Opinion
The year 1987 was a quiet one for elections across America but not at Auburn. That was the year Harold Melton, a student in...
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Motion to dismiss filed, hearing set in House District 10 election challenge
Republican candidate for Conecuh County sheriff files election contest
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
- Governor
- Legislature
Rep. Jim Hill asks ACCA members to support sentencing reform
Analysis | Alabama Legislature considered most conservative in U.S.
Analysis | What’s ahead for the new quadrennium?
GOP Speaker nominee Ledbetter announces second round of committee chairs
Mobile eye doctor Shirey brings healthcare perspective to Legislature
- Economy
PARCA: Tax collections rise, but inflation will cost the state government
Legislative leaders cast ambitious vision to grow Alabama’s economy
Wage gap task force narrows recommendations
Governor promotes Small Business Saturday through proclamation
Online jobs ads in October up 17.3 percent from last year
- National
Sewell votes for Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act
Sewell votes to enshrine marriage equality under federal law
Sewell urges House leadership to consider Medicare screening coverage bill
Rep. Sewell votes to avert national rail shutdown
Sewell nominates Hakeem Jeffries to serve as next Democratic leader
- 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
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National
Quietly and without notice, Auburn University renamed the building on its campus named in honor of convicted felon and former Republican Speaker of the...
Opinion
Our brilliant Founders built our democracy upon two different but complimentary pillars. The first and more obvious pillar is our constitutional system itself, what...
Economy
Alabama selected for mentor states on work-based learning programs by National Governors Association
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices this week named Alabama to a select group of states chosen to mentor peer-states on building...
Opinion
Alabama should be building better schools, not better prisons. It’s as simple as that. And the truth is if we had done that from...
Governor
Five companies have expressed an interest in building new prisons in Alabama, some appear to have never built a prison, while another may have...
Education
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has taken a step further toward sustainability by earning a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification for...
Governor
For the past 25 years, serious efforts have been underway to design and eventually build a new bridge along Interstate 10 that runs through...
Featured Opinion
Last year, the Alabama Charter School Commission gave approval to a Washington County charter school known as Woodland Prep. It gave that approval despite...
Governor
Alabama’s aging and dangerous prisons have been a topic of legislative discussion for 30 years with little accomplishment. If Gov. Kay Ivey succeeds in...
