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Hovey won the Republican nomination in a fierce primary run-off.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
- Legislature
Report: One in six state bills makes it easier to arrest, convict and sentence
Bill banning “divisive concepts” expected to return in upcoming session
Legislators Ledbetter, Orr call for excess funds to go toward tax rebate
Sen. Randy Price, wife arrested for loose cattle
Alabama Democratic Party reaffirms support for removal of state grocery tax
- Economy
Expert tells Alabama wage gap task force how to strengthen Equal Pay Act
Online job ads in August up 34.6 percent from last year
Alabama’s August unemployment rate holds steady at 2.6 percent
Port of Mobile headed for busiest year on record
Ivey projects tourism to generate $24 billion in revenue by year’s end
- National
Sewell to announce major historic preservation funding for Selma
Sewell receives 2022 “Medicare Advantage Champion” award
Pringle says Legislature followed the law in drawing of Congressional district lines
Sewell announces millions in workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Alabama men captured while fighting in Ukraine return home
- Education
Rep. Sewell to host first virtual grants workshop for scholarships, higher education
Alabama superintendent: “Don’t Say Gay” enforcement starts at local school boards
Alabama Commission on Higher Education addresses student loan forgiveness
Alabama Board of Education codifies “Don’t Say Gay” law
Board of Education moves toward changing graduation requirements
- Health
UAB doctor: New boosters important despite claims that “pandemic is over”
COVID positivity rate falls into single digits, hospitalizations decline
UAB extends asymptomatic testing program for public, private schools
Alabama’s COVID positivity rate, hospitalizations drop considerably
Companies begin requesting applications for medical marijuana licenses
- Opinion
Opinion | Voters must now turn to Gov. Ivey on gaming leadership
Opinion | GOP poised for congressional gains on Election Day
Opinion | Secretary Merrill responds to Joey Kennedy’s column in APR
Opinion | What exactly do Trussville City Schools parents want?
Opinion | Someone, please, fix our gambling problems
Prisons
Since Sept. 27, at least eight incarcerated men have died in Alabama prisons, according to statements from ADOC and the Jefferson County coroner.
Elections
The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate called the reversal of Roe a setback, but in August appeared to support the decision.
Elections
The endorsements put the considerable grassroots support of the state's small businesses behind the campaigns.
Congress
Selma University, the Historic Brown Chapel AME Church and the Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church are among the recipients of this funding.
Courts
The court's conservative justices seemed to be searching for a way to back the state, but also offered criticism.
Featured Opinion
Courts
“We in Alabama are no strangers to the fight for fair representation,” Sewell said.
Elections
Nov. 1 is the last day that absentee ballot applications returned by mail can be received.
Opinion
Three different entities awarded Alabama exemplary marks for its election administration for the 2020 General Election.
Opinion
Hewitt-Trussville High School Principal Tim Salem exercised a measure of judgment and grace, and for that, he should be thanked.
Featured Opinion
For purely political reasons, we have the dumbest gambling laws in America, costing us billions and punishing our poorest citizens.
Opinion
Alabama ranks No. 45 out of the 50 states when it comes to how easy it is for people to vote.
Opinion
Alabama is one of just 10 states that does not include religion as an acceptable reason for absentee voting in elections.
Public safety
According to the indictment, Norris kneed a man multiple times in the abdomen, causing him injury.
Prisons
The majority of correctional facilities are seeing at least a partial return to work by incarcerated individuals.
Courts
Dothan's Letitia Jackson, a plaintiff in the case, said the case boils down to simply ensuring her vote counts as much as your vote
Prisons
Austin Knowles, Denarieya Letrex Smith and Timmy Wilson died between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1.
Prisons
Governor Kay Ivey continues to maintain that the demands put forward by individuals are "unreasonable."
State
The top priorities continue to be Medicaid expansion and eliminating the state grocery tax.
Elections
After a lawsuit to obtain a free copy of the state's voter rolls failed, party leaders say it lit a fire that turned into...
Courts
The former sheriff had asked the Court of Criminal Appeals to declare a mistrial after the AG's office hid an investigation of a witness.
Congress
Congresswoman Sewell is the only Alabama lawmaker to receive the award.
