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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Ainsworth draws strong support on Facebook as Tuberville eyes governor’s race
Gov. Ivey calls special election for Alabama House District 12
Exclusive: Tuberville risks backlash if he leaves Senate, new poll shows
Tuberville residence question doesn’t rest on income tax filings alone
Clarifying Alabama campaign finance laws on federal-to-state transfers
- Governor
Gov. Ivey proclaims National Small Business Week in Alabama
Gov. Ivey shares message for the 74th National Day of Prayer
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
- Legislature
Alabama 2025 Legislative Report: Week Eleven
Bill mandating default filters for minors’ phones heads to Ivey’s desk
Bill allowing Farmers Federation to offer health plans goes to governor
Bill limiting youthful offender status for murder heads to Senate floor
Alabama House passes bill to reshape the Birmingham Water Works Board
- Economy
Alabama launches Development Fund to drive long-term economic growth
Gov. Ivey proclaims National Small Business Week in Alabama
Huntsville Starbucks workers file for a union election
March 2025 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Birmingham Starbucks workers describe a concerted anti-union campaign
- National
How Trump’s proposed federal budget would reshape Alabama
Tuberville introduces “Understanding the True Cost of College Act”
Court blocks attempt to impose extra regulations on midwives, birth centers
Rep. Sewell introduces the Retirement Savings for Americans Act
Rep. Sewell condemns Trump for cutting $15 million grant to Birmingham students
- Education
Tuberville introduces “Understanding the True Cost of College Act”
Students protest Trump’s commencement address at University of Alabama
UA College Democrats to hold “Tide Against Trump” protest
Alabama’s first class Pre-K ranked best in the nation for 19 straight years
House approves $12.1 billion education budget, nearly doubles CHOOSE Act funding
- 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 | Alabama lawmakers reenact Monty Python, minus the self-awareness
Opinion | Tommy Tuberville is standing at the top of a slippery slope
Opinion | Measuring victory at the end of the war
Opinion | Trump, Alabama and the embrace of self-harm
Opinion | When government becomes a religion, justice is replaced by control
Congress
Trump’s budget proposal would cut or eliminate many Alabama programs, while increasing DOD and DHS funding by over $155 billion.
Featured Opinion
Medieval thinking, imaginary dragons, and a Legislature allergic to reality.
Featured Opinion
Tuberville seemed to be searching for loopholes to get around his residency issues. That's a fairly dangerous game.
Congress
The legislation would create a uniform financial aid offer form and standardize terms to describe financial aid.
Economy
The new initiative will offer sustainable funding for jobs, rural revitalization, and site readiness.
Legislature
Featured Opinion
Legislature
The requirement will be placed on all devices manufactured after June 1 if signed into law.
Legislature
The legislation faced criticism over lack of oversight and protections for pre-existing conditions.
Education
During Trump’s hour-long speech, he claimed the 2020 election was rigged, aired various grievances, and repeatedly praised Alabama’s football team.
Featured Opinion
Lawmakers invoke Christ but pass laws that punish, exclude, and silence. They should carry His cross — not wield it.
Featured Opinion
Despite all the evidence that it doesn't work, Alabama continues to choose cruelty and meanness as its primary corrections system.
Opinion
It's the specter of consequence, the looming presence of “be quiet or else” where the chilling effect is real.
Featured Opinion
Under the guise of reform, SB330 hands power over Birmingham’s water to white suburbs and silences ratepayer voices.
Education
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has taken a step further toward sustainability by earning a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification for...
Economy
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries will be holding a state-wide series of listening sessions hosted by Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick...
Economy
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was in Limestone County Thursday, inside the city limits of Huntsville, for the groundbreaking of the new DaikyoNishikawa U.S. auto...
Infrastructure
The Alabama Department of Transportation experienced yet another setback on Wednesday for its controversial plan to build a bridge of the Mobile River and...
National
Wednesday Trump National Finance Committee member Perry Hooper Jr. praised State Representative Tommy Hanes (R-Bryant) for his resolution urging that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D)...
National
Thursday, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Office of Oral Health, is offering public water systems the opportunity to compete for fluoridation grants...
Legislature
Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, on Wednesday said he welcomes Gov. Kay Ivey’s called meeting of the group that will have to approve...
Featured Opinion
The Mobile toll bridge is dying. You can feel that things have turned. The opposition has become too organized, indicating that there’s a powerful...
Education
Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed two new members to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, it was announced Wednesday. Stanley Nelson of Anniston and...
