Current state law provides no mechanism to fill the office if vacated, potentially leaving it empty for an entire four-year term.

Alabama enacts a law imposing the death penalty for severe sexual crimes against children under 12, marking a significant ...

Gov. Kay Ivey formally announced the establishment of a new board, the Technology Quality Assurance Board, on Thursday.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is urging lawmakers to pass two bills that would enhance penalties for police chases.

The Alabama Senate gave final approval to a bill Thursday that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those ...

House Bill 392 proposes ending elections for the Public Service Commission and transitioning to appointed seats.

Charles “Sonny” Burton, 75, is set to be executed sometime between 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026, and 6:00 a.m. on ...

Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted as an accomplice in the shooting death of Doug Battle, a customer who was killed during ...

Charles “Sonny” Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though Burton did not fire the gun or witness the killing.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during a 1991 robbery. Gov.

Burton was sentenced to death in 1992, though it was another man, Derrick DeBruce, who shot and killed Battle during the ...

The Child Predator Death Penalty Act is headed to the governor’s desk for final signature. The Alabama Senate gave the bill ...