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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Britt, Ainsworth endorse Tuberville, boosting early bid for governor
ALGOP announces qualifying for HD63 Special Election
Alabama to verify citizenship of registered voters with SAVE program
Ken McFeeters suffers dirt bike injury in attempted Tuberville callout
Manufacture Alabama endorses Tommy Tuberville for governor
- Governor
Gov. Ivey appoints Michael Godwin to Montgomery County District Court
Gov. Ivey appoints Grayson Murray to Franklin County Commission
Gov. Ivey signs law untaxing baby goods, feminine hygiene products
Gov. Ivey introduces new First Dog of Alabama
Gov. Ivey appoints David Reed as chairman of the Marshall County Commission
- Legislature
Gov. Ivey signs law untaxing baby goods, feminine hygiene products
State Rep. Susan DuBose to hold town hall meeting on June 17
State of Alabama agrees to allow more vape products after federal suit
New Alabama vape law bans flavored e-cigarettes in stores
Opinion | Alabama’s GOP budget chairs lead state to fiscal strength
- Economy
SNAP cuts threaten 800,000 Alabamians as state faces $300 million burden
Alabama home sales dip slightly in April but outpace last year
Opinion | A cakewalk for lawmakers, a crackdown on workers, businesses
Poll: Trump voters back vape access, reject Biden rules, as Alabama ban sparks backlash
Third Alabama Starbucks votes to unionize in Huntsville
- National
“Big Beautiful Bill” would threaten local economies, increase inequality
Britt, Rogers, Strong represent Alabama at prestigious Paris Air Show
Medical Association applauds Rep. Sewell’s bipartisan effort to address physician shortage
Rep. Moore’s “D.C. Garbage” advertisement wins Telly Award
Rep. Sewell recognizes Juneteenth on U.S. House floor
- Education
Opinion | Giving our young people a second chance
Gov. Ivey appointing Ami Brooks to lead Department of Early Childhood Education
Brasfield & Gorrie to build Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences campus
ALFA awards new vehicle to Alabama’s 2025-26 Teacher of the Year
Alabama Library Association slams APLS board’s “dismissive” tone
- Health
Senate Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts threaten to shutter Alabama hospitals
New report ranks Alabama’s health system 42nd in the nation
Opinion | Don’t let Alabama’s rural healthcare collapse — act now
Department of Public Health warns of suspected measles case in Lee County
Britt reintroduces the MOMS Act
- Opinion
Opinion | Why do we value stupidity over intelligence?
Opinion | Why the oil and natural gas industry has to stay alert this hurricane season
Opinion | The Alabama Republican Party is heading down a familiar path
Opinion | George McMillan epitomized friends and neighbors politics
Opinion | Don’t let Alabama’s rural healthcare collapse — act now
lethal injection stories
Featured Opinion
After Thursday's execution, Gov. Kay Ivey said, "In Alabama, we uphold the rule of law." Which laws are those, exactly?
Prisons
Casey McWhorter, 49, was executed by the state via lethal injection for the 1993 murder and robbery of Edward Lee Williams Sr.
Governor
The state will now have 30 hours to carry out the execution, a six-hour boost over the previous limit.
Featured Opinion
By contradicting Ivey on the execution moratorium, Marshall made clear that respect for decency and law aren't important to him.
Prisons
The governor asked the attorney general not to seek additional executions for other incarcerated people until after "a top-to-bottom review."
Prisons
Commissioner John Hamm assured Ivey that the Department of Corrections was prepared to carry out the death sentence successfully, only to fail again.
Featured Opinion
The judge took issue with ADOC's secretive ways and mishandling of nitrogen hypoxia documents.
Opinion
It is time to spare the life of Alan Eugene Miller and all the other persons on death row.
Featured Opinion
The account from Joe Nathan James' autopsy is horrifying, and no one in Alabama government is talking about it.