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- Elections
Gov. Ivey calls special primary election for Alabama-drawn State Senate map
Registrars stand ready for redistricting in event of Supreme Court reversal
Records contradict CD-5 candidate’s claim she voted in 2024
Wahl campaign reports $500K fundraising surge after first-place finish
Governor extends candidate certification deadline as Alabama awaits word from SCOTUS
- Governor
Gov. Ivey releases Memorial Day message honoring America’s fallen service members
Alabama opens veterans service office at National Guard headquarters
Six companies honored at Governor’s Trade Excellence Awards
Gov. Ivey launches annual summer reading challenge for Alabama students
Gov. Ivey awards grants to combat crimes, assist victims
- Legislature
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
ACLU vows to take Alabama to court over special session bills
Terri Sewell condemns Alabama redistricting election law
- Economy
April sees job listing increase, nursing, customer service positions as top roles
Gov. Ivey encourages Alabama small businesses to enter Patriot Pitch Competition
April unemployment rises slightly, manufacturing wages hit record high
Alabama housing market sees sales growth in April
Virginia Transformer plans Muscle Shoals plant with 1,100 jobs
- National
Rep. Strong secures $2.5 million for Huntsville Hospital emergency generators
Governor extends candidate certification deadline as Alabama awaits word from SCOTUS
Alabama AG asks Supreme Court to stay redistricting ruling
Federal court denies injunction request in UA student magazine closure suit
GOP leaders blast court blockage of GOP-favored Congressional map
- Education
Opinion | Recognizing educators during Teacher Appreciation Month
Federal court denies injunction request in UA student magazine closure suit
Commission discusses expanding Alabama’s after-school programs
Gov. Ivey launches annual summer reading challenge for Alabama students
Alabama college and career readiness rate jumps to 90.7 percent
- Health
Alabama expands certified behavioral health clinics model into new regions
Rep. Strong secures $2.5 million for Huntsville Hospital emergency generators
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners issues warning against use of “research-grade” peptides
Nonprofit raises awareness about abortion pill access with Alabama billboard truck campaign
Katie Britt endorses new HHS site offering pro-life resources for mothers
- Opinion
Courts
The August 11 vote will follow an appeals court ruling that allowed the 2021 map for Senate Districts 25 and 26.
Elections
With voter records set to lock June 2, registrars said they could quickly shift voters despite federal judges’ logistical concerns.
Elections
The discrepancy surfaced as the congressional hopeful sought to clarify questions about her biography, residency and campaign activity before a June runoff.
Courts
The 29-page brief states that “the district court failed to properly account for Alabama’s partisan motives” behind redistricting.
Health
Alabama is expanding its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic program into four additional counties through two new providers.
This Matters with Bill Britt
A politics built only on opposition eventually loses purpose, replacing leadership, vision and belief with outrage and endless conflict.
Courts
Election officials faced shrinking windows to certify candidates and reassign voters as Alabama pressed to use its disputed congressional map.
Featured Opinion
It's probably too late for sane Republicans to survive at this point. Cowardice killed them.
Courts
Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to use a 2023 congressional map blocked for diluting Black voting strength.
Courts
While the suit is still ongoing, the decision will allow the magazines to remain closed, drawing sharp condemnation from a student press defense organization.
Opinion
There was a time when people understood grief more intimately than we do now.
Courts
After another federal court rebuke, Alabama wants to use a congressional map judges found tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.
Opinion
Our vision is to serve, and one of the ways we live that out is our Give Back to Schools initiative.
Elections
Jamel Brown wasn't a serious candidate, but he also wasn't the candidate blocking thousands from healthcare, slashing hunger programs or cutting public school funding.
Featured Opinion
Thank you, Alabama Republicans. For folks like me, a progressive living in this regressive state, the uphill climb towards electing a good number of...
News
A piece of legislation that would have implemented a method to track racial profiling data in police stops didn’t make it out of this...
News
On Thursday Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon blamed the Senate for the failure of a controversial piece of legislation that would have forced...
News
The leadership's prediction that lawmakers would be home before Easter Sunday was accurate
News
Following the adjournment of the 2018 regular legislative session, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, said that he would grade the session a...
News
Thursday, both Houses of the Alabama Legislature concluded their work and ended the 2018 legislative session. A number of bills were killed from lack...
Opinion
The Legislative Session has come to an end, but legislators won’t be the ones making the most important decision our government will make this...
Opinion
This week, the reports of students taking to the streets to demand Congress enact gun-control legislation dominated the news. While some people argue about...
Featured Opinion
The angriest I ever was as an editorial writer while at The Birmingham News was because of Milton McGregor. I wrote opinion for The...