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Tuesday, Mike Anderton, the Jefferson County District Attorney, received the Law Enforcement Commendation Medal. The award was presented by Constable Gilbert F Douglas III,...
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- Elections
Wes Allen leads lieutenant governor race in June fundraising for second month
Candidates for 2026 attorney general race file June campaign finance reports
Gudger reports record $1.8M raised for FORGE PAC to back Senate GOP efforts
Minor candidates struggle to raise money in races for governor and lieutenant governor
Jay Mitchell’s attorney general campaign raises over $1.25 million
- 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
State Senator re-files bill to make removing Confederate monuments prohibitively expensive
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
- Economy
Ivey celebrates “Made in the USA” Day with praise for Alabama manufacturers
NFIB: 36 percent of small businesses report unfilled jobs in June survey
Sloss Tech Pitch Competition winner awarded $50K to grow innovative startup
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
- National
Senate passes reconciliation bill including child care reforms touted by Britt
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
- Education
Alabama’s CHOOSE Act education savings accounts funded for 2025 school year
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
- 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 | Why don’t your kids deserve a better education?
Opinion | The Ledbetter/Livingston 4th of July Breakfast is now a must-go political event
Opinion | When do things get great for you?
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
Republican stories
National
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, a Republican, on Tax Day Tuesday praised the GOP’s recent tax cuts as a positive for the average American taxpayer...
Elections
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has received another business industry endorsement, this time from the Alabama Retail Association and its Alabama RetailPAC. The...
Featured Opinion
Some in the media, a handful of politicos and three Republican challengers for governor are dyspeptic over Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to skip last...
National
The three most powerful individual people in the U.S. government are the president, the Senate majority leader and the speaker of the House. One...
Elections
Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh announced that she has been endorsed by the Alabama Realtors Political Action Committee (ARPAC) in her campaign for...
National
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones is joining another Democrat and a Republican to introduce legislation to establish a pilot program to integrate career training and...
Featured Opinion
Today marks one year since Alabama’s 53rd governor, Robert Bentley, left office in disgrace. In just the last two decades, two Republican and one...
Elections
Wednesday, BamaCarry announced that its membership has endorsed State Representative Will Ainsworth, R – Guntersville, for lieutenant governor. “Throughout his time in the Alabama...
Featured Opinion
The corruption within Alabama’s state government doesn’t surprise me anymore. The brazenness of that corruption does. Seriously, these people aren’t even hiding it anymore....