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MONTGOMERY — After months of meetings and discussions, Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, is circulating a draft of legislation that would make significant changes to the state’s ethics laws.

The Alabama House Ethics Committee will begin Wednesday discussing possible changes to the state’s multiple ethics laws that apply to elected officials, government employees — and in some cases their

The committee will first review a 2019 report from the Code of Ethics Clarification and Reform Commission, a group created by the Legislature in 2018 to propose changes to existing

Dreams Derailed. More than a decade ago, three states banned undocumented students from public colleges. For the post-DACA generation, the toll has been steeper. Correction, March 24, 2023, 6:48pm: This article...

There are about 20 open Alabama House seats ahead of the 2022 election cycle and several incumbents have announced primary challengers. Here’s an update on who is and isn’t running. Candidates have until Jan. 28 to qualify. Meanwhile, legislative districts could change, some likely significantly, wh

President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a full pardon to Ed Henry, the former Alabama lawmaker who pleaded guilty to a federal theft charge in 2019.  The pardon, part of 143 pardons or commutations issued in the presidents final hours in office, was supported Sen. Tommy Tuberville, according to a White House press release.  Henry served as Alabamas campaign co-chair for Donald Trump in the 2016 election and has continually advocated for Trump throughout his administration. The former Repub...