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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey highlights National Teacher of the Year nominee Katie Collins
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
- Legislature
House committee debates school prayer amendment, holds bill
Health committee votes against ER doctor staffing transparency effort
House committee passes bill to grant ADPH oversight of food services conditions within Alabama prisons
Senate committee advances bill to require national anthem weekly in public schools
Alabama Senate leader says PSC appointment bill lacks votes
- 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. Sewell slams Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address
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.
- Education
Gov. Ivey highlights National Teacher of the Year nominee Katie Collins
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
- Health
Health committee votes against ER doctor staffing transparency effort
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
- Opinion
Opinion | When campaign finance is self-policed, transparency matters
Opinion | We must pass House Bill 347
Opinion | Powering tomorrow: How Alabama can lead the digital age
Opinion | The prison oversight bill is good, no matter how it came about
Opinion | Defending the Alabama GOP’s ballot access rules
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
The House Education Policy Committee delayed the proposed constitutional amendment on school prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance after lawmakers raised funding and implementation...
Featured Opinion
Alabama’s ethics laws rely heavily on disclosure and public trust. When reports leave key questions unanswered, voters are left to interpret the record themselves.
Health
Committee members cited projected financial burdens when voting against legislation to require that hospitals publicize their ER physician availability.
Party politics
Cooke cited family health issues and endorsed Representative Scott Stadthagen for ALGOP chairman.
Opinion
Alabamians should be at the forefront of writing our nation’s next chapter.
Education
Governor Kay Ivey praised National Teacher of the Year finalist Katie Collins on Wednesday while touting state efforts to increase educator pay.
Legislature
State Senator Garlan Gudger said a proposal to shift the Public Service Commission to an appointed body lacked sufficient public support.
Legislature
House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter appointed Representative Jeff Sorrells to lead the House Committee on Health, filling the vacancy left by Majority Leader Paul Lee.
Legislature
If the bill passes the Senate, the body of water would become known as the Gulf of America.
Opinion
The Alabama Republican Party does not exist to serve individual ambitions. It exists to serve Republican voters and to advance conservative principles.
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.
Opinion
Our responsibility as lawmakers is straightforward: when a law guarantees care, patients should be able to receive it.
Opinion
Senator Katie Britt protected Alabama jobs and medical research by securing critical funding to keep the nation competitive in biomedical innovation.
Governor
Gov. Kay Ivey successfully completed her first treatments for an isolated cancerous malignancy in her lung on Friday, Sept. 20 at UAB Medical Center....
National
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center over the progressive watchdog group’s labeling of a Christian ministry...
National
Alabama Republicans defended Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the New York Times published accusations of sexual misconduct. Republicans say the media failing to...
Aerospace and Defense
Wednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) questioned NASA experts on their starkly different views on how to best return to the Moon during a House...
Infrastructure
Friday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, announced that five local airports across the state of Alabama will receive $2.63 million in Federal Aviation Administration...
Elections
State Representative and candidate for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Matt Fridy spoke to attendees of the Etowah County Republican Breakfast about his...
News
So much of what we read every day is wrong and even dangerous. Russian social media manipulation has been well documented, but in Alabama,...
Education
Three years ago, a former governor, a powerful association head, a lawmaker and a lobbyist organized a plan to take over Alabama’s education system...
Governor
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday she has cancer and will have an outpatient procedure performed at the University of Alabama medical center in...