The Voice of Alabama Politics
This week, The V examines a tightening governor’s race, prison accountability, SNAP pressures and Alabama’s deepening maternity care divide across Alabama.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Opinion | You should talk to Thomas Jackson sometime
Analysis | Final brief leaves Tuberville residency case in Supreme Court’s hands
Jones raises ethics concerns over Tuberville’s investment in data center industry
Doug Jones bringing veteran-focused town hall to Anniston
Opinion | As Figures works in CD2, Marques plays games
- Governor
Gov. Ivey honors Alabama workers in Labor Day message
Governor sets execution date for man convicted of 1991 murders
Doug Jones urges cost-sharing delay to protect Alabama SNAP benefits
Alabama awards $144 million in rural health care grants
Gov. Ivey announces latest appointments to Alabama boards and entities
- Legislature
State retirees to get hit with another premium increase
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
- Economy
Opinion | Republicans forgot about the working class and that was a mistake
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
Britt talks data center accountability, defends Trump admin ratepayer pledge
Huntsville-based Seabrook Solutions awarded $317 million NASA contract
ALL.SPACE wins federal agreement to scale satellite communications
- National
Sewell bill would require tax withholding from college athletes’ NIL payments
Figures introduces bipartisan legislation to combat “chameleon carriers”
Figures files bill seeking to block Trump beef import order
Rep. Sewell champions passage of AGOA reauthorization in continuing resolution
Rep. Sewell to host live telephone town hall today
- Education
Ivey highlights Alabama family benefiting from CHOOSE Act
Troy symposium to focus on AI accountability, cybersecurity and public trust
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
Rep. Figures introduces Restoring Opportunity for Advanced Education Act
Students appeal UA magazine suspensions in First Amendment case
- Health
Alabama mental health centers receive more than $8 million in rural health grants
VA psilocybin trial offers Alabama veterans new hope
Report: SNAP cuts deepen food insecurity in the Deep South
Opinion | Proposed Medicare changes could make timely care harder for Alabama seniors
Rep. Sewell praises FDA approval of breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug
- Opinion
Analysis | Alabama’s prison crisis is a failure of command
Opinion | Republicans forgot about the working class and that was a mistake
Opinion | From Eden to Alexandria to artificial intelligence
Opinion | You should talk to Thomas Jackson sometime
Opinion | America needs food security, not foreign mystery meat
Doug Jones stories
Elections
Tuberville still holds a big fundraising lead, but the Jones campaign seems to be building momentum with three months to go.
Elections
A new poll shows Doug Jones has cut Tommy Tuberville's lead by more than half. So you're telling me there's a chance?
Elections
The Mobile stop will focus on affordability, health care and maternal care access as Alabama women weigh policy concerns.
Elections
The Democratic candidate highlighted Tuberville’s own benefits and past fraud-linked business dealings.
Elections
The Democratic candidate has ideas on how to fix the state. You should listen. Like Kentucky voters did a few years ago.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
Doug Jones’ agenda, closed primaries, Democratic turmoil, immigration, classroom control and sacred civil rights ground shape Alabama politics this week.
Elections
Jones fielded questions on Medicaid expansion, housing and infrastructure as he argued fast-growing north Alabama needed more local control.
Elections
Doug Jones addressed Huntsville voters' concerns about health care, education, gerrymandering and data centers.
Elections
The former senator will field unscreened questions at Campus 805 as his statewide tour brings no-topic-off-limits conversations to the Rocket City.