DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to ...

For public services in Alabama, philanthropy dollars are a small fraction compared to the state’s reliance on federal funding. In Alabama, foundations can distribute up to $226 million a year, about a ...

A nonprofit pushing for lower electricity costs in Alabama says a plan by Alabama Power to freeze rates for two years is an election year ploy to “avoid headlines about rate increases, not a plan to ...

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than ...