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The new US Campaign to End the Death Penalty argued the surge in executions, especially in the South, was disconnected from current public opinion.
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- Elections
- Governor
Governor visits ALDOT workers as Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony is set
Ivey celebrates early literacy milestone in collaboration with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Governor proclaims Nov. 29 Small Business Saturday in Alabama
Gov. Ivey announces appointments to state boards, commissions
Governor urges Alabama Public Television to pause PBS split
- Legislature
Bill would create process to mark “invisible disabilities” on ID cards
“This map I drew on a whim became real”: Student’s plan chosen for Senate redistricting
New bill would allow co-adoption by informal step-parents
Federal judge approves new state Senate map
Prefiled bill would improve absentee ballot process for disabled voters
- Economy
Governor encourages Alabama businesses to compete in 2026 Small Business Week awards
Alabama Power outlines plan to hold electric rates steady through 2027
Alabama home sales decline in October, market remains healthy
Work release programs depress wages at Hyundai suppliers, study suggests
Gov. Ivey awards top employers of disabled Alabamians
- National
Rep. Sewell unveils New Democrat Coalition Health Care Action Plan
Sen. Tuberville spreads conspiracy theories in new op-ed
Sen. Britt joins bill to require medical residents opt in to abortion training
Rep. Aderholt joins foreign affairs leaders to investigate religious persecution in Nigeria
Rep. Sewell celebrates House passage of bipartisan Tax Court Improvement Act
- Education
- Health
The “all politics” healthcare project in Hoover that’s rewriting state regulations
Sen. Britt joins bill to require medical residents opt in to abortion training
Board finalizes hospital eligibility for rural investment program
UA athletes and advocacy group team up for medical research Iron Bowl ad
Appeals court hears arguments in battle over Alabama birth center regulations
- Opinion
Opinion | When hatred becomes policy, the Constitution is the casualty
Opinion | CHOOSE Act steals money from public schools to pay sketchy private vendors
Opinion | 2026 governor’s race and all state races right around the corner
Opinion | The American Dream didn’t fail us—our politics did
Opinion | Why college football is a perfect metaphor for economic inequality
Governor
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will join the Alabama Bicentennial Commission on Friday to kick off Alabama’s bicentennial year countdown. Alabama officially became the nation’s...
Legislature
The small cohort of Democrats left in the Alabama Senate has elected a new minority leader. The eight members of the Democratic caucus elected...
Economy
Wednesday, the Alabama Career Center System, in cooperation with the Alabama Community College System, AIDT, the Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment (SWAPTE),...
Education
Jasper attorney Charles Edward “Ed” Sanders, Jr. has been elected chair of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). Sanders was appointed to the...
Economy
As state lawmakers prepare to consider a gas tax increase during the next legislative session, a new report from the Public Affairs Research Council...
Corruption
What can I do? That question has come to me more than a few times since I wrote Monday that the last line of...
Economy
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was in Andalusia at the Shaw Industries carpet plant. The Shaw Industries Group, Inc. announced that is investing $250 million...
National
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein visited Huntsville Tuesday to tour facilities at Redstone Arsenal including the FBI’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC), the...
Aerospace and Defense
NASA announced Monday that its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has already discovered water locked inside the clays that make...
Courts
The Alabama Department of Corrections could be held in more legal peril for failing to meet multiple deadlines for required mental health staffing in...