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- Elections
Alabama attorney general candidates release December campaign finance reports
Andrew Sorrell gives up secretary of state bid to run for reelection as auditor
Alabama GOP voters focus on costs as 2026 primary remains unsettled
Democratic candidates to unite in Montgomery today
Sheriff Matt Gentry qualifies for Public Service Commission race
- Governor
Gov. Ivey announces $43.8 million in low-income heating and cooling grants
Gov. Ivey establishes Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Gov. Ivey orders Space Force flags to be flown across the state in weeklong “show of support”
Rep. Sewell celebrates unveiling of Space Command Headquarters sign in Huntsville
Gov. Ivey signs executive order to continue strong recruiting for National Guard
- Legislature
ACLU of Alabama sets 2026 legislative priorities
Rep. Terri Collins announces retirement from Alabama House
Prefiled bill details new eviction notice, grants immunity
Alabama lawmaker proposes English-only driver’s license exams
Bill would bar governments from using “West Bank” as term for Israel region
- Economy
Alabama home sales stable, prices surge in November report
Gov. Ivey welcomes $10.5M Bad Boy Mowers Tractor Plant, 50 jobs headed to Monroeville
Trump announces $12 billion in farm aid as Alabama farmers brace for 2026 season
Governor encourages Alabama businesses to compete in 2026 Small Business Week awards
Alabama Power outlines plan to hold electric rates steady through 2027
- National
Rep. Terri Sewell joins Jan. 6 anniversary panel, reflecting on day of attack
Alabama reacts to Trump’s surprise assault on Venezuela
Rep. Sewell accepting applications for spring 2026 internships
Sen. Britt discusses federal healthcare policy, criticisms of ICE
Sen. Britt celebrates passage of record $901 billion defense spending bill
- Education
State education committee takes aim at reducing classroom paperwork
Sen. Allen establishes Charlie Kirk Memorial Endowed Scholarship
ACHE approves $2.7 billion college budget requests, new programs
Gov. Ivey introduces a CHOOSE Act family: the Moseleys
TROY offers new pathway to nursing careers with Accelerated Master of Science in Nursing track
- Health
Gov. Ivey announces Alabama secured more than $203M for Rural Health Transformation Program
UAB study finds oral semaglutide effective for weight loss
Alabama delegation split over Affordable Care Act subsidy extension
Alabama Cannabis Coalition criticizes delays, limited licensing for medical cannabis
Opinion | Pharmacy Benefit Managers reap benefits, we pay the cost. It’s time to act
- Opinion
Opinion | Want a government that works? Stop giving away your vote
Opinion | How my wife saved my life, and faith renewed my outlook
Opinion | Operation Oily Epstein in Venezuela seems very, very familiar
Opinion | What conservatism once meant—and what has replaced it today
Opinion | Radical common sense
Elections
A new poll found 80 percent of likely GOP voters consider cost-of-living pressures as the top issue, driving concern over groceries, insurance and healthcare.
Legislature
The organization is defending voting rights and the First Amendment while calling for criminal legal reform and reproductive justice.
Elections
December finance reports show Mitchell outraised rivals, Robertson led PAC donations and Casey raised comparatively little in the Alabama attorney general race.
Featured Opinion
If you want a government that actually listens to you, stop voting for party over people. Make lawmakers actually earn your vote.
Congress
Congresswoman Terri Sewell discussed being trapped in the House gallery, recalling how she wept for democracy and described the riot as an attempted coup.
News
The 1966 slaying of Samuel Younge Jr. by a white man became a turning point for, Wendell Paris, who vowed to fight injustice forever.
Elections
Monday marked a major milestone in Alabama’s 2026 election cycle as qualifying opened for state and federal offices, drawing incumbents and challengers.
Elections
Jones raised more than $480,000 in December, and he raised more in a week than his Democratic rivals have raised in three months.
Legislature
First elected in 2010, the representative championed landmark legislation on abortion, education reform and school choice during 16 years in office.
Opinion
Maybe kidney failure was God’s way of showing me a different way to live and serve others.
Featured Opinion
Trump has gone around Congress to kidnap a foreign leader and take control of another country. We know how that ends.
Featured Opinion
Traditional conservatism valued restraint, character, and stable institutions. Today, a politics of conflict and resentment threatens the civic foundations of democracy.
Opinion
Published into a crisis of conscience among colonists, Paine’s "Common Sense" supplied the organizing principle for independence 250 years ago.
Featured Opinion
A look back at some of Trump's weirdest, most outlandish lies and fictional stories from the past year.
Opinion
In an effort to focus attention on the opportunities in rural schools across the country, the Rural Schools Collaborative has launched its “I Am...
Environment
Organizers of an upcoming event in Birmingham hope those who attend – climate scientists, business and faith leaders, energy sector representatives and the public...
National
Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Selma, voted to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump (R) to the Senate. “Despite...
National
Thursday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) transmitted the articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump (R) to the U.S. Senate and...
National
Wednesday, Congressman Mike Rogers, R-Saks, slammed Democrats for their criticism of President Donald J. Trunp’s (R) decision to order the killing of Iranian Lt....
News
Alabama Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh have said that lawmakers will address state prisons in the...
Economy
Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield will attend today’s ceremonial signing of the Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China at the...
Featured Opinion
It is not news that Donald Trump has nominated partisan hacks to serve as federal judges — at pretty much every level. Hacks are...
Legislature
State Senator Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, has pre-filed a bill requiring that all Alabama public K-12 schools must play the Star-Spangled Banner at least once...