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- 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
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Featured Opinion
The Alabama Charter School Commission is a mess. And that might be an insult to messes. Friday morning, the 10-member Commission, which has, apparently,...
Education
Three weeks ago, we told you about the mess in Baldwin County regarding the effort of Gulf Shores to start its own city school system. The...
Featured Opinion
Dear Mayor Woodfin, Tear it down. Get a few blow torches and axes, maybe a jackhammer or two, and tear down that Confederate monument...
News
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A panel of officials and university representatives will gather in Huntsville Tuesday for the first meeting of the...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter It should come as no surprise that former top law enforcement officer Spencer Collier is filling in the...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—An Attorney General’s Opinion issued July 29, confirms the State Personnel Board (SPB) and the State Personnel Department...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Former members of Gov. Robert Bentley’s administration say the Governor is obsessed with his authority as Chief Magistrate....
