Kim Chandler

Feb 12, 2025 | apnews.com | Kim Chandler

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers are seeking the ability to borrow an additional $500 million for prison construction after the price of the state’s new mega-prison rose to over $1 billion, complicating plans to build a second behemoth facility. The Senate Finance and Taxation Committee-General Fund on Wednesday advanced legislation that would raise the maximum amount of bonds that may be issued by the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority from $785 million to $1.285 billion.

Feb 10, 2025 | washingtontimes.com | Kim Chandler

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative. A three-judge panel will decide whether congressional lines drawn by state lawmakers diluted the voting power of Black residents. The same panel already ruled against Alabama in pre-trial decisions that reshaped the 2nd Congressional District before Rep.

Feb 3, 2025 | kaaltv.com | Kim Chandler

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After a violent year that saw multiple mass shootings in the state, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers in both parties are supporting a ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns. The Republican governor is expected to back the proposal in her State of the State address Tuesday as part of a broader package of bills focused on public safety that she has named her top priority for the session.

Feb 3, 2025 | apnews.com | Kim Chandler

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After a violent year that saw multiple mass shootings in the state, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers in both parties are supporting a ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns. The Republican governor is expected to back the proposal in her State of the State address Tuesday as part of a broader package of bills focused on public safety that she has named her top priority for the session.

Feb 2, 2025 | apnews.com | Kim Chandler |Gary Fields

TUSKEGEE, Alabama, EE.UU. (AP) — Las colas de los aviones F-35 Lightning de la Guardia Nacional Aérea de Alabama están pintadas de rojo, al igual que las de los F-16 de la Guardia antes que ellos. Es un homenaje a la famosa unidad con base en Alabama de los aviadores de Tuskegee, quienes volaron los Mustang P-51 de cola roja durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.