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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In a 20 page motion, the State argues that the court should deny Speaker Mike Hubbard’s request for...
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Opinion | When faith becomes exclusion in public life
McCaney pledged no dark money before sharing attack ad
Committee OKs state Senate special primary bill, drawing public’s opposition
Opinion | Alabama Republicans are trying to steal your voting power. Fight like hell!
Senate candidate Dakarai Larriett attacks primary opponent over Republican voting record
- Governor
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Gov. Ivey awards grants in support of sexual assault victims
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
- Legislature
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
ACLU vows to take Alabama to court over special session bills
Terri Sewell condemns Alabama redistricting election law
Committee OKs state Senate special primary bill, drawing public’s opposition
House advances bill to provide special elections in case court allows old Congressional maps
- Economy
- National
- Education
Gov. Ivey introduces another CHOOSE Act family
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
- Health
Marilyn Lands talks contraception, IVF legislation, reelection bid
Rep. Aderholt applauds new Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program
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?
- Opinion
Opinion | When faith becomes exclusion in public life
Opinion | Don’t fall for the GOP spin on the Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling
Opinion | Why does Rep. Ernie Yarbrough hold such contempt for public education?
Opinion | Mike Ball: The vanishing home of the moderate conservative
Opinion | Alabama Republicans are trying to steal your voting power. Fight like hell!
Legislature
Speaker says remarks were misconstrued during discussion of Alabama’s congressional map litigation now moving toward Supreme Court review.
Elections
Wes Allen’s refusal to visit a mosque or synagogue reveals a troubling shift in how politics defines civic belonging.
Special Session
The bills already face challenges in federal court as a federal court denied the state's motion to lift its injunction.
Opinion
Republicans just spent a solid week lying to you about the recent Supreme Court decision and Alabama's voting maps.
Opinion
The column argued Yarbrough’s relentless attacks on schools and teachers looked less like policy differences and more like a personal crusade.
This Matters with Bill Britt
In this edition of This Matters, Bill Britt explores how leaders who stop listening to dissent risk losing touch with reality—and the truth itself.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
Alabama’s redistricting battles, Freedom Riders legacy and emerging political shifts reveal deeper struggles over power, identity and representation.
Courts
Three-judge panel rejects Wes Allen’s emergency request, saying only the Supreme Court can decide Alabama’s congressional map dispute now.
Elections
Campaign finance records show overlapping payments among Alabama Values PAC, Farm PAC and an obscure Wyoming firm tied to GOP attacks.
Prisons
Lawmakers paused an ADOC contract until questions about the canceled health contract, the emergency NaphCare deal, and oversight concerns could be answered
Elections
They wouldn’t be trying so hard to take your voting power away unless they were scared to death you were going to use it.
Featured Opinion
The death of racism has been greatly exaggerated.
Elections
The Supreme Court's recent opinion in a Louisiana voting case requires that states governed by racists at least try to mask their racism.
Opinion
I can think of nobody more divisive, or anyone who revels more in the heat of political fires, than Donald Trump.
News
By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Last Friday, Bill Baxley, lead defense attorney for Mike Hubbard, filed another motion for continuance, this time to...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Like a bulldog on his leg, or a thorn in his side, Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow (D-Red Bay) is...
Featured Opinion
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers As the budget hearings began for the 2016 Legislative Session in January the largest Powerball lottery sweepstakes in...
Opinion
By Representative Lynn Greer & Katherine Green Robertson Like many pension funds across the country, the State of Alabama’s public pension system faces significant...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The State of Alabama does not have enough money. There is never enough money to do all of...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 26, impeachment and how the impeachment process works was heavily debated by the Alabama House of...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 26, Republican voters in Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut all went to the...
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Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter CULLMAN—State Senator Paul Bussman has called upon Benghazi team member Mark “Oz” Geist to light a spark in males...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The State Legislature looks poised to pass an $800-million-dollar prison bill based on vague plans, powerful lobbying, and...