decades of vacancy and lukewarm revitalization attempts, the future of the historic Ben Moore Hotel finally has direction. As the Advertiser previously reported , on Jan. 30, the property was listed on several real estate sites for $419,000. In November the building was purchased by The Conservation Fund, an...

MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — The fight over the internet sales tax, or Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT), hit a fevered pitch overnight with all 67 counties in Alabama joining the suit. As of Thursday morning, 169 cities and towns across the state also joined in the suit. The deadline to join, or intervene in the suit,...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The wait for medical marijuana in Alabama is almost over. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awarded dispensary licenses to some retailers at a meeting in Montgomery today. Officials said that will make the product available for patients in the next two to three months. “Today shows...

ATLANTA (AP) — A historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized in recent years is now safely on display in Atlanta in an exhibit that opens Monday. It memorializes an event that some people in rural southern Georgia have tried hard to erase:...

COLDER TODAY: With mostly sunny sky, expect a high in the upper 40s over the Tennessee Valley this afternoon, with 50s for the rest of the state. These temperatures are about 5-8 degrees colder than yesterday. But tomorrow will be warmer; most of Alabama will enjoy a high in the...

Alabama has become the latest flashpoint in a nationwide push to clean up the trucking industry – and, depending on who you ask, to quietly ramp up immigration enforcement at the same time.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department is asking the public for help finding a missing man who may be living with a condition that could impair his judgement. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, on Thursday morning, issued a Missing Persons Alert on behalf of MPD for Steven Campos,...