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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey celebrates Birmingham students for academic growth in turnaround schools
Gov. Ivey authorizes bonds to support Jackson Hospital in Montgomery
Gov. Ivey proclaims Public Schools Week, celebrates gains by students
Gov. Ivey announces 31 appointments, including judgeships and Lauderdale DA
Gov. Ivey attends Alabama Veterans Resource Center grand opening
- Legislature
House passes bill criminalizing disruption of worship services
Senate approves bill to create central office for professional licensing boards
Committee OKs bill to allow ALEA takeover of understaffed police agencies
Alabama House passes bill for Second Amendment sales tax holiday
House Majority Leader Paul Lee appoints Rep. James Lomax to majority whip
- Economy
January 2026 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
House committee advances expansion to seafood labeling regulations
Alabama home sales, median prices soar in 2025 report
German chain manufacturer to invest $34M into new Auburn operation
Alabama achieves record $14.6 billion in economic development investment
- National
Rep. Aderholt to host Passport Fair in Florence
Alabama Sens. Britt and Tuberville decry Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs
Southern Research secures $2 million for scientific expansion projects
Alabama leaders remember civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Democrats call for investigation into IRS taxpayer data leak
- Education
Gov. Ivey celebrates Birmingham students for academic growth in turnaround schools
Troy University signs engineering partnership with Enterprise State Community College
Gov. Ivey proclaims Public Schools Week, celebrates gains by students
Opinion | Growing is the purpose: keeping education first in high school sports
Alabama State University to host Montgomery.AI summit in March
- Health
Gov. Ivey authorizes bonds to support Jackson Hospital in Montgomery
Alabama AG urges AMA to disavow hormonal treatments for trans minors
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
Alabama Rural Hospital Investment Program reaches $20M cap in just one month
Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
- Opinion
Opinion | The prison oversight bill is good, no matter how it came about
Opinion | Defending the Alabama GOP’s ballot access rules
Opinion | Alabama has a rare Senate seat opening this year
Opinion | Alabama women should not fight for reconstruction after cancer
Opinion | Sen. Britt stepped up to protect Alabama’s economy and Trump’s vision for America
Featured Opinion
No matter how it came to be sponsored by Republican Senator Larry Stutts, it is a good, necessary and consequential piece of legislation.
Legislature
State representatives voted Tuesday to make disrupting religious services a Class C felony after a high-profile protest interrupted a Minnesota church service.
Legislature
An Alabama Senate committee debated a bill Tuesday allowing the state to oversee major police departments if they fail to meet staffing requirements.
Legislature
State representatives voted Tuesday to waive state sales taxes on firearms and ammunition during a new annual holiday scheduled for late August.
Legislature
State senators passed a measure authorizing a central office to manage administrative tasks for Alabama’s occupational and professional licensing boards.
Legislature
House Majority Leader Paul Lee appointed Representative James Lomax as majority whip, while Representative Chip Brown remained vice chairman of the caucus.
Opinion
Five candidates entered the race for Alabama’s rare open U.S. Senate seat following Senator Tommy Tuberville’s decision to run for governor.
Education
Troy University and Enterprise State Community College signed an agreement Tuesday creating a pathway for students to earn bachelor's degrees in engineering.
Opinion
Our responsibility as lawmakers is straightforward: when a law guarantees care, patients should be able to receive it.
Legislature
HB481 would require restitution to victims be paid before court fines, fees and costs in Alabama criminal cases.
Opinion
Senator Katie Britt protected Alabama jobs and medical research by securing critical funding to keep the nation competitive in biomedical innovation.
Opinion
New legislation aims to eliminate Alabama’s status as a refuge for predators by extending civil statutes and creating a revival window.
Featured Opinion
Come along, let's go steal a vote. It's really quite easy. Let me show you how.
Opinion
We must force ourselves to look beyond slogans, stigmas and slurs, and instead seek those motivated by service.
Featured Opinion
Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday night, because he deserved to be impeached. Oh, I know that’s news to a lot of people in Alabama,...
Elections
Wednesday night, President Donald J. Trump (R) became the third President in American history to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats...
National
Throughout the year, various states have taken steps to become more inclusive and champion the rights of the LGBTQ community. However, Alabama has not...
National
Wednesday, former Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Sessions (R) said that “There has never been such an unjustified impeachment.” Sessions made the...
National
Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump (R). Not one Republican member of Congress voted for either Article...
National
On Wednesday, the Democratic majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump (R) on two Articles of Impeachment:...
National
Wednesday, Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) joined all of his Republican colleagues in the Alabama Congressional delegation and voted against the two articles of impeachment...
Opinion
A recent opinion column on solar energy in the Montgomery Advertiser leads with an analogy so full of holes that it resembles Swiss cheese. It claims...
Opinion
There is a great deal of effort going on in Montgomery to legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. So much effort, in...