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EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee The legislative supermajority in Montgomery would have us believe that when they conjure up education policy like the Alabama...
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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 bill aims to let professors profit from research
Alabama House passes $10.9 billion education budget
Legislature approves bill addressing bus driver, law enforcement shortages
Bill to close Alabama primaries takes first step toward becoming law
Bill to pause new solar developments advances to Alabama Senate for vote
- Economy
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
Small business optimism dips as sales improve but costs rise
- National
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
Senate passes bill to protect online privacy for young users
Rep. Sewell votes for Iran War Powers Resolution
- 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
Opinion | The things we leave behind
Opinion | A party like it’s 1986
Opinion | A decade of strengthening public schools through educational choice
Opinion | Political parties never win when they protect power instead of listening to voters
Opinion | The cost–benefit analysis of mercy in capital punishment
Elections
Supporters believe each party should choose its own candidates while opponents argue the bill disenfranchises voters.
Education
State representatives approved a historic $10.9 billion spending plan that funded teacher pay raises and expanded technical education investments across Alabama.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
Bill Britt examines the erosion of shared truth, arguing that democracy cannot survive when citizens live in competing versions of reality.
Economy
The Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee advanced bills including a one-year moratorium on large-scale solar projects on Wednesday.
News
Target reduced prices on more than 3,000 spring items, ranging from apparel to home goods, as shoppers prepared for warmer weather.
Prisons
State leaders gathered Tuesday to celebrate inmate-created artwork and new legislative efforts designed to streamline workforce reentry for formerly incarcerated Alabamians.
Economy
Lockheed Martin signed an incentive agreement with Alabama to invest $150 million and create new jobs at its Pike County facility.
Governor
Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday requiring commercial drivers to prove federal work authorization and English proficiency to enhance Alabama highway safety.
Opinion
Everything on earth will rust or rot, and that’s what will happen to most of the stuff you covet today.
Local news
A Venezuelan native, Douaihi has warned that Alabama's library fight echoes the rise of that authoritarian government.
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.
Opinion
The political calculus can be unforgiving: show mercy and risk criticism; refuse and face little political consequence.
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, September 14, the global aviation industry will have all eyes on Mobile, Alabama as European...
Stealing the Statehouse
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker today, unsealed Speaker Mike Hubbard’s August 21 motion to dismiss the...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, September 10, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) released a written statement in response to...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Much has been made over the promotion of State Trooper Wendell Ray Lewis to Chief of Protective...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The modern Republican Party has been built on the principles of lowering taxes and fighting the growth and...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Pat Dye, the legendary football coach, and President of the Alabama Jobs Foundation says, the State needs...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 9 U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D from Selma) announced in a statement that she supports...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Overtime pay for former State Trooper Wendell Ray Lewis’ protective service work for Gov. Robert Bentley has...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, September 9, the Alabama House Ways & Means Committee met to consider a controversial series of...