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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey highlights National Teacher of the Year nominee Katie Collins
Gov. Ivey celebrates Birmingham students for academic growth in turnaround schools
Gov. Ivey authorizes bonds to support Jackson Hospital in Montgomery
Gov. Ivey proclaims Public Schools Week, celebrates gains by students
Gov. Ivey announces 31 appointments, including judgeships and Lauderdale DA
- Legislature
Parole reform bill passes out of House
House committee debates school prayer amendment, holds bill
Health committee votes against ER doctor staffing transparency effort
House committee passes bill to grant ADPH oversight of food services conditions within Alabama prisons
Senate committee advances bill to require national anthem weekly in public schools
- Economy
January 2026 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
House committee advances expansion to seafood labeling regulations
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
- National
Rep. Sewell slams Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address
Rep. Aderholt to host Passport Fair in Florence
Alabama Sens. Britt and Tuberville decry Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs
Southern Research secures $2 million for scientific expansion projects
Alabama leaders remember civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
- Education
Gov. Ivey highlights National Teacher of the Year nominee Katie Collins
Gov. Ivey celebrates Birmingham students for academic growth in turnaround schools
Troy University signs engineering partnership with Enterprise State Community College
Gov. Ivey proclaims Public Schools Week, celebrates gains by students
Opinion | Growing is the purpose: keeping education first in high school sports
- Health
Health committee votes against ER doctor staffing transparency effort
Gov. Ivey authorizes bonds to support Jackson Hospital in Montgomery
Alabama AG urges AMA to disavow hormonal treatments for trans minors
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
Alabama Rural Hospital Investment Program reaches $20M cap in just one month
- Opinion
Opinion | Commuting the sentence of Charles Burton is not a hard call to make
Opinion | When campaign finance is self-policed, transparency matters
Opinion | We must pass House Bill 347
Opinion | Powering tomorrow: How Alabama can lead the digital age
Opinion | The prison oversight bill is good, no matter how it came about
Elections
Terrence Johnson's chances to win an Alabama House seat have gone up in flames.
Legislature
The bill would require the parole board to consider an inmate's history of employment while incarcerated.
Featured Opinion
There is no one—aside from a few morbid freaks—who wants to see Charles Burton put to death at the hands of the state.
Legislature
The House Education Policy Committee delayed the proposed constitutional amendment on school prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance after lawmakers raised funding and implementation...
Party politics
Cooke cited family health issues and endorsed Representative Scott Stadthagen for ALGOP chairman.
Congress
Sewell rebuked President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Wednesday, criticizing his record on health care, tariffs and the use of federal agents.
Opinion
The bill strengthens consumer protections and address the rapid spread of illicit digital material created by artificial intelligence.
Opinion
Alabamians should be at the forefront of writing our nation’s next chapter.
Education
Governor Kay Ivey praised National Teacher of the Year finalist Katie Collins on Wednesday while touting state efforts to increase educator pay.
Legislature
State Senator Garlan Gudger said a proposal to shift the Public Service Commission to an appointed body lacked sufficient public support.
Featured Opinion
No matter how it came to be sponsored by Republican Senator Larry Stutts, it is a good, necessary and consequential piece of legislation.
Opinion
The Alabama Republican Party does not exist to serve individual ambitions. It exists to serve Republican voters and to advance conservative principles.
Opinion
Five candidates entered the race for Alabama’s rare open U.S. Senate seat following Senator Tommy Tuberville’s decision to run for governor.
Opinion
Our responsibility as lawmakers is straightforward: when a law guarantees care, patients should be able to receive it.
News
By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, through his business interests has made almost $9,000,000 off of State Government, related...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Former Montgomery Probate Judge Reese McKinney is running in the June 2013 Republican Primary for Alabama Secretary of...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, April 28, 2014, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) sent two letters urging support for funding the...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter When the nation was first created the states, all had militias that they used to defend the state...
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By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter According to records from open.alabama.gov, Philip Bryan, chief of staff for Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh’s office, makes $105,000...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter According to UAB, tornados have killed 412 Alabamians since 1980, more than in any other state, and on...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Montgomery Advertiser reported on Sunday, April 27 that the state Attorney General’s office will take over an...
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By Ronald King Harmony and optimism gave way to discord and strike in the Wiregrass this weekend. Only 48 hours after the 2014 Daleville...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, April 24 President Barack H. Obama (D) endorsed Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D) in her effort...