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- Elections
Alabama attorney general candidates release December campaign finance reports
Andrew Sorrell gives up secretary of state bid to run for reelection as auditor
Alabama GOP voters focus on costs as 2026 primary remains unsettled
Democratic candidates to unite in Montgomery today
Sheriff Matt Gentry qualifies for Public Service Commission race
- Governor
Gov. Ivey announces $43.8 million in low-income heating and cooling grants
Gov. Ivey establishes Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Gov. Ivey orders Space Force flags to be flown across the state in weeklong “show of support”
Rep. Sewell celebrates unveiling of Space Command Headquarters sign in Huntsville
Gov. Ivey signs executive order to continue strong recruiting for National Guard
- Legislature
ACLU of Alabama sets 2026 legislative priorities
Rep. Terri Collins announces retirement from Alabama House
Prefiled bill details new eviction notice, grants immunity
Alabama lawmaker proposes English-only driver’s license exams
Bill would bar governments from using “West Bank” as term for Israel region
- Economy
Alabama home sales stable, prices surge in November report
Gov. Ivey welcomes $10.5M Bad Boy Mowers Tractor Plant, 50 jobs headed to Monroeville
Trump announces $12 billion in farm aid as Alabama farmers brace for 2026 season
Governor encourages Alabama businesses to compete in 2026 Small Business Week awards
Alabama Power outlines plan to hold electric rates steady through 2027
- National
Rep. Terri Sewell joins Jan. 6 anniversary panel, reflecting on day of attack
Alabama reacts to Trump’s surprise assault on Venezuela
Rep. Sewell accepting applications for spring 2026 internships
Sen. Britt discusses federal healthcare policy, criticisms of ICE
Sen. Britt celebrates passage of record $901 billion defense spending bill
- Education
State education committee takes aim at reducing classroom paperwork
Sen. Allen establishes Charlie Kirk Memorial Endowed Scholarship
ACHE approves $2.7 billion college budget requests, new programs
Gov. Ivey introduces a CHOOSE Act family: the Moseleys
TROY offers new pathway to nursing careers with Accelerated Master of Science in Nursing track
- Health
Gov. Ivey announces Alabama secured more than $203M for Rural Health Transformation Program
UAB study finds oral semaglutide effective for weight loss
Alabama delegation split over Affordable Care Act subsidy extension
Alabama Cannabis Coalition criticizes delays, limited licensing for medical cannabis
Opinion | Pharmacy Benefit Managers reap benefits, we pay the cost. It’s time to act
- Opinion
Opinion | Want a government that works? Stop giving away your vote
Opinion | How my wife saved my life, and faith renewed my outlook
Opinion | Operation Oily Epstein in Venezuela seems very, very familiar
Opinion | What conservatism once meant—and what has replaced it today
Opinion | Radical common sense
Elections
A new poll found 80 percent of likely GOP voters consider cost-of-living pressures as the top issue, driving concern over groceries, insurance and healthcare.
Legislature
The organization is defending voting rights and the First Amendment while calling for criminal legal reform and reproductive justice.
Elections
December finance reports show Mitchell outraised rivals, Robertson led PAC donations and Casey raised comparatively little in the Alabama attorney general race.
Featured Opinion
If you want a government that actually listens to you, stop voting for party over people. Make lawmakers actually earn your vote.
Congress
Congresswoman Terri Sewell discussed being trapped in the House gallery, recalling how she wept for democracy and described the riot as an attempted coup.
News
The 1966 slaying of Samuel Younge Jr. by a white man became a turning point for, Wendell Paris, who vowed to fight injustice forever.
Elections
Monday marked a major milestone in Alabama’s 2026 election cycle as qualifying opened for state and federal offices, drawing incumbents and challengers.
Elections
Jones raised more than $480,000 in December, and he raised more in a week than his Democratic rivals have raised in three months.
Legislature
First elected in 2010, the representative championed landmark legislation on abortion, education reform and school choice during 16 years in office.
Opinion
Maybe kidney failure was God’s way of showing me a different way to live and serve others.
Featured Opinion
Trump has gone around Congress to kidnap a foreign leader and take control of another country. We know how that ends.
Featured Opinion
Traditional conservatism valued restraint, character, and stable institutions. Today, a politics of conflict and resentment threatens the civic foundations of democracy.
Opinion
Published into a crisis of conscience among colonists, Paine’s "Common Sense" supplied the organizing principle for independence 250 years ago.
Featured Opinion
A look back at some of Trump's weirdest, most outlandish lies and fictional stories from the past year.
Elections
The Alabama Political Reporter has obtained a letter from the Democratic National Committee to Alabama Democratic Party Chair Nancy Worley giving her and the...
Elections
Four Republicans are already challenging Doug Jones for his Senate seat. Now he may be facing a Democratic challenger as well. On Tuesday, embattled...
Education
Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representative passed legislation that would allow the state school superintendent at the request of a local superintendent to issue...
Elections
For decades, the portraits of Alabama Govs. Lurleen Wallace and George Wallace hung in the Capitol rotunda. During the eventful second term of former...
Featured Opinion
Our Senior U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby, turns 85 this week. In March he reached another milestone – he surpassed Senator John Sparkman as the...
Opinion
A vote is and should be treated as a sacred right of every eligible American. The 26th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Section One...
Elections
State Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, announced Monday his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. Mooney is running for the...
Featured Opinion
What’s happening in Alabama’s prisons is not OK. It’s not what anyone — including criminals — deserves. It’s not a deterrent to crime. It’s...
Elections
Nancy Worley was re-elected as Alabama Democratic Party Chair Woman last summer, defeating a challenge by longtime party insider, attorney Peck Fox. Normally, that would have...