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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Prominent Birmingham criminal defense attorney Richard S Jaffe is asking Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to pardon the Scottsboro...
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- Elections
Mancuso says ballot removal undermines voters, launches independent run
Alabama-led candidate coalition to hold U.S. Capitol launch event
Bill to close Alabama primaries takes first step toward becoming law
Doug Jones backs ending straight-ticket voting
Manufacture Alabama endorses Matt Gentry for Public Service Commission
- 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
Mayor Randall Woodfin announces Birmingham’s 2026 legislative priorities
Rep. Jamie Kiel chosen for national Emerging Leaders program
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
- 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
Rep. Figures secures over $3 million for Montgomery region projects
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
- Education
ACHE reviews higher education bills, approves new academic programs at quarterly meeting
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
- 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
State
A mother featured in the prison documentary challenged Marshall’s claim, as footage appears to show attorney general speaking directly with filmmakers on camera.
Opinion
Are violent acts within Alabama's prisons acceptable forms of punishment sanctioned by the state?
Elections
Doc Mancuso launched an independent campaign after being removed from the GOP ballot, arguing the decision limits voter choice.
Legislature
The mayor added that Birmingham's legislative delegation has shown strong bipartisan support for the policies.
Elections
On Wednesday a national group of more than 60 Democratic challengers will pledge support for ethics reforms and congressional term limits.
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Courts
The lawsuit alleges the library violated the group's constitutional rights by blocking religious gatherings.
National
Three of the six airmen, including Klinner, killed in a refueling plane crash were assigned to the Birmingham-based 99th Refueling Squadron.
Featured Opinion
Republicans still control every lever of state government in Alabama. The question is whether they can continue governing together.
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Host Bill Britt and panelists Susan Britt and Josh Moon examined several of Alabama’s most pressing political fights.
Opinion
Why are lawmakers spending so much time targeting transgender people when our state faces real challenges?
Opinion
General George Washington outmaneuvered British forces 250 years ago, using captured artillery to force an evacuation from Boston without a bloody frontal assault.
Opinion
State leaders moved to expand the Public Service Commission after out-of-state groups influenced recent elections in neighboring Georgia.
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.
News
by Rep. Jim McClendon (R – Springville) How many fraudulent and dishonest votes are acceptable? A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? Those are the...
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Staff Report Press Release Calls to a legal hotline in the months after Alabama’s anti-immigrant law went into effect demonstrate the consequences that a...
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Staff Report Press Release (Birmingham, AL) – In response to reports that more than 200 African American high school students in Birmingham, AL have...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In the continuing saga of Alabama Public Television and the firings of top executives more information continues to...
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By Craig Ford Alabama House Minority Leader In previous columns, I have written about the mistakes I believe Republicans are making in regards to...
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By Rep. Allen Farley Mercy Hospital was opened in Birmingham in 1972. In 1975 the name was changed to Cooper Green Mercy Hospital. It...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange released a written statement to announce that the Attorney General’s office will be...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman released a written statement to announce that Tropical Storm (expected to be...
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From the Office of Governor Robert Bentley MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Monday amended evacuation orders covering portions of Baldwin and Mobile Counties based...