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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Alabama Trucking Association endorses Dustin Beaty for House District 13
Caroleene Dobson announces campaign for secretary of state
Business Council endorses Tommy Tuberville for governor
Forestry Association endorses Tommy Tuberville for governor
Brilyn Hollyhand joins Wes Allen’s lieutenant governor campaign
- Governor
Opinion | Reappointing Gwathney would be a grave mistake for Alabama justice
Gov. Ivey praises results of Montgomery Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit
Gov. Ivey announces $23.2 million in SEEDS grants to boost Alabama’s economic growth
Gov. Ivey taps Grace Jeter as Covington County circuit judge
Gov. Ivey encourages summer reading for Alabama students
- Legislature
Prefiled bill would require ignition interlock devices for first-time DUI offenders
Hemp retailers sue Ivey, Marshall over law they call unconstitutional ban
Opinion | Alabama lawmakers picked winners and losers, and hundreds of hemp businesses lost everything
Selfless love: House minority leader, wife recovering following successful kidney transplant
Opinion | Texas governor vetoes hemp ban, Alabama chooses chaos and criminal charges
- Economy
Gov. Ivey announces $23.2 million in SEEDS grants to boost Alabama’s economic growth
SNAP cuts threaten 800,000 Alabamians as state faces $300 million burden
Alabama home sales dip slightly in April but outpace last year
Opinion | A cakewalk for lawmakers, a crackdown on workers, businesses
Poll: Trump voters back vape access, reject Biden rules, as Alabama ban sparks backlash
- National
Judge denies request to halt law making smokable hemp products illegal
Alabama officials praise Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship injunctions
Rep. Sewell to host 14th Annual Job Fair in Tuscaloosa
Muslim civil rights org condemns Tuberville for “anti-Islam” comments
Sen. Britt introduces golden dome legislation
- Education
Bill to bolster abstinence-only sex education reintroduced for 2026
Opinion | The CHOOSE Act puts parents in the driver’s seat
Opinion | Alabama education policy needs improvements
Opinion | Giving our young people a second chance
Gov. Ivey appointing Ami Brooks to lead Department of Early Childhood Education
- Health
Prefiled bill would overhaul Alabama’s new hemp regulation law
Medicaid cuts could exacerbate healthcare disparities in Alabama’s Black Belt
The Renewal Project announces statewide launch
EPA data shows 165M people exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ in U.S. drinking water
Alabama Medical Association thanks Trump for prioritizing doctor visa applications
- Opinion
Opinion | Reappointing Gwathney would be a grave mistake for Alabama justice
Opinion | Tuberville’s “inner city rats” comments reveal who’s really keeping our cities down
Opinion | Alabama needs leaders who lift us up, not tear others down
Opinion | The CHOOSE Act puts parents in the driver’s seat
Opinion | Tribal government gaming is about people, community and a better Alabama
Courts
It is now a felony to sell smokable hemp products in Alabama.
Courts
Alabama leaders praised a Supreme Court decision limiting nationwide injunctions and allowing partial enforcement of Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.
Featured Opinion
Gwathney’s leadership turned parole into a bureaucratic blockade. If Ivey wants to restore fairness, she must say no to six more years of dysfunction.
Legislature
A prefiled bill for the 2026 Legislative Session could make ignition interlock devices a requirement for first-time DUI offenders in Alabama.
Education
The proposed legislation aims to expand public sex education's emphasis on abstinence, requiring K-12 initiatives to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance.
June 29, 2025 - Texas Says No, Alabama Says Yes
Legislature
Four hemp companies claim the new law violates due process, criminalizes legal products, and threatens to destroy an industry under the guise of regulation.
Featured Opinion
Voters must reject the politics of cruelty and division in favor of those who lead with compassion, unity, and true public service.
News
State law enforcement seized marijuana and paraphernalia after a yearlong investigation, with more action anticipated as new hemp regulations began.
Education
The CHOOSE Act, Alabama’s education savings account program, is putting Alabama parents in the driver’s seat of their child’s education.
Opinion
While corporate gaming focuses primarily on shareholder profits and quarterly earnings reports, tribal gaming reinvests directly into communities and places people first.
Featured Opinion
The political winds change fast. Alabama voters have rewritten the script before—and they just might do it again.
Featured Opinion
A decade after marriage equality became the law of the land, LGBTQ+ rights—especially for trans Americans—are under renewed attack.
News
By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Recent court filing shows that three principals from the lobbying firm Swatek, Azbell, Howe and Ross (SAHR) were involved...
Opinion
By Larry Sims On February 21st, the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee elected a new leader. Terry Lathan from Mobile was elected state party...
Featured Opinion
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers March 11, 2015 The Common Core education topic is not only a hot political issue in Alabama, it...
Opinion
By Terri Michal While reading both charter bills, SB 45 and HB 192, I realized that for those Alabamians that are paying attention there...
News
By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford It amazes me to think how far we’ve come over the last 50 years, and yet how far...
News
By Rep. Darrio Melton SELMA, Ala.–Representative Darrio Melton (D-Selma) has announced that he will introduce legislation to expand voting rights in Alabama in commemoration...
Opinion
By Sen. Hank Sanders A taste of Jubilee. A taste of the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma-to-Montgomery March, the...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 10, the Alabama Jobs Act sponsored by Rep. Alan Baker (R-Brewton) was passed by the...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 10 an estimated 250 supporters of UAB football came to the state house in Montgomery...
