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Alabama Republican Party leaders will hold a closed-door hearing Sunday to decide if Sen. Tommy Tuberville meets the state's seven-year residency requirement to run for governor. The challenge, filed by former primary opponent Ken McFeeters, argues Tuberville does not live in Alabama. Tuberville calls it a joke and says his residence is in Auburn.
Opposition to renewable solar energy in Alabama has become a key obstacle for a proposed data center project. Local resistance is challenging the development, highlighting tensions between clean energy goals and community concerns.
Alabama is asking the state Supreme Court to authorize a death warrant for Jeffery Lee using lethal injection, after a court blocked his nitrogen execution. State lawyers argue the corrections department is only barred from using nitrogen hypoxia, not from executing Lee. Attorney General Steve Marshall vowed to continue pursuing the death sentence.