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Elections

Opinion | A message to Alabama’s next governor

Alabama’s next governor will inherit great power, but character will determine whether that responsibility enlarges or diminishes the person elected.

13 hours ago

This Matters with Bill Britt

Faith must never become a test of belonging

Faith can guide citizens, but constitutional freedom requires government to protect every conscience without favoring one religion over any other.

10 hours ago

Party politics

Tuberville headlines ALGOP Summer Dinner for America’s 250th

Before more than 1,200 Republicans, Tuberville teased an undisclosed plan for Alabama while Katie Britt and Bruce Pearl rallied conservatives.

12 hours ago

Party politics

Alabama Republicans reject rule banning members who sue party

Republicans also added closed primaries to the party platform at the meeting.

13 hours ago

The Voice of Alabama Politics

August 2, 2026
Data Centers, Closed Primaries, and a Democrat Party Reset

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Economy

Opinion | Why I oppose the proposed data center in Lowndes County

If this project truly promises opportunity for Lowndes County, then it should withstand rigorous environmental review, transparent public scrutiny and independent analysis.

13 hours ago

Elections

More than 600 attend Doug Jones’ Huntsville town hall

Jones fielded questions on Medicaid expansion, housing and infrastructure as he argued fast-growing north Alabama needed more local control.

13 hours ago
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Infrastructure

Opinion | Where the road stops

Alabama’s rural counties carried costs set by distance, not population, leaving bridges, clinics and towns to fail by default.

13 hours ago

Prisons

Families of ADOC inmates share testimonies at oversight committee

Speakers described medical neglect, violence and secrecy in Alabama prisons as auditors reported resistance from the corrections department.

4 days ago

Prisons

Alabama resets Jeffery Lee’s execution after courts blocked nitrogen hypoxia method

Governor Kay Ivey scheduled Jeffery Lee's September 17 execution by lethal injection after federal courts blocked Alabama's planned nitrogen hypoxia execution.

4 days ago
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Opinion

Congress

Opinion | The death of American decency

Anthony Fauci should be remembered as an honorable public servant who did the best he could. But we live in the dumbest of times.

4 days ago

Opinion

Opinion | The road not taken

Maybe peace comes from accepting that every intentional life contains both a sense of gratitude and a sense of loss.

5 days ago
Editorial collage showing a border fence beside empty medical scrubs and work shoes, a construction hard hat, farm basket and gloves, and welding gear, symbolizing U.S. immigration and workforce shortages. Editorial collage showing a border fence beside empty medical scrubs and work shoes, a construction hard hat, farm basket and gloves, and welding gear, symbolizing U.S. immigration and workforce shortages.

Featured Opinion

Opinion | Washington has kept immigration broken. Now America needs workers

Washington spent decades exploiting immigration politically. Now an aging workforce may force the country to build a system that works.

6 days ago

Featured Opinion

Opinion | It has become obvious that Republicans have no answers for the economy

Republicans have no answers for the economy. We know this because they keep talking about transgender people.

6 days ago
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Featured Opinion

Sessions a shoo-in

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers It is definite, our Junior Senator, Jeff Sessions, is going to be President Donald Trump’s Attorney General, as...

November 30, 2016
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