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State retirees to get hit with another premium increase
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
- Economy
August home sales indicate traditional seasonal downturn has begun
Target Circle Deal Days returning October 6 and 7
Alabama remains without legal sports betting as NFL season begins
Labor-affiliated investment group sends letter to Mercedes requesting recommitment to company principles
Alabama Trucking Association releases song honoring drivers
- National
Britt calls for safeguards on automated license plate readers
Sewell opens service academy nominations for Alabama students
DeKalb County gets ARC grant for economic development upgrades
Marshall urges SCOTUS to uphold voter citizenship check, voter purge law
Milligan plaintiffs, counsel ask Supreme Court to dismiss state appeal
- Education
Sewell opens service academy nominations for Alabama students
Commission talks out-of-school education needs, career pathways
Alabama Libraries face new pressure over transgender book ban
Public charter commission OKs charter school merger, FY28 budget request
Governor approves Alabama’s first Workforce Pell program at Lawson State
- Health
Alabama overdose deaths fall 46 percent as opioid response expands
State cancer advocates push Congress for research funding, clinical trial reform
Alabama’s uninsured rate exposes Medicaid expansion gap
UAB selected to participate in the Pediatric Prevention Network, receive $10M in funding
Birmingham clinic faces scrutiny over delays in care for transgender patients
- Opinion
Elections
Voter engagement over bipartisan issues has sent incumbents and political elite scrambling. Please, don't stop now.
Opinion
On Procida, a monument warns that freedom is lost not only to tyrants but also to those who permit them.
Congress
Britt urged federal safeguards for automated license plate readers while highlighting their public safety benefits.
News
Officials said the facility will bolster hands-on training for responders preparing for mass casualty incidents and hazardous materials emergencies nationwide.
Congress
Eligible 7th District applicants have a November 18 deadline, with an information session planned Tuesday at Marion Military Institute.
Municipal elections
Courts
The 26-state brief backed Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship rules and challenged federal limits on removing names from voter rolls before elections.
Congress
They argued Alabama’s 2023 map was already set for 2026, leaving the state with no relief to seek.
News
The Huntsville-based nonprofit and its resident companies supported thousands of jobs as leaders eyed more growth across North Alabama and the Wiregrass.
Elections
At a Mobile town hall, Jones tied high diesel costs, veterans’ benefits and Gulf Coast livelihoods to constituent-driven solutions.
Elections
The business-backed group backed candidates in statewide and legislative races, citing retail’s role in local economies and policymaking.
Opinion
A pandemic-era habit of short-term thinking met buy now, pay later culture, leaving “future you” with the consequences.
Elections
A lot of politicians will show up for a ribbon cutting. Fewer will spend political capital on the unglamorous work.
Opinion
A looming SNAP cost shift could jeopardize food aid for 680,000 Alabamians unless Congress gives the state more time.
Featured Opinion
A politically sensitive survey, emergency reserves and undisclosed institutional ties demand more transparency than APT has provided.
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In the past week Henry Mabry met with the ‘Gadsden Times’ in which he held for the status...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Years ago the power brokers in the Alabama Democratic Party made the conscious decision to trade their independence...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Retired United States Air Force Colonel Penny Huggins Bailey announced Thursday that she is running as a Democrat...
News
Staff Report I’ve rarely seen a politician get less traction than Jon Huntsman. He was close to invisible in this presidential race, except for...
News
Staff Report With public attention focused on the GOP primaries, the White House quietly promoted another self-dealing lobbyist to serve as President Obama’s top...
News
Staff Report And then there were five. Jon Huntsman’s withdrawal from the 2012 presidential race, announced Sunday, reduces the number of GOP hopefuls. But...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter It has been recently reported that Democratic Sen. Vivian Davis Figures of Mobile will introduce a proposed constitutional...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In an exclusive interview with the ‘Alabama Political Reporter’ after the Scott Beason announcement, Alabaster businessman Al Mickle...
News
By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter The Sixth Congressional District is a conservative district. Voters in the Sixth District voted for Senator John McCain (R-AR)...