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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Motion to dismiss filed, hearing set in House District 10 election challenge
Republican candidate for Conecuh County sheriff files election contest
Constitutional amendments now in effect
Election challenge filed over District 10 House seat
Phillip Ensler brings focus on education, public safety as newly elected state rep
- Governor
- Legislature
Rep. Jim Hill asks ACCA members to support sentencing reform
Analysis | Alabama Legislature considered most conservative in U.S.
Analysis | What’s ahead for the new quadrennium?
GOP Speaker nominee Ledbetter announces second round of committee chairs
Mobile eye doctor Shirey brings healthcare perspective to Legislature
- Economy
PARCA: Tax collections rise, but inflation will cost the state government
Legislative leaders cast ambitious vision to grow Alabama’s economy
Wage gap task force narrows recommendations
Governor promotes Small Business Saturday through proclamation
Online jobs ads in October up 17.3 percent from last year
- National
Sewell votes for Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act
Sewell votes to enshrine marriage equality under federal law
Sewell urges House leadership to consider Medicare screening coverage bill
Rep. Sewell votes to avert national rail shutdown
Sewell nominates Hakeem Jeffries to serve as next Democratic leader
- Education
Birmingham City Council approves $1 million in funds for conflict resolution schools
Filmore named director of governmental relations at Troy University
Ivey awards $1.3 million in university research grants
Ivey declares November as “Thank Alabama Teachers Month”
Education scorecard shows how Alabama districts held up during pandemic
- Health
State appeals to lift injunction on law criminalizing treatment of transgender youth
Alabama abortion advocates discuss post-Roe reality
Southern Research and Rhodium Scientific send bacteria to space
Cannabis Association issues deadline alert amid increase in applications
As COVID-19 wanes, UAB doctors warn of potential “triple-demic”
- Opinion
state school board stories
Education
Over 40 people attended Saturday’s conference at New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Indian Springs.
Governor
“These comments are disrespectful, inappropriate in every way, and represent a broader culture of casual sexism,” read a joint statement from four Democratic women.
News
James Baldwin “Win” Zeigler, the son of State Auditor Jim Zeigler and State Board of Education Member Jackie Zeigler, unexpectedly passed away in his...
Education
We’ll pick our own school board members, thanks. That was the message Alabama voters overwhelmingly sent to Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Senate President...
Education
Today Alabamians chose not to take a grand opportunity to reject the status quo and the recent ineptitude of the State School Board which...
Opinion
Senator: While you and I could not disagree much more on what we need to do to help Alabama schools and educators, I have...
Opinion
For some of us who are long in the tooth, we can recall that when George Wallace ran for president as a third-party candidate,...
Education
This past week “IT” finally happened. Mississippi surpassed Alabama in overall rankings for K-12 education. What absolute fresh hell is this? In truth it...
Education
Wednesday, the latest National Assessment of Education Performance math scores were released and once again the Alabama scores were among the worst in the...
