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Alabama Political Reporter
- Legislature
Legislative committees set up ARPA funding for Tuesday vote
Senate committee stalls bill seeking elimination of occupational tax
Remaining ARPA funds go to broadband, health care, sewage, water treatment
Alabama House passes repeal bill for “restrictive” NIL law for student-athletes
Senate committee moves along tax cut bills
- Opinion
Opinion | Southern Research investing in future of Birmingham
Opinion | Early education pilot showing positive results for children across Alabama
Opinion | The pandering MLK quotes are coming
Opinion | It’s past time to stop celebrating Robert E. Lee on MLK Day
Opinion | State of the State Cliffs Notes
- National
The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act dies on Senate floor
Congressman Jerry Carl announces key D.C. staff change
U.S. Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate for large businesses
John Lewis Voting Rights Act passes in combined package with Freedom to Vote Act
Doug Jones calls for building “pro-democracy coalition”
- Education
New data shows children using Waterford Upstart are exceeding mastery of subjects
Birmingham Promise scholarship applications now open for class of 2022
Biden administration extends student loan forbearance
University of Alabama Faculty Senate formally opposes ban of Critical Race Theory
AASB announces new leadership on the board of directors
- Health
UAB epidemiologist: Alabama’s COVID surge could last for several more weeks
Alabama’s child COVID hospitalizations hit another record, four on ventilators
U.S. government to launch free COVID test website Wednesday
Alabama setting record numbers of child COVID hospitalizations
Alabama has lowest average total single premium, according to government report
sports stories
Governor
Over two-thirds of Americans oppose bans on transgender athletics, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.
News
Tuberville’s term as senator will begin on Jan. 3 when the 117th Congress is sworn in.
Opinion
It is important to all sports fans and families that during this time of emergency that price gouging should not be tolerated.
National
The Southeastern Conference announced on Friday, that voluntary in-person athletics activities may resume on Southeastern Conference campuses, at the discretion of each university, beginning...
National
NASCAR will be the first major sports league to return after the coronavirus crisis ended mass gatherings including all major sports leagues on March...
National
Sports fans had anticipated watching NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, NCAA and high school baseball and softball, Major League and minor league baseball, NASCAR motorsports,...
Health
Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, Tuesday released a statement in support of the revised public health order that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey...
Economy
Thursday, Congressman Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, was conducting a poll on his Facebook account asking if there should be no fans at sporting events for...
Featured Opinion
I’m in my 45th year as a professional journalist. During that time, I’ve written sports, covered government meetings, been an investigative reporter, and written...
