Governor Kay Ivey has announced that more than $40 million in transportation funding has been awarded for road and bridge projects across Alabama.

WSFA 12 News will carry the speech live on air, online and on the 12 News app. The address is set to begin just after 6 p.m., and will be followed by the Democratic response. Our coverage begins on all platforms at 6 p.m.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is offering unwavering support for President Donald Trump’s immigration plans as deportations take effect across the state and country. “We’re certainly taking the lead from President Trump, and he’s hit the ground running,” Ivey told reporters Wednesday. “And whatever he needs our help on, we’re going to give it to him.”

Results just released from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly known as America’s Report Card, show Alabama students are leading the charge in post-covid academic recovery. In 4th grade math,

Ivey appointed Ashley W. Siebert as District Judge for the 28th Judicial Circuit in Baldwin County. Siebert, a graduate of Auburn University and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, will replace retiring Baldwin County District Judge Michelle Thomason.

Danville-Neel Elementary School will be making an appearance at Governor Kay Ivey’s State of the State address on Tuesday. They will be congratulated as Ivey highlights Alabama’s achievement of improving 4th grade math standardized test scores at a rate greater than any other state in the country.

Louisiana was the only state to surpass pre-pandemic reading levels in the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Ivey, 80, will be the same age when her term ends in 2027 as President Joe Biden is as he finishes his time in the White House. Biden at 82 is the oldest serving president in American history.

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system allegedly designed for rehabilitation.

The new documentary "The Alabama Solution" uses cell phone footage to reveal shocking conditions inside Alabama prisons.

Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says he is “not surprised at all” his state improved. He noted the results came as Louisiana works to “go back to the

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced three appointments to fill vacancies in district judgeship and district attorney positions across the state of Alabama.Bal