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Alabama Political Reporter
- Legislature
Lawmakers may close Alabama primaries during next legislative session
State Sen. Jimmy Holley honored by Troy University
Human Rights Campaign reviews “record-breaking” year of anti-LGBTQ laws
Legislature addresses primary issues, League of Municipalities says
Longtime Alabama Rep. Steve McMillan has died
- Opinion
- National
Sewell introduces bipartisan legislation to protect long-term care hospitals
Shelby, Tuberville vote against climate, health and deficit reduction package
Congressman Barry Moore backs Big Cat Public Safety Act
Beasley Allen asks judicial panel to consolidate social media cases
Rep. Terri Sewell votes to reinstate assault weapons ban
- Education
Students say Biden’s promise to forgive debt affected their decision to borrow
New director to form partnerships that support industry, boost UA
Shelby County teacher proselytized students, says Freedom From Religion Foundation
Alabama 3rd grade reading levels slightly improve: PARCA study
Former Limestone superintendent first to be sentenced in virtual school scam
- Health
Most infectious COVID strain yet is causing a spike in transmission
ADPH switches to once weekly updates of COVID dashboard
Ivey’s office blasts ADPH message on masking
Alabama Warmline expands to 24/7 access to prevent mental health crises
Alabama’s COVID positivity rate continues to rise amid BA. 5 subvariant surge
state government stories
Congress
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, said Monday, “We are going to get this done,” when talking about a stimulus bill that both parties agree...
Featured Opinion
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist — or even any kind of scientist — to figure out that Alabama’s state government is broken. I...
Featured Opinion
Oliver Robinson deserved to go to jail and I wouldn’t vote for him to be team captain in a pick-up basketball game. Good riddance...
Featured Opinion
At APR’s morning teleconference call on Monday, I asked the staff if there was a unifying message we could send about the mass shootings...
National
Thursday, on the opening day of the 116th Congress, Alabama Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution,...
Featured Opinion
As we begin this New Year of 2019, Alabama begins a new quadrennium in state government. All of our Constitutional state officeholders begin their...
Opinion
The elections of November 6th are over, and now, in Washington and in Montgomery legislators again take up the task of governing. As the...
Featured Opinion
The hope for ethics in Alabama’s state government died on Monday. To be fair, it had been on life support for quite some time,...
Featured Opinion
For eight years, Republicans have dominated state government in Alabama, but those years are not a fair representation of Republican leadership because, for most...
