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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.
News
By Mary Scott Hunter Representative-Alabama Board of Education, District 8 Working for the Outcome – Prosperity: I came across a line in my Sunday...
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By U. S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL2) Remember when President Obama said over and over again that “if you like your health care plan,...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Policy Institute (API) brought conservative Doctor, healthcare reform advocate, and author to Birmingham to their annual...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville announced last week that he was co-sponsoring H.R. 3350, the Keep Your...
Stealing the Statehouse
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—As early as 2007, a group known as the Friends of Auburn Society was trying to alert the...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R) and Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama were part of a bipartisan effort to...
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By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford We are very good in this country of remembering our veterans and celebrating our freedom. Every year, we...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks met last week with his Third District Veterans Advisory Committee in Tuskegee....
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By Rep. Darrio Melton Yesterday on Veteran’s Day, I took time to reflect on the blessings in my life and to pray for those...