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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Alabama Trucking Association endorses Dustin Beaty for House District 13
Caroleene Dobson announces campaign for secretary of state
Business Council endorses Tommy Tuberville for governor
Forestry Association endorses Tommy Tuberville for governor
Brilyn Hollyhand joins Wes Allen’s lieutenant governor campaign
- Governor
Opinion | Reappointing Gwathney would be a grave mistake for Alabama justice
Gov. Ivey praises results of Montgomery Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit
Gov. Ivey announces $23.2 million in SEEDS grants to boost Alabama’s economic growth
Gov. Ivey taps Grace Jeter as Covington County circuit judge
Gov. Ivey encourages summer reading for Alabama students
- Legislature
Prefiled bill would require ignition interlock devices for first-time DUI offenders
Hemp retailers sue Ivey, Marshall over law they call unconstitutional ban
Opinion | Alabama lawmakers picked winners and losers, and hundreds of hemp businesses lost everything
Selfless love: House minority leader, wife recovering following successful kidney transplant
Opinion | Texas governor vetoes hemp ban, Alabama chooses chaos and criminal charges
- Economy
Gov. Ivey announces $23.2 million in SEEDS grants to boost Alabama’s economic growth
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
- National
Judge denies request to halt law making smokable hemp products illegal
Alabama officials praise Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship injunctions
Rep. Sewell to host 14th Annual Job Fair in Tuscaloosa
Muslim civil rights org condemns Tuberville for “anti-Islam” comments
Sen. Britt introduces golden dome legislation
- Education
Bill to bolster abstinence-only sex education reintroduced for 2026
Opinion | The CHOOSE Act puts parents in the driver’s seat
Opinion | Alabama education policy needs improvements
Opinion | Giving our young people a second chance
Gov. Ivey appointing Ami Brooks to lead Department of Early Childhood Education
- Health
Prefiled bill would overhaul Alabama’s new hemp regulation law
Medicaid cuts could exacerbate healthcare disparities in Alabama’s Black Belt
The Renewal Project announces statewide launch
EPA data shows 165M people exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ in U.S. drinking water
Alabama Medical Association thanks Trump for prioritizing doctor visa applications
- Opinion
Opinion | Reappointing Gwathney would be a grave mistake for Alabama justice
Opinion | Tuberville’s “inner city rats” comments reveal who’s really keeping our cities down
Opinion | Alabama needs leaders who lift us up, not tear others down
Opinion | The CHOOSE Act puts parents in the driver’s seat
Opinion | Tribal government gaming is about people, community and a better Alabama
public health emergency stories
Legislature
The legislation would guarantee that Alabamians in nursing homes be allowed at least one visitor — even during a public health emergency.
Legislature
The legislation sets minimum visitation requirements for a patient in a nursing home or hospital during public health emergencies.
Legislature
A bill in the Alabama Senate would set minimum standards of visitation for patients in long-term care facilities.
Opinion
"The need for a comprehensive statewide plan to provide high-speed, fiber-fed broadband internet connectivity to every Alabamian has never been more evident."
Courts
Moore is arguing that the state has exceeded its authority by issuing COVID-19 restrictions and the statewide mask mandate.
News
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended her “safer-at-home” order another five weeks to Oct. 2. This includes the mandate that everyone socially distance...
Health
More Alabamians have died in July and the first two and a half weeks of August than died in the first four months of...
News
The Alabama Department of Public Health over the weekend confirmed five additional deaths from COVID-19, raising the state’s death toll to 1,830. At least...
National
At least 1,526 residents have been diagnosed since July 1. That is a rate of 45 new cases in long-term care facilities per day....