County health officials told lawyers for an environmental group they would move forward with the permitting process after a legal filing asked a judge to force the agency’s hand.

Ozetta Thomas and a majority of jurors voted to spare Jeffery Lee’s life. The State of Alabama is planning to execute him anyway.

Jeffery Lee fought the state’s effort to execute him by nitrogen suffocation and won. On Thursday, Alabama executed Lee by lethal injection instead.

Jeffery Lee fought the state’s effort to execute him by nitrogen suffocation and won. On Thursday, Alabama executed Lee by lethal injection instead.

Ozetta Thomas and a majority of jurors voted to spare Jeffery Lee’s life. The State of Alabama is planning to execute him anyway.

How Alabama Power became Flock’s longest-standing middleman.

Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents’ power bills won’t increase as a result. Can the state’s largest utility keep its promise?

Front group lauds purported benefits of data centers without disclosing its backer.

Residents widely oppose the secrecy agreement signed by the city’s mayor and city attorney over Project Marvel, a proposed $14.5 billion hyperscale data center in Bessemer, Alabama.

Lawmakers failed to bring back formal public hearings in electric rate cases and constrained state environmental regulators. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

An interview with author Catherine Coleman Flowers.

Lawmakers failed to bring back formal public hearings in electric rate cases and constrained state environmental regulators. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

With consumer prices rising due to the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, interest in renewables and EVs is rising. Misinformation may be holding consumers back.

Under the Biden Administration, federal regulators had forced the state toward stricter regulation of methane emissions. Under Trump, they appear to have lifted the pressure.

The Alabama governor announced the commutation Tuesday, just two days before Burton's scheduled execution.

Rocky Myers, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being represented at trial by John Mays, a court-appointed attorney long affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

Rocky Myers, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being represented at trial by John Mays, a court-appointed attorney long affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

YouTube video by Lee Hedgepeth

Jurors, the victim's daughter and Burton's family believe his life should be spared. The state thinks otherwise.

Jurors, the victim's daughter and Burton's family believe his life should be spared. The state thinks otherwise.

CHILDERSBURG, Ala.—At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, there were few questions and fewer answers.  Despite the lack of public detail about a proposed hyperscale data center in the town of 5,000 south ...

COLUMBIANA, Ala.—At first, no one knew about the non-disclosure agreement.  Columbiana’s then-mayor, David Mitchell, had signed the secrecy agreement with DigiPowerX, a data center developer, without ...

The city’s attorney informed council members of the request on Tuesday, warning that there may be media scrutiny.