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Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.
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- Elections
Secretary of state reminds Alabamians of absentee voting deadlines
Phillip Pettus announces re-election campaign for Alabama House of Representatives
Criminal Appeals Judge Beth Kellum announces re-election campaign
BCA’s ProgressPAC endorses Norman Crow in House District 63 special election
Alabama Retail PAC endorses Dustin Beaty in House District 13 special election
- Governor
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Gov. Ivey announces second round of 2025 Rebuild Alabama infrastructure grants
Gov. Ivey announces Vaquito, the work zone safety dog, as honorary ALEA trooper
Bo Offord to lead Alabama Medicaid as Stephanie Azar moves to SEIB
Gov. Ivey deploys search and rescue team to Texas
- Legislature
Alabama lawmakers renew push for death penalty in child rape cases
House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels is recovering—and searching for answers
Sen. Sam Givhan endorses execution in child sex abuse cases, firing squads
Bill limiting youthful offender status for murder refiled for 2026 session
State lawmakers will try again to require national anthem weekly in public schools
- Economy
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report reveals increased home sales
Alabama climbs to 19th in CNBC business rankings, workforce sees big gains
Ivey celebrates “Made in the USA” Day with praise for Alabama manufacturers
NFIB: 36 percent of small businesses report unfilled jobs in June survey
- National
Sen. Tuberville proposes bill to ban students from select countries from studying in US
GUMBO leads Baldwin County mayors to D.C. for talks with Britt, Tuberville
U.S. Senate commemorates 65th anniversary of Marshall Space Flight Center
Alabama AG seeks crackdown on abortion shield law protections
Sen. Britt introduces bill to remove restrictions on manufactured housing
- Education
Secretary of State Wes Allen delivers commencement address at Troy University
Alabama AG backs South Carolina in race, sex education lawsuit
Montgomery teacher heads to D.C. for C-SPAN’s Educators’ Conference
Alabama federal lawmakers respond to partial release of frozen education funds
APLS seeks to deem books promoting “gender ideology” as inappropriate for kids
- Health
Alabama among top states for attracting out-of-state physicians through interstate compact
Bill reintroduced to enhance religious exemptions for vaccinations, mask-use
Prefiled bill would overhaul Alabama’s new hemp regulation law
Medicaid cuts could exacerbate healthcare disparities in Alabama’s Black Belt
The Renewal Project announces statewide launch
- Opinion
Featured Opinion
Gov. Kay Ivey can pause Smith’s execution giving the Legislature time to decide if a 2017 law should have been retroactive.
Featured Opinion
Can Ivey, Ledbetter and Reed lead a triumvirate that will pass meaningful legislation to tackle thorny issues that bedevil Alabama?
Featured Opinion
Without her leadership, the state's citizens will never be given the right to vote on gaming up or down.
Featured Opinion
In recent Twitter posts and radio interviews, Brooks suggested Donald Trump is dishonest and says Republicans are as bad as Democrats.
Featured Opinion
The Minnesota judge in 1972 did something extraordinary by sentencing non-violent offenders to community service.
Featured Opinion
Will Alabama citizens see their leaders champion a brighter, more hopeful tomorrow? It's difficult to tell from the campaign ads.
News
Hooper "grabbed the victim's breasts and waist while shoving his pelvis into the victim's backside."
Governor
"Under no circumstances should Jimmy O'Neal Spencer be granted parole," Ivey said in her letter. "To parole him now would be dangerous and downright...
State
To better understand overpayments, federal statistics offer a closer look at how errors occurred and who is responsible for the overpayments.