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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama quietly removed explicit protections for LGBTQ+ people from its systemwide nondiscrimination policies in late 2025 and early 2026, a move critics say reflects a broader retreat from civil rights gains that is hitting the South hardest.
Archives of the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs show that language l...
PELHAM, Ala. — The Pelham City Council on Thursday approved a development consulting agreement tied to the future of the former Oak Mountain Amphitheatre property, advancing the city’s ReAmp redevelopment effort.
The agreement authorizes Pelham to work with GenRev Properties during an estimated 180-day due diligence period to evaluate what can be built on the 43.77...
PINSON, Ala. — Turkey Creek Nature Preserve, one of Alabama’s most visited natural areas, has grown by 328 acres in a newly completed expansion that pushes the preserve past the 1,000‑acre mark and makes it Jefferson County’s third nature preserve of that size.
The addition comes after the Alabama Forever Wild board in August 2025 approved moving forward on purchas...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville have joined more than 100 Republican lawmakers in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Louisiana-led bid to sharply restrict mail-order access to the abortion pill mifepristone, escalating what advocates say is a coordinated national attack on women’s reproductive rights.
In a May filing, Britt ...
WETUMPKA, Ala. — A federal judge has ended more than a decade of court supervision over Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, closing a case that began with findings of widespread sexual abuse and unsafe conditions at the state’s only prison for women.
U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson dismissed the case Thursday after the U.S. Department of Justice and th...