Jennifer Horton

A bill introduced Wednesday would fundamentally transform how monopoly utilities are regulated in Alabama, force regulators to hold traditional utility rate cases and limit profits for monopoly utility providers.

Lawmakers will consider two different bills in committee hearings Wednesday that propose sweeping changes to the Alabama Public Service Commission (APSC), but the impacts and proposed outcomes of the bills are different.

Senate passes bill that would bring sweeping changes to APSC in 32-0 vote. 

Representative Mack Butler says he wants language back in the legislation that would trigger a formal rate case under oath with penalty of perjury along with the profit cap.

Governor Kay Ivey signed the Power to the People Act only two days after the substitute legislation was filed in a committee and was raced through both chambers, ending with a major shakeup.

The Homewood business owner who pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder for hire will undergo a court-ordered mental health assessment.

Dozens of witnesses, weeklong trial expected for suspended probate judge

Suspended Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard will be allowed back inside her old office, with her attorneys to gather evidence for her defense, according to a new order filed Thursday in the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.

A newly-filed Alabama Power contract offers the public a rare glimpse at how Alabama Power proposes to serve a controversial data center in Jefferson County and how difficult it can be to for citizens evaluate the deal.

The Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling confirming the circuit court has the power to act as a check on Jefferson County’s probate court, despite its broad powers. This case is also connected to a complaint involving suspended Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard.