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Despite the rhetoric, Montgomery isn't the only city with police officer shortages. Another Alabama city offers the solution to those problems.
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- Elections
- Governor
Ivey replaces five Alabama Public Television board members amid PBS debate
Ivey touts Alabama’s ranking among top 10 states for doing business
Gov. Ivey announces final round of 2026 Rebuild Alabama grants
Ivey signs “Dolly Day” proclamation in honor of Dolly Parton
Gov. Ivey hosts ADOC’s graduating class of 2026
- Legislature
State retirees to get hit with another premium increase
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
- Economy
Ivey touts Alabama’s ranking among top 10 states for doing business
Hyundai to invest $500 million in Montgomery hybrid production
Sen. Britt backs bipartisan AI transparency legislation
Ivey halts dyed diesel enforcement to aid farmers, timber workers hit by high prices
August home sales indicate traditional seasonal downturn has begun
- National
National police union backs Figures’ education aid bill
Opinion | Fraud is in the facts of the case, not the eye of the beholder
Britt celebrates Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project groundbreaking
Robertsdale players eligible to play today as AHSAA lawsuit drags on
Senate passes Britt’s bill giving clergy a second chance at Social Security
- Education
Alabama Public Television poll shows support for PBS ties
Troy CTE expansion boosts Alabama workforce training
Alabama road builders launch student heavy equipment training program
Sewell opens service academy nominations for Alabama students
Commission talks out-of-school education needs, career pathways
- Health
Alabama Board of Nursing ransomware attack may have exposed personal information
State ban on vaping in indoor public spaces to take effect this week
Alabama overdose deaths fall 46 percent as opioid response expands
State cancer advocates push Congress for research funding, clinical trial reform
Alabama’s uninsured rate exposes Medicaid expansion gap
- Opinion
Opinion | Police shortages aren’t unique to Montgomery. Neither are the solutions
Opinion | Fraud is in the facts of the case, not the eye of the beholder
Opinion | A new Tennessee River bridge could unlock Lawrence County and Northwest Alabama’s next boom
Opinion | Ron Sparks is the public servant people say they want
Opinion | The pendulum doesn’t swing itself
Featured Opinion
Voting rights, birthright citizenship and equal protection are not separate fights. They are Reconstruction’s unfinished struggle.
Featured Opinion
The words remained in the Constitution, but courts, states and white power worked to drain them of force.
Featured Opinion
The Reconstruction Amendments did not merely add language to the Constitution. They attempted to transform the nation itself.
Featured Opinion
Suffocating for three minutes and dying is not cruel and unusual punishment, according to a federal judge. But it is.
Featured Opinion
It's probably too late for sane Republicans to survive at this point. Cowardice killed them.
Courts
After another federal court rebuke, Alabama wants to use a congressional map judges found tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.
Elections
Jamel Brown wasn't a serious candidate, but he also wasn't the candidate blocking thousands from healthcare, slashing hunger programs or cutting public school funding.
Featured Opinion
Memorial Day reminds Americans that sacrifice should be honored honestly, with humility about war and gratitude for those who never returned.
Elections
Tuberville and Jones enter the governor’s race with familiar labels, but Alabama should ask what those labels hide.
Elections
No one is predicting big Dem wins in November. But Tuesday's primary numbers tell us that Republicans have reason for concern.