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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Opinion | Ugly tactics cloud House race that should’ve been about service
ALGOP announces qualifying for HD12 Special Election
Clint Hollingsworth announces candidacy for House District 12
Ainsworth draws strong support on Facebook as Tuberville eyes governor’s race
Gov. Ivey calls special election for Alabama House District 12
- Governor
Gov. Ivey salutes Alabama exporters with Trade Excellence Awards
Gov. Ivey awards grant to help train inmates for jobs upon release
Alabama Big 10 Mayors praise public safety legislation signed by Governor Ivey
Gov. Ivey highlights legislative wins, pushes to relocate Space Command HQ to Huntsville
Gov. Ivey proclaims National Small Business Week in Alabama
- Legislature
Legislature approves bill banning cell phone use in classrooms
Senate Democrats block Archives restructuring bill at last minute
Grocery tax reduction bill heads to governor’s desk
House passes Senate bill raising age of medical consent for minors
Senate passes portmanteau bill making major restrictions on CBD products
- Economy
- National
Rep. Sewell condemns Trump’s firing of Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden
Rep. Strong spotlights Huntsville’s FBI role in federal budget hearing
Sen. Britt, colleagues celebrate National Small Business Week
Rep. Sewell demands up-or-down vote to protect Medicaid, food assistance
Rep. Sewell leads letter demanding DOE reinstate school mental health funding
- Education
In Spanish Fort, LGBTQ picture books housed in adult section
Tuberville introduces “Understanding the True Cost of College Act”
Students protest Trump’s commencement address at University of Alabama
UA College Democrats to hold “Tide Against Trump” protest
Alabama’s first class Pre-K ranked best in the nation for 19 straight years
- Health
Britt reintroduces the MOMS Act
Opinion | Opioid plan positions Alabama to curb addiction, support recovery for veterans
Opinion | Alabama’s rural hospital crisis is a threat to health — and our economy
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Alabama Senate passes bill loosening regulations for religious vaccine exemptions
- Opinion
Opinion | Let them eat … nothing
Opinion | ADEM’s retiring director: Alabama’s environment is cleaner and healthier
Opinion | Sen. Tuberville is the ideal choice for Alabama governor
Opinion | The SAVE Act doesn’t save voting rights
Opinion | HB202 is Alabama’s chance to lead the nation on backing the blue
equal justice initiative stories
Opinion
I recently learned that I might be related to a lynching victim. Many other Black families carry this history, too.
Opinion
To my friends and family up North, my decision to stay was even more confusing than my initial decision to leave.
Prisons
Ivey greeted and expressed her support for correctional guards and officials.
News
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the deaths of two inmates last month and say both may have been suicides. Jamal O’Neal Jackson,...
Health
As the U.S. reels from an unprecedented global health emergency, many people have been sounding alarms about the magnified threat posed to people in...
News
After a decade behind bars, all that came out of Holman prison was Antonio Bell’s body and a pair of new white Nikes, still...
News
A Montgomery man serving in Holman prison in December became the last person to be killed inside Alabama prisons after being assaulted by another...
News
So far this year, 13 Alabama inmates have been murdered, which was twice as many as were killed during the entire ten-year period between...
News
Advocacy group Alabama Appleseed has chosen a new executive director. The group, which has opposed civil asset forfeiture, high court fees and fines, and...