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- Elections
Secretary of state reminds Alabamians of absentee voting deadlines
Phillip Pettus announces re-election campaign for Alabama House of Representatives
Criminal Appeals Judge Beth Kellum announces re-election campaign
BCA’s ProgressPAC endorses Norman Crow in House District 63 special election
Alabama Retail PAC endorses Dustin Beaty in House District 13 special election
- Governor
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Gov. Ivey announces second round of 2025 Rebuild Alabama infrastructure grants
Gov. Ivey announces Vaquito, the work zone safety dog, as honorary ALEA trooper
Bo Offord to lead Alabama Medicaid as Stephanie Azar moves to SEIB
Gov. Ivey deploys search and rescue team to Texas
- Legislature
Alabama lawmakers renew push for death penalty in child rape cases
House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels is recovering—and searching for answers
Sen. Sam Givhan endorses execution in child sex abuse cases, firing squads
Bill limiting youthful offender status for murder refiled for 2026 session
State lawmakers will try again to require national anthem weekly in public schools
- Economy
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report reveals increased home sales
Alabama climbs to 19th in CNBC business rankings, workforce sees big gains
Ivey celebrates “Made in the USA” Day with praise for Alabama manufacturers
NFIB: 36 percent of small businesses report unfilled jobs in June survey
- National
Sen. Tuberville proposes bill to ban students from select countries from studying in US
GUMBO leads Baldwin County mayors to D.C. for talks with Britt, Tuberville
U.S. Senate commemorates 65th anniversary of Marshall Space Flight Center
Alabama AG seeks crackdown on abortion shield law protections
Sen. Britt introduces bill to remove restrictions on manufactured housing
- Education
Secretary of State Wes Allen delivers commencement address at Troy University
Alabama AG backs South Carolina in race, sex education lawsuit
Montgomery teacher heads to D.C. for C-SPAN’s Educators’ Conference
Alabama federal lawmakers respond to partial release of frozen education funds
APLS seeks to deem books promoting “gender ideology” as inappropriate for kids
- Health
Alabama among top states for attracting out-of-state physicians through interstate compact
Bill reintroduced to enhance religious exemptions for vaccinations, mask-use
Prefiled bill would overhaul Alabama’s new hemp regulation law
Medicaid cuts could exacerbate healthcare disparities in Alabama’s Black Belt
The Renewal Project announces statewide launch
- Opinion
Featured Opinion
History warns us that republics crumble when ambition outpaces virtue. But hope remains in those who choose service over self.
News
The Georgia-based PAC was charged with failing both to register as an independent committee and to report dozens of expenditures.
Legislature
The legislation will be reintroduced during the 2026 Legislative Session.
Legislature
After a surprise diagnosis led to a kidney transplant, Anthony Daniels and his doctors are trying to get to the bottom of what happened...
Congress
Tuberville's proposed bill aims to restrict students from several nations, citing national security and educational access for Americans.
Opinion
Protecting Alabama’s energy security must remain top priority. The Senate hearing was a national warning.
Courts
Lawsuits describe Camp SAYLA as a “house of horrors” where children suffered brutal abuse, including being beaten and forced into a staff-created “bounty system.”
Local news
Homicides and overdose deaths have dropped significantly in Jefferson County in 2025 with progress in public safety and health efforts.
Opinion
We are asking President Trump to save America’s domestic cabinet industry and impose a 100 percent targeted tariff rate on all foreign cabinet imports.
Opinion
Every dollar spent removing barriers to non-opioid treatments returns exponentially more in avoided addiction treatment costs.
Opinion
The 2026 race will boil down to a two-man race between two current popular statewide constitutional office holders.
Featured Opinion
Dogs suffering through inhumane conditions, dying at alarming rates, victims of indifference and criminal acts? We would care a lot.
National
Tuesday, December 25 is Christmas. It is a state and federal holiday, so banks, schools, courthouses and other government buildings will be closed, as...
News
Preaching to the right, antiques to the left, gambling in the back. Decatur Police announced over the weekend that it had shut down an...
Economy
Christmas Eve saw stocks crater. This followed losses on most major indexes last week. With just a few business days left this year could...
National
Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, last week voted “Yes” on HR88, the combined Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and Taxpayer First...
Opinion
I was recently asked what my favorite Christmas tradition is and found that a surprisingly hard question to answer. It seems that nearly every...
Featured Opinion
When Gov. Kay Ivey took the helm as Alabama’s 54th Governor, she promised to steady the ship of state. Over the last 622 days,...
Legislature
President Donald J. Trump (R) wants to build a wall on the southern border to curb the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. Democrats...
National
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly has approved legislation led by Senator Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to require the review,...
National
President Donald Trump signed the Farm Bill into law. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which sets agriculture policy for the next five years....
