Author: Mary Sell (Mary Sell)

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the rule would close a "loophole" that allows those receiving other forms of welfare to automatically qualify for food stamps without states reviewing income or assets.

Recent viral videos of people opening and licking containers of ice cream and then returning them to store shelves have an Alabama lawmaker looking at possible harsher penalties for those who mess with consumer goods.

The number of total drug overdose-related deaths in Alabama may have declined in 2018, but still average more than two deaths per day as multiple state agencies battle an opioid epidemic.

The State Employees’ Insurance Board voted recently to change some of its health insurance providers.

A bat infestation at a Union Springs day care last month resulted in 47 children receiving treatment for possible rabies exposure, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.

The number of unaccompanied minors from Central America released to sponsors in Alabama this year has surpassed 2018 numbers with 771 through May.

The embattled Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles will have a new governor-appointed director in September, and could have a new chairperson just as soon.

As the Alabama Legislature looks to move toward performance-based funding for state universities, campus leaders are eager to show improvements. 

In the last days of the legislative session in late May, lawmakers quickly and quietly transferred a tax revenue worth nearly $31 million a year from the state’s education budget to the General Fund budget to fill a "hole" created by other financial commitments.

Alabama's Medicaid Agency will have a small financial bump this year thanks to a new law passed in the recently-concluded legislative session.