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Last week in Gov. Kay Ivey’s inaugural address, she said, “the status of our corrections system is an Alabama problem that must be solved...
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- Elections
Candidate speaks after stalker guilty plea, says courage will guide campaign
Allbright wins Alabama House District 11 special election
Alabama Senate candidates pledge their support for congressional term limits
Secretary of State: Absentee ballot “harvesting is not being tolerated in Alabama”
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt endorses Rep. Rhett Marques in District 1 race
- Governor
Sen. Britt announces the 2026 Senate Youth Program application opening
Gov. Ivey appoints John Young as chairman of the Marshall County Commission
Gov. Ivey urges students to “be bold” in back-to-school video message
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Gov. Ivey announces second round of 2025 Rebuild Alabama infrastructure grants
- Legislature
Lawmakers officially pre-file “Child Predator Death Penalty Act” in Alabama Legislature
Rep. James Lomax appointed to House Rules Committee
Stubbs named vice chair of House County and Municipal Government Committee
Lawmakers warned of rising Alabama SNAP costs at budget hearing
State Rep. Chip Brown pre-files legislation to bolster commercial seafood industry
- Economy
Department of Workforce names Workforce Pathways Division chief
Wellborn fights foreign trade abuses to protect U.S. cabinet industry, jobs
North Alabama Area Labor Council encourages Huntsville auto workers to unionize
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report reveals increased home sales
- National
Steve Marshall urges SCOTUS to hear student gender identity case
Sen. Britt signs letter calling for ban on Chinese seafood imports
Federal judge: Montgomery state Senate district violates Voting Rights Act
Rep. Sewell highlights rising grocery prices in new social media video
Rep. Sewell to host live Telephone Town Hall on Thursday
- Education
Dolly Parton Imagination Library expands to Alabama foster kids
PARCA: Alabama high-poverty districts show gains in third-grade reading
Opinion | The answer to our public schools issues is sitting right there
Summer reading gains highlight the Literacy Act’s impact on students
Secretary of State Wes Allen delivers commencement address at Troy University
- Health
Veterans Resource Center Board talks operational plans at inaugural meeting
Alabama Department of Public Health confirms case of measles
Opinion | New blood tests that detect cancer at early stages could save countless lives
Tuberville convenes veteran mental health hearing on alternative therapies
Senate hearing in Alabama explores new therapies to combat PTSD, veteran suicide crisis
- Opinion
Opinion | Maybe the Alabama Democratic Party could try something new
Opinion | We could stop school shootings, but some are standing in the way.
Opinion | The 2026 attorney general, ag commissioner races will be good ones
Opinion | Congress abdicates, executive swells: Democracy teeters on the edge of collapse
Opinion | Hoover is attempting a new medical development with a very weird lease
Featured Opinion
ADP owes it to the people working hard to move the party forward to do the right thing and be better.
State
The state’s new sales tax exemption on menstrual and maternity products, as well as baby essentials, will take effect on September 1.
Courts
New DNA evidence implicated another man, leading a federal judge to order a new trial for the inmate after three decades on death row.
Health
Members of the Alabama Veterans Resource Center Board discussed plans to improve support programs for veterans at their inaugural meeting.
Courts
Nine men, including a former state trooper, were sentenced in a large-scale operation that transported cocaine from Mexico into Alabama.
Party politics
News
The latest grocery tax reduction—the second in three years—will make it easier for every Alabamian to make ends meet, especially with high food prices.
Legislature
Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter appointed Rep. James Lomax, a freshman lawmaker, to a powerful committee.
News
Owners will be available for one-on-one conversations with anyone interested in learning more about EVs.
Featured Opinion
Two of our major constitutional statewide offices are up for election in next year’s May 2026 GOP primary.
Featured Opinion
The Framers warned against unchecked power. Today Congress cowers, Alabama suffers and liberty erodes as executive authority grows unchecked.
Featured Opinion
Hoover officials entered into a very odd lease to kick off its massive health care development.
Health
We know early detection means everything. A multi-cancer early detection test would be a game-changer.
Environment
The Earth Day Network has launched its 2019 campaign, “Protect Our Species.” Earth Day Network is the organization that leads Earth Day events worldwide. This...
Featured Opinion
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a mistake. While talking about poverty in Alabama, Ocasio-Cortez said “ringworm” instead of “hookworm,” and whooo boy, hahaha, isn’t she...
Economy
Nurses, truck drivers and retail workers are among the most highly sought-after employees in Alabama, a new report found. The study conducted by the...
National
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, will not allow President Trump to give the State of the Union speech in the U.S. House...
Opinion
Editor’s note: This piece is in response to a guest column published Wednesday. The Alabama Policy Institute has their propaganda machine working overtime trying to...
National
U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, has reintroduced a bill that reserves approximately $14 billion in assets seized by the U.S. government from the criminal...
Elections
State Auditor Jim Zeigler, a Republican, delivered the first official campaign speech in his run for U.S. Senate “We need a watchman against waste...
Featured Opinion
Here’s what’s substantially missing in most of the talk surrounding the young white teens from Northern Kentucky’s Covington Catholic High School accused of mocking...
Opinion
Barely three weeks into the New Year – a time that is supposed to be full of optimism for the future – Alabama has...
Municipal elections
