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The Alabama State Senate gave final passage to Senate Bill 163, a measure that removes many of the work restrictions that currently face people...
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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey releases video for National Day of Prayer
Gov. Ivey celebrates Alabama’s exporting success
Gov. Ivey signs bill making Alabama’s anti-human trafficking law toughest in the nation
Southern governors denounce UAW unionization campaign
Gov. Ivey announces Two Rivers Lumber plans $115 million sawmill project
- Legislature
Bill prohibiting certain sex ed providers one step closer to passage
Senate committee advances “Don’t Say Gay” bill
Alabama’s HB167 nears vote: Will obscenity filters become law?
Rep. Marilyn Lands introduces bipartisan maternal healthcare legislation
Gambling legislation is a vote shy, carried over until at least Thursday
- Economy
Addressing a different kind of infrastructure: child care
Alabama Realtors release March 2024 Economic and Real Estate Report
March marks third highest container volume on record for the Alabama Port Authority
Partners join team developing new strategic economic growth plan
Mercedes workers set to vote for union in May
- National
National Park Service awards $3 million to preserve historic Civil Rights sites in Alabama
Rep. Sewell honors award-winning small businesses
Rep. Sewell honors the retirement of Lt. Gen. A.C. Roper
Caroleene Dobson pledges to support term limits on Congress
Jonathan Barbee’s legal ordeal highlights prosecutorial excess
- Education
Alabama A&M plans to buy, transform BSC campus into branch
TROY Football Hall of Famer Freddie Thomas named to Board of Trustees
Alabama leads nation in preschool quality, behind in enrollment
Alabama’s First Class Pre-K leads the nation in quality for 18th year
Hoover schools block library app to find, remove “sexual content”
- 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 | Capitol Hill, please do not take away my employees’ prescription discounts
Opinion | Bill to jail librarians appears to also make many stores “public nuisances”
Opinion | Alabama defies new Title IX rules, jeopardizes LGBTQ+ student rights
Opinion | Bill allowing inmates to participate in parole hearings sparks rare debate
Opinion | Let’s accomplish our goal of high-speed internet for all Alabamians
Legislature
The bill would require every mobile device activated within the confines of Alabama to come pre-equipped with an "obscenity filter."
Featured Opinion
Under the law, any premises used to sell or show R-rated movies could end up being considered a public nuisance.
Featured Opinion
In response to updated Title IX regulations, Alabama's refusal to implement them, driven by political motives, jeopardizes LGBTQ+ students' rights and safety.
Featured Opinion
For several minutes, members of the House Judiciary Committee debated the best ways to restore some basic rights to incarcerated people.
Opinion
PBMs are very popular because they permit small and medium-sized folks like us to punch above our weight in dealing with Big Pharma.
Legislature
Congress
Rep. Terri Sewell leads the congressional effort to increase funding for the African American Civil Rights Grant Program.
Congress
Sewell honored two award-winning small businesses in Alabama’s 7th Congressional District.
Congress
Roper is the former Birmingham Police chief and first African American three-star general in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Opinion
Let’s not slow down as we continue to push our way to the finish line. Let’s strike the iron while it's hot.
Opinion
The responder is scorned and ridiculed. This is the rule without deviation.
Featured Opinion
The Alabama Legislature will vote on gambling legislation this week. Or maybe it won't.
Featured Opinion
The push towards a religious monoculture threatens our liberal democracy, endangering freedoms and undermining equality through restrictive, punitive legislation.
Education
The Alabama House of Representatives passed the education trust fund budget Tuesday. Senate Bill 199 is sponsored by State Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur. The...
National
Thursday the U.S. Senate approved a $19.1 billion relief package for states impacted by natural disasters. The vote occurred only hours after U.S, Senator...
Education
The Alabama House of Representative voted Tuesday to concur with Senate changes to legislation that would allow the state school superintendent at the request...
Elections
Monday, the Fraternal Order of Police Capitol City Lodge No. 11 announced that they have endorsed Jay King in the House District 74 special...
Featured Opinion
A good many people wonder why simple, straightforward, no-nonsense, good-government legislation fails to pass even though it appears to have universal and overwhelming support...
Economy
Last week, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians laid out its starting point for any negotiations concerning a lottery and gambling legislation. Arthur Mothershed,...
Environment
The Alabama House of Representatives voted Thursday to ban the importation of deer and other members of the Cervidae family into the state of...
Education
Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation requiring that all parents enroll their children in kindergarten. House Bill 423 is sponsored by State...
Elections
U.S. Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, publicly endorsed State Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Alabama on Wednesday....
