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The Birmingham Public Library Board will swear in new board members Tuesday afternoon, making a majority of the appointees first timers.

Legislative committees passed both measures this week, but not before speakers at hearings expressed criticism of the proposals.

Last year, Alabama workers voted against forming the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Then, federal labor officials said Amazon unfairly influenced that election. Now, a re-vote begins.

Two men who speak a rare language languished in Louisiana and Mississippi detention centers, they say, because they couldn't interview in their native tongue.

The play is centered on a group of Black college students at the fictitious McMillian University, a  small, mostly-White Christian college in Birmingham.

Some Birmingham City Schools employees staged a sickout this week to bring attention to their concerns with how COVID-19 is being dealt with in their schools.

A panel of federal judges ordered lawmakers to redraw congressional maps approved last year by Feb. 11.

An investigation led by Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald found the small Jefferson County town of Brookside targeted drivers to rack up fines and fees.

Critical race theory is a hot-button issue for politicians in the Gulf South. Alabama and Mississippi are attempting to pass new laws prohibiting it.

A plan to spend about $772 million is set for final passage as early as next week.