During the closing days of his tenure as a U.S. senator, Richard Shelby pushed through a $100 million endowment for the University of Alabama, the largest endowment in school history. The Shelby ...

Senator Richard Shelby secured $1.2 billion in earmarks for Alabama during his last two years in Congress. It’s an amount that continues to be viewed in awestruck tones by local officials. Now with ...

Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby has chosen not to seek a seventh term, saying the body was "less collegial" than it was decades ago. "It’s less collegial than when I first went to the Senate 36 years ago, ...

This story is part of AL.com’s series “22 Alabamians who made a difference in 2022,” highlighting people who have made our state a better place to live this year. Stories in this series will publish ...

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, who is retiring after being a shrewd force in Alabama and national politics for more than four decades, on Wednesday stressed the importance of bipartisanship as he prepares ...

Retiring U.S. Senator might have his name on buildings throughout Alabama, but his only recollection of having his bust made comes from many years ago at his home in Tuscaloosa. “My sons might’ve ...

Alabama lawmakers and Gov. Kay Ivey honored former U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby at the state Capitol today, saluting Alabama’s longest serving senator for his contributions to the economy, education, and ...

Richard Shelby, longest-serving U.S. senator from Alabama, was honored Friday afternoon inside the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Tuscaloosa that now bears his name, praised by notables ...

Former Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby was roasted as the king of congressional pork in a report released by a government watchdog on Thursday that “honored” Shelby for being responsible for more than ...

The Alabama Republican is the latest federal lawmaker to seek elected office back at home. By Emily Cochrane The G.O.P. has boasted about cutting the budget of what it calls the “weaponized” F.B.I. by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, Alabama’s longest-serving senator in history, said his official goodbye to the upper chamber with a farewell speech Wednesday. “I want to start ...

Every other year, luminaries of the air and space community gather in France for the famed Paris Air Show, the largest aerospace exhibition in the world. The show offers visitors the chance to see new ...