May 16, 20123:26 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Seven demonstrators protesting against Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law were led away in handcuffs after they tried to block entry to each chamber of the Alabama Legislature.

May 16, 20123:03 PM ET

FLORETTE, Ala. (AP) — Senior Deidra Ogle fell in love with the hearts of the Brewer High School Teaching Minds and Hands students.

May 16, 20122:55 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Four demonstrators protesting against Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law were led away in handcuffs after they tried to block entrance to the state Senate chamber.

May 16, 20122:17 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Protesters sang folk songs outside the Alabama Senate chamber as the Senate approved revisions to Alabama's immigration law.

May 16, 20122:11 PM ET

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A judge has sentenced the former pastor of a Prattville church to 20 years in prison stemming from a child pornography charge.

May 16, 20121:36 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Protesters sang "Amazing Grace" and folk songs in a hallway near the Alabama Senate as senators engaged in a contentious debate over the state's immigration law.

May 16, 20121:19 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A conference committee of six legislators is using the Legislature's last meeting day to try to work out differences between the House and Senate over Alabama's $5.5 billion education budget.

May 16, 201212:09 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate opened its final meeting day Wednesday with a prayer for state Sen. Shadrack McGill's daughter, who was injured in a fall.

May 16, 201212:05 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gourmet beer that aficionados say is often only distributed in larger bottles can now be sold in the state of Alabama.

May 16, 20129:33 AM ET

ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — Wildlife biologists have tracked endangered bats from a cave in Tennessee to the Talladega National Forest in Alabama, where they discovered something unexpected.

May 16, 20129:09 AM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions says that legislation he will endorse would close a loophole in the federal tax law that allows illegal immigrants to claim certain tax credits.

May 16, 20125:30 AM ET

HOLLY POND, Ala. (AP) — Holly Pond, the hometown of former Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt, will dedicate a museum and library in his honor on Friday.

May 16, 20125:30 AM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The legislative session that began in February wraps up Wednesday, with plenty for the legislators to do on their final meeting day in Montgomery.

May 15, 20127:10 PM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's top economic development official says ThyssenKrupp is exploring its options for its carbon steel mill in Alabama, but that shouldn't affect the operation of the plant in Calvert or threaten any jobs there.