HOOVER, Ala. ( WIAT) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is hosting the 2025 Alabama Sheriffs Association Winter ...

State Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Pleasant Grove, has pre-filed a bill that would prohibit trigger activators, otherwise known as ...

After a mother of a breastfed child claimed a judge threatened her with DHR, lawmakers said they would file bills to address the situation.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Breastfeeding women in Alabama will be excused from jury duty, the state’s highest court ordered ...

In a Jan. 14 follow-up Facebook post, Brown shared that state auditor and former legislator Andrew Sorrell has reached out to ...

Sorrell said Alabama currently has no law exempting nursing mothers from jury duty. Alabama House Representative Susan Dubose ...

The Alabama Supreme Court issued an administrative order Jan. 17 regarding procedures in excusing prospective jurors from ...

Before Friday’s decision, there were laws in the Alabama excusing prospective jurors because of certain health concerns, but breast feeding wasn’t included.

Only days after a mom was threatened with DHR for bringing her infant to the Jefferson County Courthouse, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an administrative order declaring a nursing mother should be ...

In an effort to promote community healing, and sew up the wounds of racial injustice, Create Birmingham, a non-profit organization, is partnering with Jefferson ...

The battle over Jefferson County's 2021 redistricting maps heads to court this week with plaintiffs arguing the map violates ...

Breastfeeding woman in Alabama will be excused from jury duty the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday. The order was unanimous ...