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- Governor
Gov. Ivey deploys Swiftwater rescue teams to Texas amid severe flooding
Governor issues flag-lowering directive for Firefighter Sydney Kathryne Watson
Gov. Ivey marks America’s 250th birthday with Fourth of July message
Gov. Ivey awards more than $6.3M for weatherization assistance
Alabama joins Great American State Fair for America’s 250th
- Legislature
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
ACLU vows to take Alabama to court over special session bills
Terri Sewell condemns Alabama redistricting election law
- Economy
Workforce Alabama reports state jobs at record high, unemployment up
ASU, Callan JMB partner on workforce plans for Marion complex
North Alabama Area Labor Council holds organized labor lunch and unveils “Workers’ Agenda”
Small business optimism picks up in June, survey says
Opinion | Mobile deserves more than promises before rail merger
- National
Trump pushes SAVE America Act with election fraud claims
CAIR: Tuberville speech could “set stage” for anti-Muslim violence
Rep. Figures secures $50 million infrastructure investment in 2026 Water Resources Development Act
Rep. Figures introduces $15 billion tariff relief bill for small, mid-sized farmers
Rep. Strong applauds Mark McDaniel appointment to Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
- Education
Alabama students post large science gains, overall eighth-grade scores improve
ASU, Callan JMB partner on workforce plans for Marion complex
Textbook committee appointment letter sent in error, Mackey says
Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday is this weekend
Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys selects new leadership
- Health
Alabama Nursing Home Association celebrates 75 year anniversary
UAB receives NIH funding to expand genomic screening in primary care
Alabama urges produce precautions amid Cyclospora outbreak
EAMC becomes Alabama’s first hospital with Vibwife birth platform
UAB receives $4 million to expand Live HealthSmart Alabama initiative
- Opinion
Stephen Cooper stories
News
By Stephen Cooper Former D.C. Public Defender If you have a high-profile lawyer with powerful friends and you’re tortured while on death row in...
News
By Stephen Cooper Contributed In a New Year’s Eve display of liberal newspaper death penalty abolition harmony – buoyed by the release of the...
Opinion
By Stephen Cooper Alabama Political Reporter The last time Alabama played God, executing death row inmate Christopher Brooks by lethal injection on January 21,...
Opinion
By Stephen Cooper Since opening its doors on December 15, 1969, Alabama’s William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, has been a bastion...
Opinion
By Stephen Cooper In an op-ed for al.com dated May 9, 2016, Governor Robert Bentley declares he has no “intention of being a caretaker...
Opinion
By Stephen Cooper Instead of wrapping an $800 million ($1.5 billion over 30 years) albatross around the necks of Alabamians to build four new...
Opinion
By Stephen Cooper In about two weeks, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley — himself a desperate cartoonish candidate for clemency from the people of Alabama...