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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Voter registration surges nationwide with Harris’s run, but Alabama lags behind
Absentee voting deadlines for the Nov. 5 general election
Undocumented woman charged for voting fraud, but research shows noncitizen voting is rare and overstated
Analysis: 2026 election cycle could be a wild one
Poll: Figures takes big lead in CD2 race
- Governor
Ivey sets Tuesday meeting to fire Veterans Affairs commish
Gov. Kay Ivey marks “National Preparedness Month,” calls on Alabamians to take action
Gov. Ivey awards $875,000 to assist with rape victim support
Gov. Ivey holds bill signing ceremony for Union Economic Incentive Bill
Gov. Ivey announces $30 million in GoMESA funded projects
- Legislature
New pre-filed bill would raise online sales tax to create education revenue
Pre-filed bill would extend work-related cancer benefits to volunteer firefighters
105 legislators achieve 100 percent NFIB Voting Records for 2023-24
Lawmakers, lobbyists reflect on anniversary of grocery tax reduction
Bill would block sex offenders from serving as first responders
- Economy
- National
Tuberville blocks Army general’s promotion, raising tensions with Pentagon again
Sen. Britt celebrates Goldman Sachs’ investment in rural Alabama communities
Punchbowl News hosts conversation with Sen. Katie Britt in Birmingham
11th Circuit denies rehearing request in Alabama’s transgender healthcare ban
Rep. Sewell reviews updates on her work via Telephone Town Hall
- Education
- Health
Prior authorization delays “disheartening” as patients suffer, says Alabama doctor
CDC awards $2.975 million to Alabama maternal health committee
Here’s how Alabamians can fight insurance red tape that delays medical care
Atmore Community Hospital receives $2 million grant
Alabama launches new physician training program to address doctor shortage
- Opinion
Opinion | Decatur’s mayor could have been a hero. He went a different direction
Opinion | Albertville’s embrace of Haitian Immigrants shows the way of kindness
Opinion | Dothan and Fairhope mayors champion Live Locally Alabama
Opinion | Maybe it’s not the guns
Opinion | Jack Hawkins’s legacy at Troy is a triumph of leadership and service
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....