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The phony debate over approving ready-to-drink cocktail sales is an example of government bureaucracy that doesn't get enough hate.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Tuberville residence question doesn’t rest on income tax filings alone
Clarifying Alabama campaign finance laws on federal-to-state transfers
Tuberville’s travel trail points to home in Florida, not Alabama
Disillusioned by the Republican Party, Kyle Sweetser is challenging Tuberville in 2026
Lawsuit challenges Madison County voting map as racially unfair
- Governor
Gov. Ivey appoints Montgomery County District Judge
Flags at half-staff for Pope Francis, former Lt. Governor McMillan
Gov. Ivey signs resolution urging Trump to finalize Space Command move to Huntsville
The Alabama Independent Pharmacy Alliance celebrates passage of SB252
Gov. Ivey awards statewide grants to fight crime, assist victims
- Legislature
- Economy
March 2025 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Birmingham Starbucks workers describe a concerted anti-union campaign
Nominations for Alabama Retailer of the Year are open
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Poarch Creek Indians purchase Birmingham Racecourse, plan resort
- National
Court challenges Alabama statute barring sex offenders from living with their children
Rep. Sewell speaks out against National Institutes of Health budget cuts
Civil Appeals Court Judge Matt Fridy on road to recovery from heart attack
Tuberville’s travel trail points to home in Florida, not Alabama
Sewell talks federal funding cuts at Lowndes County town hall
- Education
House approves $12.1 billion education budget, nearly doubles CHOOSE Act funding
RAISE Act, education package approved by House committee
Trump to deliver commencement address at University of Alabama
Fairhope Public Library declines to move challenged books amid APLS spat
Education budget includes $3M safeguard for federal library funds
- Health
Opinion | Opioid plan positions Alabama to curb addiction, support recovery for veterans
Opinion | Alabama’s rural hospital crisis is a threat to health — and our economy
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Alabama Senate passes bill loosening regulations for religious vaccine exemptions
Alabama midwives and families criticize amendments to SB87 midwifery bill
- Opinion
Opinion | The bureaucracy you should really hate
Opinion | We’re fixing the Birmingham Water Works. SB330 would set us back
Opinion | Our legislators are not doing their jobs
Opinion | Workers Memorial Day reminds us to remember the dead and fight for the living
Opinion | Tuberville fumbles his own governor play, then blames the ref
Opinion
Anybody who is famous and well connected in Alabama politics eats at The Bright Star.
Featured Opinion
The murder revealed that a majority of Americans know they're getting hosed by the healthcare industry. They should do something about it.
Featured Opinion
Negotiating with terrorists rewards and encourages more terrorism. That's what has happened here with the Christmas parade.
Featured Opinion
Things have become so lawless in Prattville that the mayor and city leaders are ignoring citizens' constitutional rights to protect them.
Opinion
I am calling on Commissioner McMillan and the AMCC to stop wasting our money. End these costly legal battles.
Opinion
This program will have a substantial positive economic impact in the Black Belt.
Opinion
The federal Stop the Scroll Act would require social media platforms to warn users of the “negative mental health impacts."
Featured Opinion
It took three years of diversity and equity efforts before apologies were being issued to white people for subjecting them to diversity.
Opinion
Montgomery is not the stagnant city some would have you believe. This is a city redefining itself in real-time, and there’s so much more...
Opinion
It is the PSC’s job to hold the power company and all the businesses they regulate accountable, and they do.