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While its length is embarrassing, the destructive thing about our state’s fundamental governing law is how it concentrates power.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Constitutional amendments now in effect
Election challenge filed over District 10 House seat
Phillip Ensler brings focus on education, public safety as newly elected state rep
Allen: Alabama to withdraw from national voter clearinghouse; Merrill criticizes move
Starnes brings military experience, focus to District 88
- Governor
- Legislature
Hulsey brings perspective to Legislature’s focus on mental health expansion
Susan DuBose wants “to be a voice for women” in the Alabama House
Chad Robertson aims to be a voice for rural Alabama
House Speaker nominee Ledbetter announces intentions for major committee chairs
Newly elected state Rep. James Lomax brings background in real estate — and youth
- Economy
- National
Rep. Sewell votes to avert national rail shutdown
Sewell nominates Hakeem Jeffries to serve as next Democratic leader
RNC chairwoman forms Republican Party Advisory Council: Katie Britt selected
Tuberville among Senators calling to amend Respect for Marriage Act
Sewell to welcome fellow Ways and Means racial equity co-chairs to Montgomery
- Education
Birmingham City Council approves $1 million in funds for conflict resolution schools
Filmore named director of governmental relations at Troy University
Ivey awards $1.3 million in university research grants
Ivey declares November as “Thank Alabama Teachers Month”
Education scorecard shows how Alabama districts held up during pandemic
- Health
State appeals to lift injunction on law criminalizing treatment of transgender youth
Alabama abortion advocates discuss post-Roe reality
Southern Research and Rhodium Scientific send bacteria to space
Cannabis Association issues deadline alert amid increase in applications
As COVID-19 wanes, UAB doctors warn of potential “triple-demic”
- Opinion
Opinion | Hooper’s accuser matched his power with some of her own
Opinion | Auburn drops another one — this time to the First Amendment
Opinion | Alabama’s Big Ten Mayors are influential
Opinion | Jerry Carl: The lame duck Congress returns
Opinion | The debate over medical marijuana dispensaries is ridiculous
Alabama Constitution stories
Featured Opinion
For purely political reasons, we have the dumbest gambling laws in America, costing us billions and punishing our poorest citizens.
Opinion
The need for a revision to Alabama’s Constitution has been long recognized.
Legislature
A plan presented Wednesday, and largely agreed upon by committee members, would remove three sections from the Alabama Constitution.
Elections
What do the six proposed amendments on Alabama's November ballot do? We answer your questions here.
Opinion
On Nov. 3, 2020, all Alabama voters should vote “no” on proposed Amendment 1. Vote no on Amendment 1 because it could allow state...
Opinion
The 1901 but current Alabama Constitution has been amended about 950 times, making it by far the world’s longest constitution. The amendments have riddled...
Legislature
State Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, has announced that he will release the details of his lottery bill at a press conference today. The 2019...
Legislature
A bill to limit the terms of Alabama legislators has been pre-filed and, if passed, would start with 2022 elections. State Rep. David Wheeler,...
Courts
Personhood Alabama filed suit in the Circuit Court of Madison County against the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville for wrongful death of “Baby Roe.”...
