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How opportunity was eroded, faith fractured, and why restoring the Dream requires honest governance instead of political theater again now.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
McCarron reports nearly 100K cash on hand in first filings
Alabama AG candidates continue to haul in lots of money
Doug Jones campaign reports $105K raised from 800 Alabama donors
Electric Cooperatives of Alabama endorse Caroleene Dobson
Democratic Congressional aspirant Lee McInnis explains his candidacy
- Governor
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
Gov. Ivey shares Veterans Day message
- 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
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
Rep. Sewell releases video urging passage of the Rosa Parks Day 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 | The American Dream didn’t fail us—our politics did
Opinion | Why college football is a perfect metaphor for economic inequality
Opinion | Could this be … a sign of hope?
Opinion | Thanksgiving and the unfinished American promise
Opinion | Katie Britt shows the courage to lead during partisan times
Opinion
The human toll of COVID-19 is unprecedented in Alabama, and businesses of all sizes have taken a shellacking due to the pandemic. As such,...
Featured Opinion
As peaceful protests over the last week have been marred by violence and looting, the nation should be asking what kind of country we...
Featured Opinion
The happiest day of my life was March 9, 2018 — the day my daughter was born. People who know my wife and me,...
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Another legislation session has passed, and Alabama still has no lottery. Actually, the Legislature does not in itself have the authority to pass a...
Featured Opinion
Two participation trophies fell in Alabama on Monday night. No tears were shed. On the same day that the state “celebrated” Confederate Memorial Day...
Opinion
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent National Guard troops to accompany the first black students admitted to the University of Alabama....
Opinion
As Alabama shut down its schools on March 16thand moved classes online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was saddened but not surprised...
Featured Opinion
I am a “race-baiter.” I have “white guilt.” I’m a “n—– lover.” I’m a “traitor to my race.” Over the course of my 20...
Opinion
The following statement from Secretary of State John H. Merrill is in response to the inaccurate op-ed published yesterday morning by Josh Moon of...
Featured Opinion
Voting by mail does not lead to fraud. We know this because voting by absentee ballot is essentially the same thing as voting by...