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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In his weekly column on September 2, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead said that many in the...
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- Elections
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
House candidate, arson suspect hearing delayed until after primary election
Doug Jones to speak at community conversation in Birmingham
Alabama unions condemn post-ruling push to redraw voting maps
Analysis | Filing tests Alabama’s word—and the court’s authority
- Governor
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Gov. Ivey awards grants in support of sexual assault victims
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm retires
Gov. Ivey awards funding for programs assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault
Gov. Ivey awards funds to south Alabama organizations assisting victims
- Legislature
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
Pringle defends bill at hostile committee hearing
House candidate, arson suspect hearing delayed until after primary election
Lawmakers clash over redistricting, election timing in committee
Cory Booker joins Alabama Democrats at voting rights, redistricting town hall
- Economy
Alabama’s March unemployment rate holds steady at 2.7 percent
House passes 2026 Farm Bill, Alabama delegation splits along party lines
Mt. Moriah Farms wins Alabama rural small business honor
Alabama labor groups host Workers’ Week of Action kickoff
Opinion | Alabama takes a stand for small business fairness
- National
The Freedom Riders at 65
Cory Booker joins Alabama Democrats at voting rights, redistricting town hall
Sen. Britt signs onto extension of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Rep. Sewell announces mobile office hours for May
Rep. Sewell hosting rally at Alabama State House demanding fair representation for Black voters
- Education
Emmett Till exhibit opens at Civil Rights Memorial Center
Figures unveils rural bill package focused on health, land-grant universities
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Stillman announces Magic Johnson as 150th anniversary commencement speaker
Alabama recognized for pre-K quality for 20th year
- Health
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Free healthcare clinic served more than 465 patients in Montgomery
Opinion | Are we eating ourselves to death?
Judge lets Birmingham water utility end fluoridation
Alabama doctors urge safe drug disposal on Take Back Day
- Opinion
Special Session
Lawmakers and residents blasted a proposal that could revive court-rejected congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Courts
Marshall’s emergency filing could reshape Alabama elections while testing how far courts will go to redefine modern Voting Rights Act protections.
National
Riders endured beatings, jail and a firebombed bus in 1961, then forced federal action that helped dismantle segregation in interstate travel.
Featured Opinion
The death of racism has been greatly exaggerated.
Elections
Terrence Johnson's preliminary hearing on arson charges has now been delayed, at Johnson’s request, until after the May 19 Democratic primary.
Congress
Residents across Alabama’s 7th District could meet with congressional staff in May for help with Social Security, veterans’ benefits, passports and other federal services.
Elections
Federal courts do not operate on orders alone. They rely, in part, on the credibility of the parties before them.
Elections
The Supreme Court's recent opinion in a Louisiana voting case requires that states governed by racists at least try to mask their racism.
Elections
The request followed Governor Kay Ivey’s special-session call, raising fresh questions about Alabama’s compliance with a court-drawn congressional map.
Legislature
As lawmakers opened a special session on election maps, protesters rallied outside, denouncing a plan to revive court-blocked districts.
Opinion
I can think of nobody more divisive, or anyone who revels more in the heat of political fires, than Donald Trump.
Opinion
Born into relative privilege, Miles Davis still fought racism, addiction and convention as he repeatedly remade jazz on his own uncompromising terms.
Elections
This rush to cheat at voting in the wake of the Supreme Court decision further gutting the Voting Rights Act is so very depressing.
Elections
If you can’t punch in the easy ones, you’re not a playmaker. You’re a liability.
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The fate of the criminal investigation of Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard and others, rests in the...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter At the urging of grassroots conservative activists, just this year, the controversial Common Core standards were repealed in...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The former dean of the Cumberland School of Law, Judge John Carroll has accepted a position as the...
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By Minority Leader, Representative Craig Ford This week, we celebrated Labor Day in honor of the working families throughout this country. And it is...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A Greene County Pastor has filed a complaint with the Alabama Ethics Commission against Attorney General Luther Strange,...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R) is warning that President Obama’s proposed Executive amnesty for up to six million...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter With another football season ushered in and Labor Day behind us, Summer ends and Campaign season begins. State...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Those who know State Representative Joe Hubbard will tell you that he is a fighter. He is currently...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard needs your money. Now, more than ever, the Speaker is desperate...