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Montgomery native and former state Sen. Dick Brewbaker is being looked at as a potential game-changer.
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- Elections
- Governor
Ivey removes APLS board member who criticized threats against agency’s budget
Ivey provides update on Dolly Parton Imagination Library expansion
Ivey announces new round of appointments
Gov. Ivey awards $2.5 million to fight homelessness in Alabama
Governor, treasurer: Alabama will increase investment in Israel bond holdings
- Legislature
Ledbetter supports major gambling bill, aims to end illegal operations in Alabama
2024 school choice bill in Alabama: Size and scope under close watch
Orr proposes bill to cut tax nursing items, feminine hygiene products
Committee continues work to determine distribution of opioid settlement funds
State Rep. James Lomax completes prestigious leadership development program
- Economy
- National
Sewell to continue Congress in Your Community Tour with stops in Wilcox, Lowndes
Rep. Sewell continuing “Congress in Your Community Tour” with new stops
Alabama man sentenced for assaulting officers during Jan. 6 insurrection
Rep. Sewell introduces bipartisan bill to assist rural hospitals
Kelly Clarkson show hosts Alabama transgender teen and supportive dad
- Education
APLS board takes steps to amend code at Ivey’s request
K-12 schools to receive $179 million in Capital Improvement Grant funding
State library service tables vote to discontinue ALA membership
Summer program students gained critical reading and math skills in 2023
Wahl plans to call for state library disaffiliation from ALA
- Health
Stats show Alabama birthing centers primarily serve white women with ability to pay
Study finds more than 1 in 3 Alabamians face mental health issues
Despite high rates of teen pregnancies, STDs, Alabama opts out of CDC health survey
Rep. Sewell to announce major funding for Greene County Hospital and Nursing Home
Plaintiffs argue court should block Cannabis Commission from using scores
- Opinion
Opinion | A change will come; it always does
Opinion | Something strange has happened in Decatur
Opinion | Alabama leaders shine: Competent governance amid challenges this Thanksgiving
Opinion | Porn age verification legislation aligned with far-right astroturf campaign
Opinion | The Iron Bowl and your water pipe
Sen. Dick Brewbaker stories
Courts
A last-second amendment meant that a ban on judges overriding the wishes of juries to impose the death penalty wouldn't be retroactive.
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the Vice Chairman of the Montgomery County Commission, Ronda Walker (R), announced her candidacy...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s death penalty sentencing system, which allows judges to override a jury’s recommendation for life in...
Featured Opinion
By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Most readers know that I oppose the death penalty. I don’t believe the State should ever take something...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s House of Representatives, on its first day back from spring break, is expected to take up...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — A bill that would end Alabama’s judicial override sentencing system, which allows judges to override juries and...
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By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Alabama Medicaid Agency isn’t the only part of the State government with funding issues, and uncertainty over...
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By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Gov. Robert Bentley believes a request from an accrediting agency to remove him the boards of all State...
Featured Opinion
By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter During my years as an editorial writer for The Birmingham News, I spent much of that time opposed...
