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- Elections
- Governor
- Legislature
Report: One in six state bills makes it easier to arrest, convict and sentence
Bill banning “divisive concepts” expected to return in upcoming session
Legislators Ledbetter, Orr call for excess funds to go toward tax rebate
Sen. Randy Price, wife arrested for loose cattle
Alabama Democratic Party reaffirms support for removal of state grocery tax
- Economy
Expert tells Alabama wage gap task force how to strengthen Equal Pay Act
Online job ads in August up 34.6 percent from last year
Alabama’s August unemployment rate holds steady at 2.6 percent
Port of Mobile headed for busiest year on record
Ivey projects tourism to generate $24 billion in revenue by year’s end
- National
Sewell announces millions in workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Alabama men captured while fighting in Ukraine return home
Sewell to announce workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Rep. Sewell votes for major public safety legislation
Sewell, colleagues introduce bill to break down barriers to mental health services
- Education
Rep. Sewell to host first virtual grants workshop for scholarships, higher education
Alabama superintendent: “Don’t Say Gay” enforcement starts at local school boards
Alabama Commission on Higher Education addresses student loan forgiveness
Alabama Board of Education codifies “Don’t Say Gay” law
Board of Education moves toward changing graduation requirements
- Health
UAB doctor: New boosters important despite claims that “pandemic is over”
COVID positivity rate falls into single digits, hospitalizations decline
UAB extends asymptomatic testing program for public, private schools
Alabama’s COVID positivity rate, hospitalizations drop considerably
Companies begin requesting applications for medical marijuana licenses
- Opinion
Opinion | A warning to the Lee County bigot
Opinion | New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good
Opinion | The vilification and treatment of migrants is disgusting
Opinion | A long time ago in a state right now
Opinion | Orange Beach officials still fighting same “Bad Ass” fight 20 years on
Prisons
Incarcerated individuals are alleging that correctional staff in Alabama prisons have begun depriving them of sufficient meals.
Featured Opinion
Black people ain’t having it. And plenty of white folks aren’t either.
Courts
Speakers at the rally include Evan Milligan, executive director of Alabama Forward and lead plaintiff in the case.
Infrastructure
About 13 percent of the state doesn’t currently have access to the FCC definition of broadband.
Local news
The program's pilot phase will begin in October at six Birmingham schools.
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Prisons
The Elmore County facility is currently on enforced lockdown, with no yard time or purchases available in the prison store.
Courts
A former Clarke County sheriff pleaded guilty to using false information to secure a loan to pay for gambling debts.
Featured Opinion
Alabama’s tax system, overall, is among the most regressive tax systems in the nation.
Featured Opinion
It’s simply not the government’s place to dictate cultural morays and niceties.
Featured Opinion
In recent Twitter posts and radio interviews, Brooks suggested Donald Trump is dishonest and says Republicans are as bad as Democrats.
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He is spending his time chasing right-wing media hits by any means necessary.
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We continue to elect people based on nothing more than party affiliation, and the resulting stupidity is absolutely killing us.
News
Staff Report Established in 1992, the Alabama Forever Wild Trust Fund has been considered by many to be one the most successful and popular...
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Staff Report Despite fears of overcrowded jails and extended court sessions, Marshall County judges say they are seeing “virtually no effects” from Alabama’s new...
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Staff Report Jim McClendon knows it’s dangerous to text while driving. He’s done it himself. “Just about everybody’s done it, even if it’s something...
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Staff Report BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Birmingham needs to shut down its failing schools, fire bad teachers and principals and demand a world-class school district,...
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Staff Report Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded $684,300 in grant money to combat illegal drugs and drug-related crime in 10 counties, primarily in west...
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Staff Report The lack of drug analysis has impeded the clearing of cases by the Covington County grand jury, District Attorney Walt Merrell said....
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Staff Report WASHINGTON — In a major surprise on the politically charged new health care law, the Obama administration said Friday that it would...
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Staff Report The prevailing attitude among many Democrats is that Newt Gingrich 2012 is the best thing to come down the pike since –...
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December 2011 Op-Ed Column By Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey Henry Ford once said, “Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take...
