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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 17, 2017, nineteen major party candidates qualified to run for the US Senate seat vacated by...
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- Elections
Analysis | Alabama GOP attorney general primary turns costly, bitter and unsettled
Alabama Realtors PAC announces 2026 House, Senate endorsements
Opinion | Very few open or contested state House races
Voting rights experts call for Congressional action at hearing hosted by Rep. Sewell
Opinion | Democratic debates have been an embarrassment. Doug Jones should keep avoiding them
- Governor
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
Gov. Kay Ivey is very popular, but will it transfer to her successor?
Gov. Ivey awards three grants to aid domestic violence victims, train law enforcement
- Legislature
- Economy
Alabama labor groups host Workers’ Week of Action kickoff
Opinion | Alabama takes a stand for small business fairness
Alabama spring home sales rise, but trail last year
Innovate Alabama launches $15M fund to retain, scale early-stage companies
Small business optimism falls as oil prices fuel uncertainty
- National
Voting rights experts call for Congressional action at hearing hosted by Rep. Sewell
Figures unveils rural bill package focused on health, land-grant universities
Sens. Britt, Fetterman discuss operations in Iran, social media regulations
Rep. Sewell to host shadow subcommittee hearing on voting rights
Strong secures postal audit, ZIP code review for North Alabama
- 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
Opinion | North Alabama deserves better than an $85 billion rail merger
Opinion | Very few open or contested state House races
Opinion | The fight now isn’t left vs. right. It’s forward vs. backward
Opinion | Democratic debates have been an embarrassment. Doug Jones should keep avoiding them
Opinion | Justice and politics cannot serve the same master
Elections
Millions have been spent and attacks are intensifying, but most Republican voters remain undecided. Will that leave an opening for a quieter candidate?
Courts
The filings argued federal officials misstated the group’s work with law enforcement and may have tainted both the indictment and the case.
Infrastructure
After hearing both praise and criticism of the proposed ordinance, council members elected to take more time to weigh the measure.
Local news
The money will back neighborhood groups offering mentoring, workforce help and family support to court-involved and high-risk Birmingham youth.
Opinion
The railroad system will take no mercy on our vulnerable farmers. When rates rise, they will have no choice but to absorb higher costs.
Elections
There will be a strong continuity of leadership in the House of Representatives between this quadrennium and the next.
Featured Opinion
In the United States, here in Alabama, and in places around the globe, a pattern is emerging. The future is being dragged backward.
Education
Interactive displays retrace Emmett Till’s killing and his mother’s activism that helped galvanize the modern civil rights movement.
News
Court filings and hospital bankruptcy records placed the Georgia hopeful at the center of separate legal and financial disputes in two states.
Prisons
A state audit found some compliance failures, missing records, weak controls and reporting lapses in Alabama Department of Corrections financial practices.
Elections
Doug Jones has declined to debate the other Democratic candidates for governor. It's the right decision. Because his absence is exactly the proper message.
Opinion
Lady Justice has long stood as the symbol of an ethical judicial system. But if she is not strong, politics will overwhelm her.
Featured Opinion
In the end, stability is something we must choose to maintain.
Opinion
In short, when workers do well, Alabama does well.
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter GOP master strategist Karl Rove reportedly warned Alabamians not to run against Luther Strange (R) for the Senate...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, businessman Jason E. Fisher announced that he will be running as a Democratic...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In April 2015, then Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey was admitted to a hospital in Colorado due to a...
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By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Over the course of 22 months, Alabama Medicaid doled out more than $3 million to purchase office and...
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Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A bill that would increase municipalities ability to annex unincorporated areas surrounded by incorporated areas drew some concern from...
Featured Opinion
By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter The good news, as reported by The Alabama Political Reporter’s Brandon Moseley Monday, is there are only four...
Featured Opinion
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter My mother was wrong. For years, she told me that professional wrestling was a waste of time –...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 16, 2017, it was announced that the controversial prison construction plan as well as Senate redistricting...
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Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate passed a bill that would require healthcare plans to cover Autism Spectrum Disorder treatments for people...