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The win puts the incumbent governor on track for a likely second full term after the general election in November.
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- Elections
Robertson touts fundraising lead as Mitchell counters with in-state donor strength
Analysis | Alabama law—not property ownership—governs Tuberville eligibility
Republican gubernatorial candidate promises legal action against Tuberville
Public records show bankruptcies, foreclosure, tax lien as McKee runs for Congress
Candidate urges Alabama senators to pledge not to trade stocks while in office
- Governor
Governor marks first meeting of Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group
Gov. Ivey awards $4.5M to help low-income residents become economically self-sufficient
Gov. Ivey announces support for the Sarah Marsh Heaven’s 27 Camp Safety Act
Gov. Ivey calls for increased penalties for eluding law enforcement
Alabama gets $3.8 million grant to boost early childhood education
- Legislature
SNAP candy and soda ban clears Alabama Senate committee
House committee passes bill to require additional criteria for parole considerations
Gov. Ivey announces support for the Sarah Marsh Heaven’s 27 Camp Safety Act
Senate committee passes bill to OK digital driver’s licenses, nondriver IDs
A new, unique gambling bill for the 2026 session
- 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 lawmakers celebrate funding package’s passage, as DHS fight looms
Aderholt launches 2026 Fourth Congressional Art Competition for Alabama students
Sewell votes for funding package, including millions for Alabama projects
Candidate urges Alabama senators to pledge not to trade stocks while in office
Rep. Sewell announces 2026 Congressional Art Competition
- Education
ALSDE seeking expanded funding to sustain literacy gains
Alabama House debates, passes bill to let UA restructure social work school
Gov. Ivey introduces a CHOOSE Act family: Charlie Perkins and Susan Stacy
Troy University’s annual Geo Day set for March 12
House Education Policy Committee passes bill to limit screen time in early childhood education
- Health
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
Advocates talk ACA tax credit extension, as Senate again prepares for vote
Opinion | What Alabama learns when it pays attention
- Opinion
Elections
McFeeters is now promising to file a legal challenge to Tuberville’s entry on the ballot.
Legislature
Senator Robert Stewart warned that the state Legislature should not “legislate dignity away from Alabamians” before voting against the bill.
Legislature
An Alabama Senate committee quickly approved legislation requiring the state to offer digital driver’s licenses and IDs for a $15 fee.
Elections
Property ownership does not determine residency under the Constitution, and long-settled Alabama case law makes that distinction clear.
Legislature
The bipartisan measure requires the Parole Board to analyze an inmate’s employment, education and risk assessment when determining release, aiming for better outcomes.
Governor
Following a tragedy in Texas, legislators filed House Bill 381 to establish new minimum safety requirements for all Alabama summer camps.
Opinion
Less than two weeks after two inmates died, ADOC Commissioner John Hamm failed to address deadly conditions during the Legislature's prison oversight meeting.
News
The Food Bank of North Alabama encouraged the community to donate nutrient-rich peanut butter throughout February to help combat food insecurity in 11 counties.
Health
The Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame announced its 2026 class, recognizing 12 leaders, including UAB's president, noted surgeons and researchers.
News
The Reentry Task Force detailed plans last week to connect formerly incarcerated Alabamians with high-paying defense industry jobs through new training partnerships.
Opinion
You can continue to align yourselves with executive power and party discipline. Or you can honor your oath.
Featured Opinion
There seem to be many within the Republican Party who are fed up with the good ol’ boy system. People don’t like cheaters.
Opinion
Charles I's 1626 coronation, delayed by debt and plague, alienated his subjects and inadvertently shaped the political and religious future of American colonies.
Featured Opinion
From Springsteen to Lamar, protest songs expose when legality shields injustice and force moral reckonings politics tries to delay.
Elections
"It was a surreal moment bubbling in my own name this morning,” Britt said.
Opinion
This is the best outcome in a democracy that’s committed to free speech.
Elections
Here are profiles of the major candidates and frontrunners for both parties in Alabama's statewide and federal office primaries.
Prisons
No suspects have been identified in the case of a gun found in a field outside Fountain Correctional Facility, according to the Department of...
Elections
Both Durant and Brooks have watched their poll numbers spike and drop dramatically over the last six months. Britt has remained rather constant.
State
Sheriff Jonathan Benison has received donations from a casino, a bingo charity and bingo-affiliated businesses.
Prisons
Trey Norwood, 28, was found unresponsive at Ventress on May 17. Earnest Charles McReynolds, 69, died on May 10 at Donaldson Correctional Facility.
Featured Opinion
The politicization of abortion, and the hyperfocus on its legal status, has supremely damaged the debate of abortion on its merits.
National
"We hold not only the domestic terrorist responsible for this heinous crime but also those who constantly stoke the flames of racial hatred and bigotry."