Alabama seeks to follow Trump’s lead in defining male and female

Alabama and a small but growing number of other GOP-led states are pushing to enact more laws this year to legally define the two sexes based on observations of genitals at birth. Many trans advocates say the bills feel like an attempt to erase trans existence or a attempt to capitalize on prejudice for political gain.


Republicans target immigration in legislature’s opening week

Republicans hit the ground running as the Alabama legislative session started this week. Among their top priorities is a package of immigration bills, which advanced out of committee and onto the Senate. We talk about that and other action this week with Todd Stacey, host of Capital Journal and Alabama Public Television.

U.S. veterans work to make sense of New Year’s Day incidents: It’s ‘doubly tragic’

U.S. veterans are worried that two deadly incidents involving current and former service members could increase stigma, or paint veterans as somehow damaged.

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Alabama puts man to death for a 1991 murder in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas

Demetrius Frazier was pronounced dead at a south Alabama prison Thursday evening for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of Pauline Brown. It was the first execution in Alabama this year.

Alabama set to execute a man with nitrogen gas for 1991 murder and rape

Demetrius Terrence Frazier was convicted of the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown. Prosecutors said Frazier raped and shot her after breaking into her Birmingham apartment. If carried out, Frazier’s execution will be the third in the United States in 2025 and the first in Alabama this year.

Ivey calls public safety her top priority for the 2025 session

The proposals come in the wake of mass shootings that rattled Alabama cities, including the shooting deaths of four people outside a Birmingham nightclub in September.


In wake of mass shootings, Alabama lawmakers eye ban on Glock switches and public safety bills

After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.

Crime and education on the agenda for the 2025 legislative session

The 2025 legislative session in Alabama kicks off Tuesday, Feb. 4 with plenty on the agenda. Education, public safety, and of course the budgets are expected to come up. We get a preview of what's ahead with Todd Stacy, host of Capital Journal on Alabama Public Television.

Steel City Men’s Chorus brings music and friendship to LGBTQ+ community in Birmingham

The Steel City Men's Chorus, formed in 2013, is the only queer identified chorus of its kind in Alabama.

With leaked footage from the inside, Sundance doc shows horrifying conditions in Alabama prisons

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers. The result is “The Alabama Solution,” which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama

The state of Alabama urged a federal judge Tuesday to allow the nation's fourth execution with nitrogen gas to proceed next week, but a doctor who witnessed an earlier execution by the new method told the judge the inmate appeared to be in distress and awake minutes longer than officials predicted.

Amid sewage issues, a nonprofit is helping Alabama Black Belt residents find solutions

As the region grapples with poor sanitation, groups like the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program are taking it upon themselves to address the issue.