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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Opinion | You should talk to Thomas Jackson sometime
Analysis | Final brief leaves Tuberville residency case in Supreme Court’s hands
Jones raises ethics concerns over Tuberville’s investment in data center industry
Doug Jones bringing veteran-focused town hall to Anniston
Opinion | As Figures works in CD2, Marques plays games
- Governor
Gov. Ivey honors Alabama workers in Labor Day message
Governor sets execution date for man convicted of 1991 murders
Doug Jones urges cost-sharing delay to protect Alabama SNAP benefits
Alabama awards $144 million in rural health care grants
Gov. Ivey announces latest appointments to Alabama boards and entities
- Legislature
State retirees to get hit with another premium increase
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
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
- Economy
Opinion | Republicans forgot about the working class and that was a mistake
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
Britt talks data center accountability, defends Trump admin ratepayer pledge
Huntsville-based Seabrook Solutions awarded $317 million NASA contract
ALL.SPACE wins federal agreement to scale satellite communications
- National
Sewell bill would require tax withholding from college athletes’ NIL payments
Figures introduces bipartisan legislation to combat “chameleon carriers”
Figures files bill seeking to block Trump beef import order
Rep. Sewell champions passage of AGOA reauthorization in continuing resolution
Rep. Sewell to host live telephone town hall today
- Education
Ivey highlights Alabama family benefiting from CHOOSE Act
Troy symposium to focus on AI accountability, cybersecurity and public trust
Montevallo keeps A-bond rating as enrollment rises
Rep. Figures introduces Restoring Opportunity for Advanced Education Act
Students appeal UA magazine suspensions in First Amendment case
- Health
Alabama mental health centers receive more than $8 million in rural health grants
VA psilocybin trial offers Alabama veterans new hope
Report: SNAP cuts deepen food insecurity in the Deep South
Opinion | Proposed Medicare changes could make timely care harder for Alabama seniors
Rep. Sewell praises FDA approval of breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug
- Opinion
Analysis | Alabama’s prison crisis is a failure of command
Opinion | Republicans forgot about the working class and that was a mistake
Opinion | From Eden to Alexandria to artificial intelligence
Opinion | You should talk to Thomas Jackson sometime
Opinion | America needs food security, not foreign mystery meat
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This Matters with Bill Britt
When power abandons limits, it begins defining truth itself, shifting society from accountability toward authority and leaving fewer checks to restrain it.
This Matters with Bill Britt
In his latest episode, Bill Britt explores how identity, fear and tribal loyalty shape political beliefs far more than reason or principle.
This Matters with Bill Britt
Bill Britt examines the erosion of shared truth, arguing that democracy cannot survive when citizens live in competing versions of reality.
Featured Opinion
As we begin a new year, we must recommit to truth, justice, restraint, and responsibility—because our democracy depends on civic virtue.
Featured Opinion
Truth, trust, and shared purpose are crumbling. Freedom survives only when we guard them fiercely.
Featured Opinion
In a process that has been weirdly secretive from the start, depositions are the sunlight this licensing process needs.
Featured Opinion
Make no mistake: A decent percentage of young people are getting the virus now.
Featured Opinion
Alabama hospitals are running out of ICU beds. And ventilators. Frontline staff is overworked. Nurses and doctors are running low on personal protective equipment...
Opinion
It’s disturbing to me how modern partisanship has curtailed Americans’ ability to tell the truth, the whole truth. I’m not talking about politicians here—I’m...