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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
The V: Undecideds surge as money reshapes Alabama’s 2026 races
Lawrence County GOP backs Doc Mancuso for District 7 ballot
Terry Waters announces candidacy for Alabama Senate District 22
ABPAC endorses Derek Chen for Alabama State Auditor
Grant Blackburn announces candidacy for Baldwin County District Court judge
- Governor
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
Gov. Ivey establishes board to oversee emerging technology
Gov. Kay Ivey signs law to limit Mobile Bay dredge dumping
Gov. Ivey shares support for energy cost bill package
Governor announces appointments including Baldwin and Cullman County circuit judgeships
- Legislature
Selectively leaked 57-second clip from hour-long caucus debate targets speaker
State Sen. April Weaver introduces bill to criminalize “interference with a first responder”
House committee advances bill to ban chemtrails
Alabama 2026 Legislative Report: Week Five
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
- Economy
Alabama home sales, median prices soar in 2025 report
German chain manufacturer to invest $34M into new Auburn operation
Alabama achieves record $14.6 billion in economic development investment
Alabama home sales drop 3 percent in December amid seasonal trends
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to 2.7 percent in November
- National
Democrats call for investigation into IRS taxpayer data leak
Mobile, Hoover pause internet sales tax challenge
Sen. Britt join colleagues in introducing the CLEAR LABELS Act
Brookside accepts settlement, including $1.5 million compensation proposal
Commemorative coin for America’s 250th anniversary gets unanimous House support
- Education
Alabama State University to host Montgomery.AI summit in March
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Bill passes Senate allowing UA to reorganize School of Social Work despite public pushback
ALSDE seeking expanded funding to sustain literacy gains
Alabama House debates, passes bill to let UA restructure social work school
- Health
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
Alabama Rural Hospital Investment Program reaches $20M cap in just one month
Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame to induct 12 healthcare figures
Breast, prostate cancer screening bills advance to Alabama House for vote
- Opinion
Jim Crow stories
State
On Friday evening, the organization celebrated its 50th anniversary by hosting an event focused on its course for the next 50 years.
Economy
Alabama’s average poverty rate is 17.6 percent. The Black Belt’s average is 24 percent.
Opinion
"He may have been one of the most important Alabamians unknown to people in and out of the state."
National
Republicans praise Georgia's new election law, but Democrats say it brings Jim Crow to the 21st Century.
Featured Opinion
Alabama is so often on the wrong side of history that one has to wonder if that’s intentional. Are we doing it on purpose,...
Elections
It’s such a shame to see racist pandering go wasted. But such is life for Tommy Tuberville and Bradley Byrne, it appears. Two reasonable,...
Featured Opinion
In 1968, shortly after gunning down Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, James Earl Ray was running from police, who...
National
The U.S.’s first memorial dedicated to those terrorized by lynchings, the legacy of enslaved black people and African-Americans who faced the terror of the...
Featured Opinion
By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter How many times is Alabama going to go down this well-traveled road? We’re like a Twilight Zone episode....