Health
Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their highest point since the pandemic began, according to revised data from the Alabama Department of Public Health. The...
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- Elections
- Governor
- Legislature
State retirees to get hit with another premium increase
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
- Economy
August home sales indicate traditional seasonal downturn has begun
Target Circle Deal Days returning October 6 and 7
Alabama remains without legal sports betting as NFL season begins
Labor-affiliated investment group sends letter to Mercedes requesting recommitment to company principles
Alabama Trucking Association releases song honoring drivers
- National
Britt calls for safeguards on automated license plate readers
Sewell opens service academy nominations for Alabama students
DeKalb County gets ARC grant for economic development upgrades
Marshall urges SCOTUS to uphold voter citizenship check, voter purge law
Milligan plaintiffs, counsel ask Supreme Court to dismiss state appeal
- Education
Sewell opens service academy nominations for Alabama students
Commission talks out-of-school education needs, career pathways
Alabama Libraries face new pressure over transgender book ban
Public charter commission OKs charter school merger, FY28 budget request
Governor approves Alabama’s first Workforce Pell program at Lawson State
- Health
Alabama overdose deaths fall 46 percent as opioid response expands
State cancer advocates push Congress for research funding, clinical trial reform
Alabama’s uninsured rate exposes Medicaid expansion gap
UAB selected to participate in the Pediatric Prevention Network, receive $10M in funding
Birmingham clinic faces scrutiny over delays in care for transgender patients
- Opinion
Elections
Voter engagement over bipartisan issues has sent incumbents and political elite scrambling. Please, don't stop now.
Opinion
On Procida, a monument warns that freedom is lost not only to tyrants but also to those who permit them.
Congress
Britt urged federal safeguards for automated license plate readers while highlighting their public safety benefits.
News
Officials said the facility will bolster hands-on training for responders preparing for mass casualty incidents and hazardous materials emergencies nationwide.
Congress
Eligible 7th District applicants have a November 18 deadline, with an information session planned Tuesday at Marion Military Institute.
Municipal elections
Courts
The 26-state brief backed Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship rules and challenged federal limits on removing names from voter rolls before elections.
Congress
They argued Alabama’s 2023 map was already set for 2026, leaving the state with no relief to seek.
News
The Huntsville-based nonprofit and its resident companies supported thousands of jobs as leaders eyed more growth across North Alabama and the Wiregrass.
Elections
At a Mobile town hall, Jones tied high diesel costs, veterans’ benefits and Gulf Coast livelihoods to constituent-driven solutions.
Elections
The business-backed group backed candidates in statewide and legislative races, citing retail’s role in local economies and policymaking.
Opinion
A pandemic-era habit of short-term thinking met buy now, pay later culture, leaving “future you” with the consequences.
Elections
A lot of politicians will show up for a ribbon cutting. Fewer will spend political capital on the unglamorous work.
Opinion
A looming SNAP cost shift could jeopardize food aid for 680,000 Alabamians unless Congress gives the state more time.
Featured Opinion
A politically sensitive survey, emergency reserves and undisclosed institutional ties demand more transparency than APT has provided.
Education
As municipalities and schools across the South grapple with monuments devoted to the Confederacy post-George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer,...
News
Editor’s note: Story updated at 4:05 p.m. to include NASCAR statement on ban of Confederate flags at NASCAR events and properties. NASCAR on Tuesday...
Health
The Association of County Commissions of Alabama on Wednesday released a statement applauding Gov. Kay Ivey’s emergency proclamation Tuesday, meant to address the transfer...
Health
Three additional Alabama prison workers have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total of active confirmed cases among staff to 75. The Alabama Department...
Featured Opinion
A bad charter school died in Alabama on Tuesday. For that, we should all cheer. For that, we should thank Betty Brackin and the...
News
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued another supplemental state of emergency proclamation Tuesday meant to address the issue of COVID-19 in Alabama’s prisons and curb...
Opinion
I am a white, past middle-aged woman who grew up in rural North Alabama. We farmed for a living, raising corn, cattle, hogs and...
Education
Alabama State University is the next Alabama university considering renaming buildings. “I have requested a review of the names on campus buildings for consideration...
Elections
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday announced that U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, was awarded both its Jefferson–Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship and the...