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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
House candidate, arson suspect hearing delayed until after primary election
Doug Jones to speak at community conversation in Birmingham
Alabama unions condemn post-ruling push to redraw voting maps
Analysis | Filing tests Alabama’s word—and the court’s authority
- Governor
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Gov. Ivey awards grants in support of sexual assault victims
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm retires
Gov. Ivey awards funding for programs assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault
Gov. Ivey awards funds to south Alabama organizations assisting victims
- Legislature
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
Pringle defends bill at hostile committee hearing
House candidate, arson suspect hearing delayed until after primary election
Lawmakers clash over redistricting, election timing in committee
Cory Booker joins Alabama Democrats at voting rights, redistricting town hall
- Economy
Alabama’s March unemployment rate holds steady at 2.7 percent
House passes 2026 Farm Bill, Alabama delegation splits along party lines
Mt. Moriah Farms wins Alabama rural small business honor
Alabama labor groups host Workers’ Week of Action kickoff
Opinion | Alabama takes a stand for small business fairness
- National
The Freedom Riders at 65
Cory Booker joins Alabama Democrats at voting rights, redistricting town hall
Sen. Britt signs onto extension of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Rep. Sewell announces mobile office hours for May
Rep. Sewell hosting rally at Alabama State House demanding fair representation for Black voters
- Education
Emmett Till exhibit opens at Civil Rights Memorial Center
Figures unveils rural bill package focused on health, land-grant universities
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Stillman announces Magic Johnson as 150th anniversary commencement speaker
Alabama recognized for pre-K quality for 20th year
- Health
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Free healthcare clinic served more than 465 patients in Montgomery
Opinion | Are we eating ourselves to death?
Judge lets Birmingham water utility end fluoridation
Alabama doctors urge safe drug disposal on Take Back Day
- Opinion
Special Session
Lawmakers and residents blasted a proposal that could revive court-rejected congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Courts
Marshall’s emergency filing could reshape Alabama elections while testing how far courts will go to redefine modern Voting Rights Act protections.
National
Riders endured beatings, jail and a firebombed bus in 1961, then forced federal action that helped dismantle segregation in interstate travel.
Featured Opinion
The death of racism has been greatly exaggerated.
Elections
Terrence Johnson's preliminary hearing on arson charges has now been delayed, at Johnson’s request, until after the May 19 Democratic primary.
Congress
Residents across Alabama’s 7th District could meet with congressional staff in May for help with Social Security, veterans’ benefits, passports and other federal services.
Elections
Federal courts do not operate on orders alone. They rely, in part, on the credibility of the parties before them.
Elections
The Supreme Court's recent opinion in a Louisiana voting case requires that states governed by racists at least try to mask their racism.
Elections
The request followed Governor Kay Ivey’s special-session call, raising fresh questions about Alabama’s compliance with a court-drawn congressional map.
Legislature
As lawmakers opened a special session on election maps, protesters rallied outside, denouncing a plan to revive court-blocked districts.
Opinion
I can think of nobody more divisive, or anyone who revels more in the heat of political fires, than Donald Trump.
Opinion
Born into relative privilege, Miles Davis still fought racism, addiction and convention as he repeatedly remade jazz on his own uncompromising terms.
Elections
This rush to cheat at voting in the wake of the Supreme Court decision further gutting the Voting Rights Act is so very depressing.
Elections
If you can’t punch in the easy ones, you’re not a playmaker. You’re a liability.
Environment
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Tuesday that they have added two additional days of red snapper fishing for private anglers....
Featured Opinion
One of the legendary figures in Alabama political lore is Col. Floyd Mann. Mann was public safety director for two governors. His lifetime friend,...
Featured Opinion
State Auditor Jim Zeigler is a bloviating prevaricator who has placed himself at the center of the fight to block the proposed I-10 toll...
National
An Alabama-based white supremacy group uses the same internet security company that recently severed ties with the online message board 8chan, which was the...
Featured Opinion
There are good people in Alabama. I know this to be true. I’ve lived here my entire life. I’ve seen the good people of...
Governor
Gov. Kay Ivey held a ceremonial bill signing on Monday morning at the State Capitol for 10 pieces of legislation approved during the 2019...
News
Voters in the city of Enterprise vote Tuesday in a referendum on whether or not to allow the Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages. Proponents...
Education
The University of Alabama at Birmingham received a $1.25 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation. The three-year grant is given to the...
Aerospace and Defense
Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, toured the 2019 Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville on Thursday. “It was great to meet with defense leaders...