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The Alabama House unanimously passed HB176 to exempt prescribed eyeglasses and contact lenses from state sales tax, sending the bill to the Senate.
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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey signs bill requiring English proficiency for truck drivers
Alabama reacts to governor sparing death row inmate Sonny Burton
Ivey commutes Burton death sentence over unequal punishment
Gov. Ivey’s summer internship program deadline is approaching
Gov. Ivey signs the Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Holt Safe Streets Act
- Legislature
Alabama 2026 Legislative Report: Week Nine
Senate passes bill expanding Public Service Commission, freezing power rate increases
Alabama Senate passes bill to rein in data center tax incentives
Alabama Senate foregoes prison oversight bill in favor of pilot program
Alabama bill aims to let professors profit from research
- Economy
Alabama Senate passes bill to rein in data center tax incentives
Bill to pause new solar developments advances to Alabama Senate for vote
Lockheed Martin to invest in Pike County production facility
Hadrian to partner with Navy on northwest Alabama defense project
Retail giant expands baby departments, adds products at Alabama stores
- National
Alabama airman Alex Klinner killed in Iraq in refueling plane crash
Reps. Sewell, Rogers introduce bill to address rural wastewater crisis
Hadrian to partner with Navy on northwest Alabama defense project
Sen. Britt celebrates former BSC campus chosen as new USCG training center
Navy to open major defense industrial facility in Alabama
- Education
Alabama bill aims to let professors profit from research
Alabama House passes $10.9 billion education budget
Lawmakers review Education Trust Fund as reserves decline
Bill to restrict discussion of contraceptives in sex ed faces pushback in public hearing
Opinion | A decade of strengthening public schools through educational choice
- Health
UAB Hospital now fifth-largest in the nation
Children’s of Alabama to host giveback night at Walk-Ons Sports Bistreux
ADPH reports downturns in healthcare-associated infection rates
Bill to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer screenings heads to Ivey’s desk
House passes bill to allocate $43.1 million in opioid settlement funds
- Opinion
National
Three of the six airmen, including Klinner, killed in a refueling plane crash were assigned to the Birmingham-based 99th Refueling Squadron.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
In the latest “This Matters,” Bill Britt explores why hope is not optimism, but a courageous refusal to surrender freedom.
Courts
The lawsuit alleges the library violated the group's constitutional rights by blocking religious gatherings.
Featured Opinion
Republicans still control every lever of state government in Alabama. The question is whether they can continue governing together.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
Host Bill Britt and panelists Susan Britt and Josh Moon examined several of Alabama’s most pressing political fights.
Legislature
Legislature
The Senate unanimously passed a bill expanding the Public Service Commission, adding district seats and temporarily banning power rate increases until 2029.
Economy
Senators voted to shorten tax abatement periods for data centers, citing concerns over high energy consumption and rising utility costs.
Legislature
State leaders launched a one-year pilot program for the Examiners of Public Accounts to inspect facilities and report on prison conditions.
News
Montgomery student Carson French earned national honors in C-SPAN’s StudentCam competition for a documentary exploring the Declaration of Independence and prison equality.
News
Target reduced prices on more than 3,000 spring items, ranging from apparel to home goods, as shoppers prepared for warmer weather.
Opinion
Everything on earth will rust or rot, and that’s what will happen to most of the stuff you covet today.
Opinion
A longtime Republican leader warns that party infighting mirrors the fragmentation that ended the Alabama Democratic Party’s decades of political dominance.
Education
I believe that expanding parental choice has played a significant role in Alabama’s comeback story.
Featured Opinion
When one political party becomes too powerful, the first inclination is to protect that power. It always leads to failure.
Legislature
The League of Women Voters of Alabama urges deleting language empowering a board to purge voter rolls by simple majority vote without due process.
Congress
The bipartisan Safe American Food Exports Act codifies USDA authority to negotiate regionalization agreements ensuring continued livestock and poultry exports during animal disease outbreaks.
Elections
Ivey set the special primary election for Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
Congress
Current law requires insurance companies to provide no-copay coverage for screenings, but that does not extend to diagnostic testing.
Elections
Seventy-one percent of Alabama Republicans say Tuberville should stay in Washington; Trump loyalty remains the defining force.
Opinion
Alabama has a process for determining residency issues. Should he run for governor, Tuberville will go through it. And it won't be kind.
Economy
APR spoke with two baristas about their experiences at the Huntsville Starbucks location and why they want to unionize.
Legislature
HB489 would permit high school athletes to profit from NIL deals under certain guidelines.
Public safety
With a rate of 213.6 shooting incidents per 100,000 residents, Alabama ranks fifth in gun violence per capita.