Tag: Alabama

Supporters of right-to-work say workers shouldn't be coerced into supporting unions. Union leaders despise the laws, which are associated with declining membership and depleted treasuries. (AP Photo)

Alabama approves right-to-work measure

Sean Higgins · November 9, 2016 7:15 am

The Supreme Court late Thursday issued a last-minute stay on the Alabama execution of Thomas A. Douglas. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Supreme Court halts Alabama execution for 7th time

Kelly Cohen · November 4, 2016 1:09 pm

Lawmakers are using Monday's explosion in Alabama to underscore the potential harm of pipelines. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Energy and Environment

Dems hint at battle over pipelines in lame-duck session

John Siciliano · November 3, 2016 5:46 pm

The explosion was the second major disruption that the Colonial Pipeline in Alabama has experienced recently. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Energy and Environment

Dems call for federal probe into fuel pipeline blast

John Siciliano · November 2, 2016 11:13 pm

Republican Members of Congress Withdraw Trump Support (Updated)

Michael Warren · October 8, 2016 3:00 pm

Alabama's prison system has been under scrutiny for years. As of July, the DOJ reported they were at 178 percent capacity — the highest rate in the nation — which has led to an increase of violence within prisons. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Justice Dept. to probe Alabama’s men’s prisons

Kelly Cohen · October 6, 2016 7:28 pm

Alaska, Alabama, Wyoming and Oklahoma have confirmed to the Washington Examiner that they will have only one insurer offering Obamacare plans for 2017. (AP Photo)

Four states will have one Obamacare insurer

Robert King · October 3, 2016 4:01 am

If Auburn hadn’t expelled the accused student, the school could have been found in violation of Title IX for failing to protect students. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

His accuser said she’d made it all up, but he was dismissed anyway

Ashe Schow · September 12, 2016 4:20 pm

The Alabama Veterans Network (AlaVetNet) is a voluntary partnership of 18 state agencies and a number of private veterans interests groups. (Screenshot)

Here’s how Alabama is fixing a major problem for veterans

Mariana Barillas · September 6, 2016 4:01 am

An Immigrant who was detained at the border is held inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas , Tuesday July 15, 2014, in an area for juveniles 14 and under. A solution for the growing crisis of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children showing up at the U.S.-Mexico border is looking increasingly elusive with three weeks left before Congress leaves Washington for an annual August recess. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Rick Loomis, Pool)

Sessions: 91% of illegal youths handed over to illegal relatives

Paul Bedard · July 6, 2016 9:55 pm

For Whom the Bridge Tolls

For Whom the Bridge Tolls

Ike Brannon · June 24, 2016 12:32 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, stands next to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as Sessions speaks during a rally in Madison, Ala. The conservative, confirmed Wednesday as Attorney General, is an anchor of the Trump cabinet. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Sessions on dismal Trump fundraising: ‘More important to have votes than money’

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2016 9:16 pm