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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
Southern governors denounce UAW unionization campaign
Gov. Ivey announces Two Rivers Lumber plans $115 million sawmill project
Gov. Ivey awards $5.8 million in grants to weatherize homes of low-income residents
Gov. Kay Ivey marks seven years in office, infrastructure funding
Gov. Ivey signs “Parental Right to Know” bill
- Legislature
Alabama House passes $11B education budget package
House passes 18 percent cut to state library operations budget
Historic gambling bill faces critical test in conference committee
Former governors support bill for resentencing judicial override cases
Some legislation to watch: Legislature faces critical last days
- Economy
Small business optimism reaches lowest level since 2012
Mercedes Benz workers file for an election to join the UAW
Gov. Ivey: Economic development projects inject $6 billion into Alabama communities
Mercedes workers file federal charges with NLRB to stop union busting
Alabama’s labor rate steady at 57.4 percent
- National
Sewell honors retirement of Tennessee State’s first woman president
Alabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside Alabama AG’s Office
Sewell introduces legislation to rename post office after civil rights leader
Sewell to host Greene County meet and greet in Forkland
ALGOP chair joins chorus criticizing alignment of Easter, transgender visibility day
- Education
Hoover schools block library app to find, remove “sexual content”
New statewide coalition seeks changes to Alabama’s school funding policy
UA hosts senators, highlights dyslexia program success and teacher impact
Stillman finalizes partnership with BSC to accept student transfers
Sen. Britt celebrates Tuskegee’s new flight school, backed by $6.7 million grant
- Health
Montgomery psychiatrist named president of Alabama Medical Association
Alabama doctors unveil “Your Care is at Our Core,” emphasizing personal connections
Medical center in Mobile resumes IVF services
ALFA Insurance targets health sector amid regulatory debate in Alabama
Judges choose two Alabama Performance Excellence winners
- Opinion
Opinion | Dobson v. Figures: Can the Democrats cash in?
Opinion | Last roll of the dice on Alabama’s gambling bill
Opinion | State leaders all aboard on “Working for Alabama” plan
Opinion | High school graduation, college and career readiness rates improve
Opinion | Threat to democracy in Alabama: The tyranny of the minority
News
Education Matters By Larry Lee My friend Joe Morton spent 42 years working in Alabama public schools, the last seven as State Superintendent. Today he...
Opinion
Education Matters By Larry Lee School kids make a terrible rope in a political tug of war. Yet too many politicians continue to use...
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By Larry Lee Education Matters The K 12 education budget has a notation for “current units” that is intended to be divided among faster growing systems...
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EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee As soon as the Alabama Accountability Act was passed by the legislature in February 2013 educators knew it was...
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EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee The Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) has made public the latest reports of scholarship granting organizations (SGO) participating in...
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EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee Legend has it that the phrase “the gift that keeps on giving,” was used to describe early versions of...
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EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee Circles really do have a beginning and an end. But you cannot be in a rush to find them....
Opinion
EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee The legislative supermajority in Montgomery would have us believe that when they conjure up education policy like the Alabama...
Opinion
EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee It has been 49 years since I got my degree at Auburn University. I’ve spent 47 of those years...