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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Analysis | The Supreme Court’s redistricting rulings are beginning to collide
Voting rights advocates rally against Alabama redistricting special session
Gov. Ivey calls special session as Alabama renews congressional map fight
Alicia Escott Lumpkin pitches change in Alabama House race
Campaign filings reveal hidden network behind Alabama attack mailers
- 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
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Arise celebrates 60-day grocery tax holiday, calls for permanent repeal
Voting rights advocates rally against Alabama redistricting special session
Study Commission on AI and Children’s Safety holds first meeting
Opinion | Very few open or contested state House races
- 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
Analysis | The Supreme Court’s redistricting rulings are beginning to collide
Abortion now inaccessible in Alabama after Supreme Court ruling
House passes 2026 Farm Bill, Alabama delegation splits along party lines
Sen. Britt priorities advanced out of Senate Judiciary Committee
Voting rights experts call for Congressional action at hearing hosted by Rep. Sewell
- 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
Governor
Voting rights groups condemned Kay Ivey’s move as a bid to reopen Alabama’s redistricting fight and potentially weaken Black voters’ political influence.
This Matters with Bill Britt
America’s political system increasingly rewards short-term conflict while discouraging the long-term national vision required to solve major challenges.
Courts
Alabama’s latest filings expose growing tension between Voting Rights Act protections and limits on race-conscious redistricting principles.
Courts
A court order blocked mailed mifepristone, leaving many women with one remaining option: crossing state lines for care.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
Republican infighting, hidden political money and questions about leadership dominate another volatile week across Alabama politics.
News
More than 1,200 officials gathered in Montgomery as the nonpartisan group set leadership for a year focused on supporting Alabama’s cities and towns.
Elections
The move followed a Supreme Court ruling Republicans saw as opening a path to revive maps that could restore a GOP sweep.
Elections
The Birmingham Democrat cast herself as a bridge-builder, pairing a family legacy of service with a platform centered on jobs, infrastructure and healthcare.
Elections
Records traced the attacks through a Virginia donor, an Alabama PAC and a Wyoming firm, while the original financiers remained obscured.
News
A Newsweek-Statista ranking highlighted five Alabama firms as national standouts for confidence among customers, employees and investors.
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.
Opinion
The simple truth is that most of your stress comes from people and paths you should’ve let go of much earlier. Good riddance.
Opinion
The railroad system will take no mercy on our vulnerable farmers. When rates rise, they will have no choice but to absorb higher costs.
Congress
The proposal paired SNAP protections and rural clinic loans with support for Tuskegee and other 1890 land-grant universities.
Education
The patented design aimed to alter light cues that guide eye growth, a strategy researchers said could help curb rising rates of nearsightedness.
Elections
With the May 19 primary approaching, Jeremy Devito announced a Huntsville town hall featuring an open mic, community speakers and a food drive.
Health
Volunteers delivered more than $280,000 in medical, dental and vision care as patients lined up overnight for treatment and on-site glasses.
Elections
The backing added to Marques’ growing support as a recent poll showed him leading with just over three weeks until the Republican primary.
This Matters with Bill Britt
Coordinated political attacks with hidden funding are reshaping Alabama elections, raising questions about transparency, trust and who truly controls power.
News
The five-day series is set to blend remembrance and organizing, with events across Alabama spotlighting labor history, worker power and economic justice.
Congress
The senators backed continued U.S. involvement in Iran while pressing bipartisan steps to address social media’s impacts on young users.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
A mystery PAC roiled GOP primaries as lawmakers logged narrow gains and a report found 800,000 Alabamians remained outside the electoral process.