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- Elections
Sen. Bernie Moreno endorses Barry Moore in Alabama Senate race
Associated General Contractors endorses Caroleene Dobson, Derek Chen
Builders and Contractors endorse Katherine Robertson for Attorney General
Farmers Federation endorses Rep. Phillip Rigsby for HD25
Doug Jones to launch 2026 gubernatorial campaign Friday with Birmingham kickoff rally
- Governor
Gov. Ivey wins inaugural Capital Legacy Impact Award
Governor Ivey lights Alabama Capitol Christmas tree Friday
Governor visits ALDOT workers as Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony is set
Ivey celebrates early literacy milestone in collaboration with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Governor proclaims Nov. 29 Small Business Saturday in Alabama
- Legislature
Sen. Chris Elliott brings back Archives takeover bill
Online sales tax lawsuit pits Alabama’s biggest cities against counties, some lawmakers
Rep. Marcus Paramore appointed to House Ways and Means Education Committee
House speaker appoints Rep. Chad Robertson to Judiciary Committee
Bill would create process to mark “invisible disabilities” on ID cards
- Economy
Gov. Ivey welcomes $10.5M Bad Boy Mowers Tractor Plant, 50 jobs headed to Monroeville
Trump announces $12 billion in farm aid as Alabama farmers brace for 2026 season
Governor encourages Alabama businesses to compete in 2026 Small Business Week awards
Alabama Power outlines plan to hold electric rates steady through 2027
Alabama home sales decline in October, market remains healthy
- National
US Supreme Court hears Alabama’s appeal of death penalty stay
Rep. Sewell votes for NDAA, military pay raise and HBCU funds
Rep. Sewell applauds committee passage of AGOA reauthorization
Sens. Britt and Tuberville sign onto “Back the Blue Act”
Sen. Britt calls for the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
- Education
TROY offers new pathway to nursing careers with Accelerated Master of Science in Nursing track
UA defends magazine closures as free speech group weighs further involvement
University of Alabama System announces 2026 class of Capitol Scholars
Free speech, media rights groups decry University of Alabama magazine closures
Bloomberg backs HBCU-charter schools in Alabama with $20 million investment
- Health
Opinion | Pharmacy Benefit Managers reap benefits, we pay the cost. It’s time to act
Alabama faith leaders urge Congress to extend ACA tax credits
Alabama coalition takes aim at racial, economic disparities in maternal health
The “all politics” healthcare project in Hoover that’s rewriting state regulations
Sen. Britt joins bill to require medical residents opt in to abortion training
- Opinion
Opinion | Medical cannabis could soon find its way to Alabama patients
Opinion | Alabama’s death machinery is now driven by politics, not justice
Opinion | The disciplined citizen is disappearing—and the republic is disappearing with them
Opinion | Our open US Senate seat contest will be our marque 2026 race
Opinion | The broken healthcare system we’re too brainwashed to fix
Featured Opinion
Alabama’s attorney general pushes extreme execution methods and narrow legal arguments, testing constitutional limits and abandoning the restraint our founders expected.
Legislature
The bill, which nearly passed last year, would give politicians greater control over the Department of Archives and History.
Featured Opinion
Medical cannabis is about to start flowing to Alabama patients, because the AMCC finally decided to follow the law.
Education
The free speech organization strongly condemned the University of Alabama's decision, arguing the closures violated the First Amendment and editorial independence.
Education
Troy University launched an Accelerated MSN track, expanding access for those with non-nursing degrees to meet Alabama’s healthcare needs.
Courts
Ivey officially appointed Ronald Smith to the 23rd Judicial Circuit, praising his two decades of prosecutorial and general legal practice experience.
Governor
The Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce honored Ivey for her decade of leadership and impact on the state of Alabama.
Courts
Justices debated whether states must consider an individual's highest IQ score as the sole metric for determining intellectual disability and death penalty eligibility.
Featured Opinion
A free society depends on citizens who can govern their passions. America’s crisis reflects a deeper loss of the virtues self-government demands.
State
The data reveals persistent poverty and deep racial income gaps.
Opinion
The deciding factor in this race, as it is in every open U.S. Senate race, is money.
Featured Opinion
We all know the American healthcare system is broken and about to get worse. Why do so many fight to keep from changing it?
Opinion
A flawed COVID-19 rental assistance program, approved by Dale Strong, left thousands of Madison County residents, including the elderly, without aid.
Featured Opinion
Public fatigue, moral awakening, and economic pressures are creating a rare opening for more stable, principled leadership in Alabama and the nation.
Featured Opinion
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers A few weeks ago former Alabama Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper Sr. died at his home in Montgomery...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 24, 2016 U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R from Montrose) spoke out in support of efforts to...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 24 Republican voters in Washington state went to the polls and gave Donald Trump 27 more...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Former “Top Cop” Spencer Collier is suing Governor Robert Bentley, Stan Stabler (Collier’s replacement), and others in a...
News
By Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Voice of Alabama Politics will begin broadcasting daily special reports from Speaker Mike Hubbard’s trial starting...
Opinion
By Rep. Darrio Melton As a member of the clergy, “practice what you preach” has a very literal meaning in my life. When I...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter By Monday, May 23, almost every news outlet in the state had reported that the Alabama Department of...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, May 23, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose)...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The investigation into Governor Robert Bentley has taken a new turn, with the recusal of US Attorney for...