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- Elections
Ron Sparks is ready to go back to work for Alabama
Trump backs Alabama GOP chair for lieutenant governor’s race
Ken McFeeters qualifies to run for governor of Alabama as Republican
Opinion | Reducing nuisance calls by protecting your voter information
TRUK PAC endorses Derek Chen for Alabama State Auditor
- Governor
Alabama gets $3.8 million grant to boost early childhood education
Gov. Ivey awards grants to eight organizations that assist child abuse victims
Gov. Ivey announces more Rebuild Alabama projects
Governor expands Alabama school choice with federal tax credits
Governor launches statewide flood notification system after Texas tragedy
- Legislature
House passes bill requiring App Store age verification
Alabama Senate unanimously advances measures on boards, licensing measures
Alabama House approves bill addressing school bus driver shortage
Alabama House passes App Store Accountability Act
Lawmakers claim citizen concerns over ICE bill are fear-mongering
- Economy
Alabama achieves record $14.6 billion in economic development investment
Alabama home sales drop 3 percent in December amid seasonal trends
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to 2.7 percent in November
Alabama home sales stable, prices surge in November report
Gov. Ivey welcomes $10.5M Bad Boy Mowers Tractor Plant, 50 jobs headed to Monroeville
- National
- Education
Troy University’s annual Geo Day set for March 12
House Education Policy Committee passes bill to limit screen time in early childhood education
Alabama gets $3.8 million grant to boost early childhood education
Gov. Ivey pushes for more veterans to teach in Alabama classrooms
Governor expands Alabama school choice with federal tax credits
- Health
Opinion | A healthy workforce keeps rural Alabama working
Opinion | Alabama small businesses want choice in health care
Alabama Senate committee advances prostate cancer screening legislation
New national report shows opioid prescriptions continue to fall in Alabama
Board of Medical Examiners accepting applications for Medical Cannabis Certification Permits
- Opinion
Opinion | Missing reality in pursuit of pandering immigration legislation
Opinion | Alabama must empower parents, not strip them of their rights
Opinion | AI is a tool, not a solution
Opinion | Real change in Montgomery starts with us
Opinion | What Tuberville misunderstands about competition illustrates the fundamental flaw in the school choice argument
News
Writing a 1961 editorial supporting the Freedom Riders earned a student journalist a Klan cross burning and threats of expulsion.
Legislature
Alabamians may soon have to verify their age to download apps under a bill passed unanimously by House lawmakers Thursday.
Elections
Ron Sparks was one of Alabama's most well liked officials and one of its most effective. He'd like to be again.
Featured Opinion
HB13, a pandering immigration enforcement bill, is a poorly written, poorly intended piece of legislation that attacks some of the country's most basic rights.
State
Elected officials from Alabama's biggest cities to tiniest towns came together for ALM Advocacy Day on Thursday in Montgomery.
Elections
Republican candidate Ken McFeeters qualified for governor, launching a campaign centered on eliminating property taxes and combating federal surveillance in Alabama.
Opinion
Alabama has a chance to take a step in the right direction and protect kids online.
Opinion
Alabama’s health care system is strained in ways no algorithm can fix.
Elections
Any effort we can make to decrease the accessibility of our phone numbers to nuisance callers should be welcomed.
Opinion
The truth is, if we want something different, we have to vote for it.
Opinion
Senator Tuberville's words speak for themselves, and voters will have to decide if they want to hear more of this from their future governor.
Opinion
The Department of Workforce is proving daily that it is an example of what successful collaboration looks like.
Featured Opinion
Sometimes, a good idea is just a good idea, no matter who proposes it.
Featured Opinion
How the state auditor’s consulting firm, PAC finances, disclosure failures, and dissolution expose loopholes rewarding legal compliance while undermining trust.
Education
The education of police officers’ kids isn’t worth any extra effort. Same for the kids of nurses and firefighters. Ditto for the kids of...
News
The death of a man serving in the Easterling Correctional Facility in Barbour County on Sunday is being investigated as a possible suicide. Marquell...
News
The Alabama Department of Corrections on Tuesday raided the Easterling Correctional Facility in Barbour County to collect contraband. More than 200 officials from ADOC,...
National
Organizations in Alabama and Oregon have asked a federal judge to let them join in the legal fight over the ratification of the Equal...
Legislature
Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to raise the age that an Alabamian can marry without their parents’ consent from age 16 to...
National
Tuesday, the Trump Administration asked the Congress for an additional $2.5 billion for planning for a possible coronavirus outbreak in the United States. U.S....
News
Saturday, the Alabama Republican Party held its annual Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee meeting. Over 450 Republican Executive Committee members, Republican elected officials...
News
Tuesday, Manufacture Alabama announced that the Manufacture Alabama board of directors have elected Carl Gunter as the new board chair. Gunter is the mill...
National
Tuesday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) and 43 other U.S. Senators voted against The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would prohibit abortion after...