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Alabama’s attorney general pushes extreme execution methods and narrow legal arguments, testing constitutional limits and abandoning the restraint our founders expected.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Ron Sparks highlights record on seafood country-of-origin labeling
The V: Undecideds surge as money reshapes Alabama’s 2026 races
Lawrence County GOP backs Doc Mancuso for District 7 ballot
Terry Waters announces candidacy for Alabama Senate District 22
ABPAC endorses Derek Chen for Alabama State Auditor
- Governor
Alabama governor signs law allowing death penalty for child predators
Gov. Ivey establishes board to oversee emerging technology
Gov. Kay Ivey signs law to limit Mobile Bay dredge dumping
Gov. Ivey shares support for energy cost bill package
Governor announces appointments including Baldwin and Cullman County circuit judgeships
- Legislature
Stadthagen steps down as majority leader after caucus tensions
House passes bill that will limit state environmental regulations
Alabama leaders remember civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Alabama House passes bills for no-cost cancer screenings
House passes bill to increase camp safety regulations in Alabama
- Economy
Alabama home sales, median prices soar in 2025 report
German chain manufacturer to invest $34M into new Auburn operation
Alabama achieves record $14.6 billion in economic development investment
Alabama home sales drop 3 percent in December amid seasonal trends
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to 2.7 percent in November
- National
Alabama leaders remember civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Democrats call for investigation into IRS taxpayer data leak
Mobile, Hoover pause internet sales tax challenge
Sen. Britt join colleagues in introducing the CLEAR LABELS Act
Brookside accepts settlement, including $1.5 million compensation proposal
- Education
Opinion | Growing is the purpose: keeping education first in high school sports
Alabama State University to host Montgomery.AI summit in March
Senate committee approves abstinence-based sex ed bill
Bill passes Senate allowing UA to reorganize School of Social Work despite public pushback
ALSDE seeking expanded funding to sustain literacy gains
- Health
L. Keith Granger recognized with Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction
Alabama Rural Hospital Investment Program reaches $20M cap in just one month
Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame to induct 12 healthcare figures
Breast, prostate cancer screening bills advance to Alabama House for vote
- Opinion
Opinion | Trump endorsement makes Barry Moore prohibitive favorite in U.S. Senate race
Opinion | Growing is the purpose: keeping education first in high school sports
Opinion | Derek Chen’s early Trump support and America First record speaks for itself
Opinion | Why are Republicans so afraid of you voting?
Opinion | The fish are dying—and I don’t feel so good myself
Legislature
The House approved SB71, locking state environmental regulations to federal standards, despite Democratic opposition and concerns about public health protections.
Legislature
Representative Scott Stadthagen resigned his leadership post Wednesday to seek the state party chairmanship following internal friction over a leaked recording.
Legislature
State Democratic leaders on Tuesday mourned the civil rights giant who paved the way for generations of Black political leadership.
Legislature
Alabama lawmakers advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at removing financial barriers to early prostate and breast cancer detection.
News
Invitation by Trump family places Wahl among CEOs, investors, and policymakers overseeing trillions in capital at Palm Beach forum.
Elections
Democratic candidate Ron Sparks highlighted his record on country-of-origin labeling while addressing seafood industry regulations Tuesday in the Alabama House.
Opinion
President Donald Trump and the Club for Growth endorsed Representative Barry Moore, making the Wiregrass congressman the favorite for Alabama’s open Senate seat.
Education
As youth sports became a multibillion-dollar industry, the AHSAA prioritized an educational mission that focused on student character over college scholarships.
Opinion
The Alabama state auditor candidate established his conservative credentials by rallying Michigan voters during the early days of the America First movement.
Legislature
Lawmakers say 57-second clip from hour-long caucus meeting was selectively released to damage speaker and distort leadership debate.
Featured Opinion
Republicans keep figuring out ways to suppress votes and kill elections, in a never-ending effort to hold power.
Featured Opinion
We are killing our natural resources. And our conservative lawmakers are actively participating in the criminal acts against them.
Featured Opinion
How politics became identity, and why seriousness—not slogans—must anchor a functioning democratic republic.
Opinion
The Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program faces the difficult task of bridging the gap between federal authorization and daily clinical operations.
News
Tuberville portrayed Fannie Mae’s decision as the mortgage financier “leaving woke California for sweet home Alabama.”
Education
The free speech organization strongly condemned the University of Alabama's decision, arguing the closures violated the First Amendment and editorial independence.
Prisons
Dr. Elizabeth Traywick described the "silent torture" of watching her husband starve while state officials provided vague or nonexistent communication about his condition.
Education
The UA System selected 18 students for the 2026 Capitol Scholars, who will pursue immersive summer internships and learning opportunities in Washington D.C.
Elections
Moreno threw his support behind Moore in the Alabama Senate race, calling him an “America First warrior.”
News
Lawrence County’s Drew Wear and Autauga County’s Drew and Lauren Wendland were among those honored as competitive young farmer contests closed.
Courts
Ivey officially appointed Ronald Smith to the 23rd Judicial Circuit, praising his two decades of prosecutorial and general legal practice experience.
Governor
The Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce honored Ivey for her decade of leadership and impact on the state of Alabama.
Courts
Justices debated whether states must consider an individual's highest IQ score as the sole metric for determining intellectual disability and death penalty eligibility.