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Twenty-five years later, remembering September 11 requires honoring its courage while confronting the fear that changed America so deeply afterward.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Opinion | No party is immune to the arrogance of power
Independent Craig Jelks calls on Democrat Everett Wess to exit U.S. Senate race
Alabama absentee voting deadlines for 2026 general election
Opinion | You should talk to Thomas Jackson sometime
Analysis | Final brief leaves Tuberville residency case in Supreme Court’s hands
- Governor
Gov. Ivey honors Alabama workers in Labor Day message
Governor sets execution date for man convicted of 1991 murders
Doug Jones urges cost-sharing delay to protect Alabama SNAP benefits
Alabama awards $144 million in rural health care grants
Gov. Ivey announces latest appointments to Alabama boards and entities
- 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
NFIB reports slight dip in small business optimism
Opinion | Republicans forgot about the working class and that was a mistake
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
Britt talks data center accountability, defends Trump admin ratepayer pledge
Huntsville-based Seabrook Solutions awarded $317 million NASA contract
- National
Opinion | September 11: Always remember
Sewell bill would require tax withholding from college athletes’ NIL payments
Figures introduces bipartisan legislation to combat “chameleon carriers”
Figures files bill seeking to block Trump beef import order
Rep. Sewell champions passage of AGOA reauthorization in continuing resolution
- Education
September is College Savings Month in Alabama
Ivey highlights Alabama family benefiting from CHOOSE Act
Troy symposium to focus on AI accountability, cybersecurity and public trust
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
Rep. Figures introduces Restoring Opportunity for Advanced Education Act
- Health
Alabama board warns residents about online physician impersonation
Alabama mental health centers receive more than $8 million in rural health grants
VA psilocybin trial offers Alabama veterans new hope
Report: SNAP cuts deepen food insecurity in the Deep South
Opinion | Proposed Medicare changes could make timely care harder for Alabama seniors
- Opinion
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With no second party to force debate and compromise, Alabama's government will continue to drift towards the far-right fringes.
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And then it hit me. Most people aren’t afraid of the vaccine. They want it, for themselves and their children.
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CEOs and owners are watching helplessly as Alabama lawmakers sell them out in the interest of political self-preservation.
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As I am writing this in my office, I am looking at a picture of Jim and me standing together, arms embraced in the...
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I’m not naïve. I know it’ll take bigger, broader minds to make a difference during redistricting than we have now in Montgomery.
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If approved, the proposed district maps would keep about 95 percent of legislative seats non-competitive.
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Montgomery honored Fred Gray and started clearing Claudette Colvin's record — signs that things have truly changed in Alabama's capital.
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Theirs is a deadly, dangerous hubris. An uncommon level of arrogance. A hyper form of egomania.
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It will be an interesting political process. It only happens every 10 years.
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No matter how much they might want to be better, Kay Ivey and GOP leaders are bending to the base.