A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.

The Alabama Senate has approved a bill to add $500 million to how much the state can borrow for prison construction. The ...

It’s the first major security upgrade in three decades at the George W Hill Correctional Facility in Thornton, a $28 million renovation package OK’d ...

In the first major security upgrades in three decades, Delaware County is investing $28 million of renovations at the George ...

Nashon Jones, the Mobile-born rapper known as "Honeykomb" Brazy was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Alabama lawmakers are advancing a bill that would put oversight on the state’s parole board. The parole board has garnered ...

Alabama lawmakers are seeking to borrow additional money for prison construction to ensure the state can build a second 4,000 ...

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

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, ...

I guess my question about taking on additional debt is, what are the plans to repay it?” said Sen. Larry Stutts.

Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen issued an executive order to impose definitions for male and female, and he is backing ...

The bill increases the maximum amount of bonds that can be issued by the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority from $785 million to $1.285 billion. The authority tried to sell more than ...