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ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Candidate speaks after stalker guilty plea, says courage will guide campaign
Allbright wins Alabama House District 11 special election
Alabama Senate candidates pledge their support for congressional term limits
Secretary of State: Absentee ballot “harvesting is not being tolerated in Alabama”
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt endorses Rep. Rhett Marques in District 1 race
- Governor
Gov. Ivey releases Labor Day message to Alabama’s workforce
Sen. Britt announces the 2026 Senate Youth Program application opening
Gov. Ivey appoints John Young as chairman of the Marshall County Commission
Gov. Ivey urges students to “be bold” in back-to-school video message
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
- Legislature
Lawmakers officially pre-file “Child Predator Death Penalty Act” in Alabama Legislature
Rep. James Lomax appointed to House Rules Committee
Stubbs named vice chair of House County and Municipal Government Committee
Lawmakers warned of rising Alabama SNAP costs at budget hearing
State Rep. Chip Brown pre-files legislation to bolster commercial seafood industry
- Economy
Department of Workforce names Workforce Pathways Division chief
Wellborn fights foreign trade abuses to protect U.S. cabinet industry, jobs
North Alabama Area Labor Council encourages Huntsville auto workers to unionize
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report reveals increased home sales
- National
Steve Marshall urges SCOTUS to hear student gender identity case
Sen. Britt signs letter calling for ban on Chinese seafood imports
Federal judge: Montgomery state Senate district violates Voting Rights Act
Rep. Sewell highlights rising grocery prices in new social media video
Rep. Sewell to host live Telephone Town Hall on Thursday
- Education
Dolly Parton Imagination Library expands to Alabama foster kids
PARCA: Alabama high-poverty districts show gains in third-grade reading
Opinion | The answer to our public schools issues is sitting right there
Summer reading gains highlight the Literacy Act’s impact on students
Secretary of State Wes Allen delivers commencement address at Troy University
- Health
Veterans Resource Center Board talks operational plans at inaugural meeting
Alabama Department of Public Health confirms case of measles
Opinion | New blood tests that detect cancer at early stages could save countless lives
Tuberville convenes veteran mental health hearing on alternative therapies
Senate hearing in Alabama explores new therapies to combat PTSD, veteran suicide crisis
- Opinion
Opinion | Labor Day was built on strikes and blood, not barbecues and sales
Opinion | Heating up the Cold War
Opinion | Maybe the Alabama Democratic Party could try something new
Opinion | We could stop school shootings, but some are standing in the way.
Opinion | The 2026 attorney general, ag commissioner races will be good ones
Featured Opinion
From coal miners to sanitation strikers, Labor Day’s meaning is written in sacrifice, and Alabama’s future rests on remembering it.
Party politics
Evidence has shown few noncitizen voters exist and have little to no impact on elections.
Governor
The governor celebrated Alabama's workforce, highlighting the state's record high employment and decreasing unemployment rate.
Opinion
World War II ended 80 years ago, but before any peace dividend could be paid or the euphoria fully experienced, the Cold War started.
Courts
Nine men, including a former state trooper, were sentenced in a large-scale operation that transported cocaine from Mexico into Alabama.
Featured Opinion
Legislature
The legislation would allow prosecutors to request the death penalty for those convicted of raping or sodomizing children younger than 12 years old.
Party politics
The DNC determined three ADP members seated after a "flawed election" should not be recognized.
Featured Opinion
Some people have chosen guns over the safety of others, including children. It's past time to shame them, and blame them for the carnage.
Featured Opinion
Two of our major constitutional statewide offices are up for election in next year’s May 2026 GOP primary.
Featured Opinion
The Framers warned against unchecked power. Today Congress cowers, Alabama suffers and liberty erodes as executive authority grows unchecked.
Featured Opinion
Hoover officials entered into a very odd lease to kick off its massive health care development.
Health
We know early detection means everything. A multi-cancer early detection test would be a game-changer.
Featured Opinion
"The United States of America stands or falls on the strength of the citizen's support of the Constitution and not any one individual."
Local news
Woodfin amassed more than 64 percent of the vote, avoiding a potential runoff in Tuesday's municipal election.
Elections
AFA President and CEO Chris Isaacson said that Chris Elliott is one of the hardest working members of the state Legislature.
Featured Opinion
"The big money in next year’s election will be on the state legislative races."
Elections
Bill Lamb is running as a Republican for Alabama House District 62.
Education
The lack of a singular, statewide order has left each Alabama school district implementing its own standards while trying to follow state guidelines.
Elections
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin is seeking re-election but faces several challengers.
Congress
This bipartisan bill would ensure that many patients can receive the intravenous medications they need while at home.
Municipal elections
