Legislature
As the 2024 Legislative Session approaches, proponents of school choice in Alabama are gearing up for another push.
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- Elections
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
House candidate, arson suspect hearing delayed until after primary election
Doug Jones to speak at community conversation in Birmingham
Alabama unions condemn post-ruling push to redraw voting maps
Analysis | Filing tests Alabama’s word—and the court’s authority
- Governor
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Gov. Ivey awards grants in support of sexual assault victims
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm retires
Gov. Ivey awards funding for programs assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault
Gov. Ivey awards funds to south Alabama organizations assisting victims
- Legislature
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
Pringle defends bill at hostile committee hearing
House candidate, arson suspect hearing delayed until after primary election
Lawmakers clash over redistricting, election timing in committee
Cory Booker joins Alabama Democrats at voting rights, redistricting town hall
- Economy
Alabama’s March unemployment rate holds steady at 2.7 percent
House passes 2026 Farm Bill, Alabama delegation splits along party lines
Mt. Moriah Farms wins Alabama rural small business honor
Alabama labor groups host Workers’ Week of Action kickoff
Opinion | Alabama takes a stand for small business fairness
- National
The Freedom Riders at 65
Cory Booker joins Alabama Democrats at voting rights, redistricting town hall
Sen. Britt signs onto extension of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Rep. Sewell announces mobile office hours for May
Rep. Sewell hosting rally at Alabama State House demanding fair representation for Black voters
- Education
Emmett Till exhibit opens at Civil Rights Memorial Center
Figures unveils rural bill package focused on health, land-grant universities
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Stillman announces Magic Johnson as 150th anniversary commencement speaker
Alabama recognized for pre-K quality for 20th year
- Health
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Free healthcare clinic served more than 465 patients in Montgomery
Opinion | Are we eating ourselves to death?
Judge lets Birmingham water utility end fluoridation
Alabama doctors urge safe drug disposal on Take Back Day
- Opinion
private schools stories
Health
Schools wishing to participate in the current program do not need to use or demand all services provided.
Courts
The scheme saw educators steal the identities of students in private schools and then use them to bilk public schools out of millions.
Legislature
SB261 now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration.
Health
Testing will be critical to help prevent outbreaks in schools and surrounding communities, according to the program's principle investigator.
Legislature
The bill to allow some local school tax dollars to follow children to a public charter school was carried over.
National
Foundation for Moral Law President Kayla Moore said that a Montana school choice program, “Flagrantly discriminates against religious schools, religious parents, and religious children.“...
Education
The anti-public education crowd has to hate LeBron James. Because he and the public school he started last year are destroying every myth, every...
Education
Fellow Alabamians, we must begin expanding private schools and charter schools. We should begin providing more school choice and option vouchers to kids in...
Opinion
The 2013 Alabama Accountability Act decreed that we would come up with a list of “failing” schools each year. The Legislature, in its infinite...