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- Elections
- Governor
Southern governors denounce UAW unionization campaign
Gov. Ivey announces Two Rivers Lumber plans $115 million sawmill project
Gov. Ivey awards $5.8 million in grants to weatherize homes of low-income residents
Gov. Kay Ivey marks seven years in office, infrastructure funding
Gov. Ivey signs “Parental Right to Know” bill
- Legislature
Alabama House passes $11B education budget package
House passes 18 percent cut to state library operations budget
Historic gambling bill faces critical test in conference committee
Former governors support bill for resentencing judicial override cases
Some legislation to watch: Legislature faces critical last days
- Economy
Small business optimism reaches lowest level since 2012
Mercedes Benz workers file for an election to join the UAW
Gov. Ivey: Economic development projects inject $6 billion into Alabama communities
Mercedes workers file federal charges with NLRB to stop union busting
Alabama’s labor rate steady at 57.4 percent
- National
Sewell honors retirement of Tennessee State’s first woman president
Alabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside Alabama AG’s Office
Sewell introduces legislation to rename post office after civil rights leader
Sewell to host Greene County meet and greet in Forkland
ALGOP chair joins chorus criticizing alignment of Easter, transgender visibility day
- Education
Hoover schools block library app to find, remove “sexual content”
New statewide coalition seeks changes to Alabama’s school funding policy
UA hosts senators, highlights dyslexia program success and teacher impact
Stillman finalizes partnership with BSC to accept student transfers
Sen. Britt celebrates Tuskegee’s new flight school, backed by $6.7 million grant
- Health
Montgomery psychiatrist named president of Alabama Medical Association
Alabama doctors unveil “Your Care is at Our Core,” emphasizing personal connections
Medical center in Mobile resumes IVF services
ALFA Insurance targets health sector amid regulatory debate in Alabama
Judges choose two Alabama Performance Excellence winners
- Opinion
Opinion | Dobson v. Figures: Can the Democrats cash in?
Opinion | Last roll of the dice on Alabama’s gambling bill
Opinion | State leaders all aboard on “Working for Alabama” plan
Opinion | High school graduation, college and career readiness rates improve
Opinion | Threat to democracy in Alabama: The tyranny of the minority
News
By Rep. Darrio Melton When families sit down each year to make our household budgets, it’s a negotiating process. It’s an exercise in...
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By U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Ronald Reagan once said that the friendship between the United States and Israel is “based on historic moral...
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By Graham L. Champion The dust is finally beginning to settle down in Montgomery after the First Special Session of 2015 adjourned Sine Die...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Speaker Mike Hubbard is so worried that he will be convicted on the 23 felony counts of...
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By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford Remember when school didn’t start until after Labor Day? Over the last few weeks, students across Alabama...
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By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter HOUMA, La. – I’m in what I call my hometown. Deep south Louisiana, about 50 miles southwest...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers Last week we discussed the legendary story of Aflac. Three more remarkable business success stories are just as...
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by Katherine Green Robertson Special session No. 1 wound down in essentially the same posture as the regular session did. The governor still wants...
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U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Growing up, my mother always told me that no one likes a complainer. We all remember that friend...
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EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee Having swung twice and missed, the governor and 140 members of the legislature are down to their last strike...