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Alabama Political Reporter
- 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.
Featured Opinion
It’s the bad ethics bill that just won’t die. For most of the 2018 Legislative session, HB317 — a bill that would implant a...
News
A House committee ended today with no votes, but the meeting could have great consequences for the full chamber that is expected to meet...
News
A bill that would create a new class of individuals dubbed “economic development professionals” and essentially exempt them from lobbying provisions in the state’s...
Featured Opinion
As the 2018 legislative sessions sprints towards the finish line, it is too early to count the winners and losers accurately. Perhaps it is...
News
A number of bills have been introduced into the Alabama Legislature to address the need for school security following the Marjory Stonemason Douglas High...
Elections
A bill that would place a referendum on November’s ballot to drastically redefine the role of the lieutenant governor and strip many of the...
News
Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center to renovate and expand. It would also allow...
National
Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, said that the tax cuts are not crumbs and that “million of Americans are now reaping the benefits...
Featured Opinion
When talk turns to politics in Alabama, it usually leads to the Governor’s race. In Alabama politics, the Governor’s office is the Brass Ring. It is...
