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By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford The most important responsibility given to the Alabama Legislature is to write the state’s budgets each year. What a...
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- Elections
Heath Allbright wins Alabama House District 11 Republican primary
Cindy Myrex qualifies for Alabama State House District 12 race
Clint Hollingsworth qualifies for House District 12 special election
Alabama Dems hope to use Trump, ALGOP failures to build momentum in 2026
Secretary of state celebrates foreign voter ID legislation’s passage
- Governor
Gov. Ivey signs the Speedy Trial Act
Alabamians urge veto of HB445, warning of job losses and hemp industry collapse
Gov. Ivey signs law expanding entertainment incentives to include music albums
Gov. Ivey signs bills to tighten voter ID, expand immigrant biometric collection
Gov. Ivey proclaims Municipal Government Week in Alabama
- Legislature
Alabamians urge veto of HB445, warning of job losses and hemp industry collapse
Gov. Ivey signs law expanding entertainment incentives to include music albums
Gov. Ivey signs bills to tighten voter ID, expand immigrant biometric collection
Gov. Ivey signs HB152, exempts sales tax on baby, maternity, hygiene items
Alabama 2025 Legislative Report: Week Twelve
- Economy
Opinion | A cakewalk for lawmakers, a crackdown on workers, businesses
Poll: Trump voters back vape access, reject Biden rules, as Alabama ban sparks backlash
Third Alabama Starbucks votes to unionize in Huntsville
Gov. Ivey salutes Alabama exporters with Trade Excellence Awards
Alabama launches Development Fund to drive long-term economic growth
- National
Medical cannabis company files federal lawsuit against AMCC
Tuberville champions Medicaid cuts, ending benefits for noncitizens
Tuberville, Britt sign Growing America’s Small Businesses and Manufacturing Act
Rep. Sewell slams Trump’s tax bill in House Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Sewell announces winner of the 7th District’s 2025 Congressional Art Competition
- Education
Charter commission talks HBCU collaborations, hears school proposals
In Spanish Fort, LGBTQ picture books housed in adult section
Tuberville introduces “Understanding the True Cost of College Act”
Students protest Trump’s commencement address at University of Alabama
UA College Democrats to hold “Tide Against Trump” protest
- Health
Britt reintroduces the MOMS Act
Opinion | Opioid plan positions Alabama to curb addiction, support recovery for veterans
Opinion | Alabama’s rural hospital crisis is a threat to health — and our economy
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Alabama Senate passes bill loosening regulations for religious vaccine exemptions
- Opinion
Courts
Alabama Always claims state commission retaliated for criticism and violated its First and Fourteenth Amendment rights during flawed licensing process.
Economy
With bans on vape and hemp products, Alabama lawmakers staged a performative session that punished small businesses, ignored veterans, and catered to lobbyists.
Featured Opinion
When it comes to the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, there are a lot of very strange stories.
Elections
Heath Allbright won the HD11 GOP primary, defeating Don Fallin, and he will face Democrat Alex Braswell in the general election.
Opinion
No matter which side you fall on, it seems as though someone is misleading you because they simply didn’t get their way on this...
Congress
Sewell made the announcement Monday night during a virtual ceremony celebrating the 45 entries submitted by talented students.
Elections
The Republican Primary for House District 12 is scheduled for July 15, 2025.
Congress
This bipartisan legislation would support the 4.2 million youth and young adults experiencing homelessness each year.
Opinion
The attorney general’s position is a powerful job in Alabama government, and it appears to be attracting several competent competitors.
Opinion
If you want Alabama lawmakers to do the right things, you're going to have to hold them accountable when they don't.
Opinion
As leader of the Alabama Senate, I have spent much of my time bringing laser-like focus to accomplishing this mission.
Featured Opinion
In an age where truth is drowned by noise and cruelty parades as strength, we still have a choice — to stand for conscience,...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The “Alabama Political Reporter” has learned that for over a month a grand jury has been diligently hearing...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–”Those of us who regularly think about the prison system in Alabama, realize it is pretty much broken,”...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter WASHINGTON, DC–Any day now, the United States Supreme Court is set to rule on the Constitutionality of the...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday over 150 participants from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee met in Atlanta at...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced in a written statement that two brothers from Hueytown were arrested for...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter United States Senator Richard Shelby released comments that he made in a Wednesday meeting of the Senate Committee...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama issued a statement supportive of the recent United States...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–The State of Alabama is faced with a growing storm of crisis. It mounts on two fronts and...
News
Staff Report A majority of Alabama’s U.S. House delegation has asked U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack why it’s taking so long to...
