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The $1.25 billion facility was 85% complete, over budget and behind schedule as officials approved another prison contract.

A small blank sheet of paper stands on open ground. Its long shadow stretches across the frame into a small town, darkening a schoolhouse, a house with one red-lit window and a hospital. The houses at either end stay in the light.

Elections

An election asks us to exercise independent judgment, knowing the power we grant will shape lives far beyond our own.

Featured Opinion

When it comes to the problems that Republicans have created, it is never, ever their fault.

Elections

SPLC's interim state director said frustration over redistricting and affordability have fueled new efforts to connect voters with kitchen-table issues.

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October 25, 2026
Bags of Cash

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This Matters with Bill Britt

Presidential immunity raises a lasting question: Can America’s safeguards hold when a president refuses to respect constitutional limits on power?

Opinion

Representative Ed Oliver argues responsible data center development can attract investment, create jobs and strengthen Alabama communities while demanding accountability.

Governor

Governor Kay Ivey awarded $8.1 million for 20 research projects targeting advances in medicine, agriculture, manufacturing and construction across Alabama.

Elections

New polling and a redrawn map sharpened both parties’ focus on a district that could help decide House control.

Elections

Blueprint Polling survey finds race within margin of error as Jones outruns his party; private polls reviewed by APR agree.

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Opinion

Opinion

Americans built dream kitchens and perfect patios, then forgot the simple hospitality that turned houses into places of friendship.

Education

A former Montevallo president found fresh confidence in the university’s liberal arts mission amid new leadership and artificial intelligence’s rise.

Elections

Alabama has a lot of problems. There's only one way to fix them. You know what to do.

Opinion

Mike Ball reflects on faith, civil rights and why Alabama needs public servants who put conscience ahead of party loyalty.

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Stealing the Statehouse

  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Judge confirms that disgraced former Attorney General’s Special Agent was properly fired.  After hearing testimony and reviewing...

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By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Gov. Robert Bentley and the Alabama Legislature have pretty much shown they can’t write a state General Fund...

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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers Many would argue, and indeed numerous surveys indicate, that Alabama is one of, if not the most, conservative...

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  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— During the 2015 Legislative Session, the State Legislature created the Joint Committee on Alabama Public Pensions...

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