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As lies replace reality, political self-preservation corrodes conscience, history, and democracy itself—and too many enable it knowingly.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey signs bill requiring English proficiency for truck drivers
Alabama reacts to governor sparing death row inmate Sonny Burton
Ivey commutes Burton death sentence over unequal punishment
Gov. Ivey’s summer internship program deadline is approaching
Gov. Ivey signs the Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Holt Safe Streets Act
- Legislature
Alabama 2026 Legislative Report: Week Nine
Senate passes bill expanding Public Service Commission, freezing power rate increases
Alabama Senate passes bill to rein in data center tax incentives
Alabama Senate foregoes prison oversight bill in favor of pilot program
Alabama bill aims to let professors profit from research
- Economy
Alabama Senate passes bill to rein in data center tax incentives
Bill to pause new solar developments advances to Alabama Senate for vote
Lockheed Martin to invest in Pike County production facility
Hadrian to partner with Navy on northwest Alabama defense project
Retail giant expands baby departments, adds products at Alabama stores
- National
Alabama airman Alex Klinner killed in Iraq in refueling plane crash
Reps. Sewell, Rogers introduce bill to address rural wastewater crisis
Hadrian to partner with Navy on northwest Alabama defense project
Sen. Britt celebrates former BSC campus chosen as new USCG training center
Navy to open major defense industrial facility in Alabama
- Education
Alabama bill aims to let professors profit from research
Alabama House passes $10.9 billion education budget
Lawmakers review Education Trust Fund as reserves decline
Bill to restrict discussion of contraceptives in sex ed faces pushback in public hearing
Opinion | A decade of strengthening public schools through educational choice
- Health
UAB Hospital now fifth-largest in the nation
Children’s of Alabama to host giveback night at Walk-Ons Sports Bistreux
ADPH reports downturns in healthcare-associated infection rates
Bill to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer screenings heads to Ivey’s desk
House passes bill to allocate $43.1 million in opioid settlement funds
- Opinion
January 6 stories
Congress
Congresswoman Terri Sewell discussed being trapped in the House gallery, recalling how she wept for democracy and described the riot as an attempted coup.
Congress
Tuberville may sue over seized phone records but said Thursday that “taxpayers should not be forced to pay the price.”
Congress
“As Americans, we should never forget the events of January 6th," Sewell said.
Opinion
A sitting vice-president would count the votes of the electoral college and announce his defeat.
Featured Opinion
Somehow, the Biden DOJ, in four years, couldn't manage to successfully prosecute a crime that took place right in front of all of us.
News
Even Brooks, who had supported Trump’s effort to challenge the certification of Biden’s victory in January 2021, balked at the request.
Featured Opinion
The evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith against Donald Trump paints a clear picture of a former president who should be in prison.
Featured Opinion
The willingness of today's conservatives to believe everything they want to be true almost cost us democracy, and it might yet.
President
This is the third indictment of the former President, which together include more than 40 separate charges.