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- Elections
Poll: The 2027 Montgomery mayor’s race could be a tight one
Wess highlights Alabama’s rural healthcare crisis, criticizes Moore’s voting record
Alabama sample ballots now available for Nov. 3 General Election
Race rater narrows GOP edge in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
Everett Wess criticizes Trump beef import plan, backs Figures legislation
- Governor
Governor approves Alabama’s first Workforce Pell program at Lawson State
Gov. Ivey marks 25th anniversary of September 11
Gov. Ivey honors Alabama workers in Labor Day message
Governor sets execution date for man convicted of 1991 murders
Doug Jones urges cost-sharing delay to protect Alabama SNAP benefits
- Legislature
State retirees to get hit with another premium increase
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
- Economy
Union-backed investment group sends letter to Mercedes requesting recommitment to company principles
Alabama Trucking Association releases song honoring drivers
NFIB reports slight dip in small business optimism
Opinion | Republicans forgot about the working class and that was a mistake
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
- National
Rep. Sewell honors 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victims
Analysis | The Court stops Trump’s ballot-mail overhaul—for now
Alabama delegation backs North Alabama for US Space Academy
Sewell, Castor introduce bill to extend Medicare Part D premium program
Sen. Britt recognized as Federal Champion by the American Flood Coalition
- Education
Public charter commission OKs charter school merger, FY28 budget request
Governor approves Alabama’s first Workforce Pell program at Lawson State
ACHE Commission holds September 2026 meeting
Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Americans” coming to Atmore’s Strand Theater
September is College Savings Month in Alabama
- Health
UAB selected to participate in the Pediatric Prevention Network, receive $10M in funding
Birmingham clinic faces scrutiny over delays in care for transgender patients
Lakeland Community Hospital receives grant to expand rural healthcare access
Alabama board warns residents about online physician impersonation
Alabama mental health centers receive more than $8 million in rural health grants
- Opinion
Elections
A new poll shows an unexpectedly tight race for mayor in Alabama's capital city.
News
Governor Kay Ivey named Mobile businessman Ben Stimpson Jr. to lead the agency beginning October 1.
Economy
Union-backed investment group sends letter to Mercedes requesting recommitment to company principles
Mercedes has frequently faced criticism from pro-labor groups since the 2024 unionization campaign at its plant in Tuscaloosa County.
Congress
The representative's House remarks marked 63 years since the Klan attack and urged renewed commitment to civil rights protections.
News
The church says the center will carry the memory of four murdered girls into a new generation’s pursuit of justice.
Education
The merger joined Birmingham-area health care and Bessemer aviation schools under one board following concerns over one school meeting projected enrollment.
Courts
The justices stopped an untested national system from taking effect after states had already begun mailing ballots.
National
Trump’s executive order creates a commission to develop a NASA-led Space Academy and recommend its structure, curriculum and location-selection process.
Education
The 10-week lineworker course offered hands-on utility training and expanded Pell Grant access for students pursuing in-demand careers.
State
Hosp will succeed Rick Brown on January 1, 2027, as the group navigates leadership changes after decades of membership growth.
Featured Opinion
Fear can warn us of danger. Only courage, imagination and respect for human dignity can show us what to build.
Featured Opinion
Socialism really can be hard to define for some people. Don't worry, here's a helpful list.
Opinion
China’s revolutionary founder left a stark lesson: courts mean little when no independent law can restrain those who govern.
Elections
Mike Ball argues that political competition and spiritual humility are essential checks against the corrupting arrogance that accompanies unchecked power.
Economy
Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, as well as other members of the Senate Banking Committee, Mark Warner, D-Virginia, Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Mike Rounds, R-South...
News
Monday, Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, introduced an amendment intended to block a proposed pay increase for members of Congress. “I refuse to look the...
Legislature
The Alabama Legislature adjourned the 2019 annual Regular Session Sine Die on Friday, May 31 on the 28th day of the session. Gov. Kay...
Opinion
For most of the history of our country, it was widely accepted, as I firmly believe now, that life begins at conception — that...
Featured Opinion
After the closing of the 2019 Legislative Session, both House Speaker Mac McCutcheon and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh gave the session high...
National
Newly released emails show the dispute between The University of Alabama and Hugh Culverhouse Jr. began at least four days before Culverhouse called for...
Featured Opinion
Last year, the Alabama Charter School Commission gave approval to a Washington County charter school known as Woodland Prep. It gave that approval despite...
News
Hugh Culverhouse repeatedly insulted the dean of the University of Alabama Law School, took shots at the university president, demanded to personally approve the...
Legislature
The Alabama legislature has come and gone and the House of Representatives never took up either HB353 or SB129, the so-called “Protect Alabama Small...