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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Terry Waters announces candidacy for Alabama Senate District 22
ABPAC endorses Derek Chen for Alabama State Auditor
Grant Blackburn announces candidacy for Baldwin County District Court judge
Rep. Terri Collins endorses Patrick Johnson as successor for HD8 seat
Jones vows to remove APLS members if elected governor
- Governor
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
Gov. Ivey establishes board to oversee emerging technology
Gov. Kay Ivey signs law to limit Mobile Bay dredge dumping
Gov. Ivey shares support for energy cost bill package
Governor announces appointments including Baldwin and Cullman County circuit judgeships
- Legislature
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
House committee advances bill to reshape Archives board
HB161 advances amid debate over child online safety enforcement
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Democrats want to give people an opportunity to vote on a state lottery
- Economy
Alabama home sales, median prices soar in 2025 report
German chain manufacturer to invest $34M into new Auburn operation
Alabama achieves record $14.6 billion in economic development investment
Alabama home sales drop 3 percent in December amid seasonal trends
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to 2.7 percent in November
- National
Mobile, Hoover pause internet sales tax challenge
Sen. Britt join colleagues in introducing the CLEAR LABELS Act
Brookside accepts settlement, including $1.5 million compensation proposal
Commemorative coin for America’s 250th anniversary gets unanimous House support
Sen. Britt demands answers from Meta on youth safety allegations
- Education
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Bill passes Senate allowing UA to reorganize School of Social Work despite public pushback
ALSDE seeking expanded funding to sustain literacy gains
Alabama House debates, passes bill to let UA restructure social work school
Gov. Ivey introduces a CHOOSE Act family: Charlie Perkins and Susan Stacy
- Health
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
Alabama Rural Hospital Investment Program reaches $20M cap in just one month
Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame to induct 12 healthcare figures
Breast, prostate cancer screening bills advance to Alabama House for vote
- Opinion
Featured Opinion
Alabama keeps trying abstinence-only sex ed. It has failed spectacularly. So we're going to try it more.
Featured Opinion
A restructuring bill raises urgent questions about political power, historical integrity and who decides Alabama’s official story.
News
The House of Representatives pulled a bill to appoint PSC members amid uncertain Senate support and intensified constituent concerns
News
State representatives authorized a $100,000 electronic system Thursday for legal guardians to opt into notifications for a minor's traffic infractions.
Governor
The Child Predator Death Penalty Act, a major priority for conservative leaders, has the potential to shift broader legal precedents regarding executions.
Legislature
State Representative Phillip Ensler is planning a new lottery push, and it promises to be popular with voters.
Legislature
The House Judiciary Committee debated a bill to deny bail for undocumented defendants charged with violent crimes.
Legislature
Law enforcement officers and family of youths killed as a result of vehicular pursuits shared opposing stances on proposed police chase regulations.
Legislature
Alabama lawmakers moved Wednesday to include electronic nicotine delivery systems in the state’s indoor smoking ban while honoring Senator Vivian Figures.
Education
“HB152 would be a unique action against a nationally ranked, highly productive professional school,” one critic of the bill stated.
Featured Opinion
As bipartisan reform advances, long-standing claims about the PSC’s structure take an abrupt and revealing turn.
Featured Opinion
It's nice that people seem to suddenly care about voting for PSC members. But does it actually matter?
Opinion
The Association of County Commissions and the Alabama Education Association achieved historic legislative success during the past two years of this quadrennium.
Featured Opinion
Alabama scheduled the nitrogen hypoxia execution of 75-year-old Sonny Burton, though jurors and the victim’s daughter urged the state for mercy.
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, September 3, US Representative Martha Roby said that building partnerships between the Central Alabama Veterans Health...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter At 5:00 pm on Tuesday, September 8, the second Special Session of the 2016 Alabama legislature is...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Since it was revealed that Alabama’s First Lady, Dianne Bentley was divorcing her husband of 50 years,...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A clandestine mission to ruin the Mississippi Power Company is being orchestrated by Hattiesburg, Mississippi resident, Thomas...
Opinion
By U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) “I now find myself in the position that an unelected board in Washington, D.C., can just unilaterally determine...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, September 3, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan spoke to the Republican Women of Trussville about...
News
By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Ten years ago, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were rocked by the most costly hurricane in our Nation’s history....
News
By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 2, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which is already home of the world’s largest motorcycle collection, announced...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, September 3, the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals officially ended any last faint hopes by...