Courts
Alabama officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift injunctions on congressional map, citing new ruling and seeking expedited review.
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- Elections
Analysis | The Supreme Court’s redistricting rulings are beginning to collide
Voting rights advocates rally against Alabama redistricting special session
Gov. Ivey calls special session as Alabama renews congressional map fight
Alicia Escott Lumpkin pitches change in Alabama House race
Campaign filings reveal hidden network behind Alabama attack mailers
- Governor
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Gov. Ivey awards grants in support of sexual assault victims
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm retires
Gov. Ivey awards funding for programs assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault
Gov. Ivey awards funds to south Alabama organizations assisting victims
- Legislature
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Arise celebrates 60-day grocery tax holiday, calls for permanent repeal
Voting rights advocates rally against Alabama redistricting special session
Study Commission on AI and Children’s Safety holds first meeting
Opinion | Very few open or contested state House races
- Economy
Alabama’s March unemployment rate holds steady at 2.7 percent
House passes 2026 Farm Bill, Alabama delegation splits along party lines
Mt. Moriah Farms wins Alabama rural small business honor
Alabama labor groups host Workers’ Week of Action kickoff
Opinion | Alabama takes a stand for small business fairness
- National
Analysis | The Supreme Court’s redistricting rulings are beginning to collide
Abortion now inaccessible in Alabama after Supreme Court ruling
House passes 2026 Farm Bill, Alabama delegation splits along party lines
Sen. Britt priorities advanced out of Senate Judiciary Committee
Voting rights experts call for Congressional action at hearing hosted by Rep. Sewell
- Education
Emmett Till exhibit opens at Civil Rights Memorial Center
Figures unveils rural bill package focused on health, land-grant universities
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Stillman announces Magic Johnson as 150th anniversary commencement speaker
Alabama recognized for pre-K quality for 20th year
- Health
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Free healthcare clinic served more than 465 patients in Montgomery
Opinion | Are we eating ourselves to death?
Judge lets Birmingham water utility end fluoridation
Alabama doctors urge safe drug disposal on Take Back Day
- Opinion
Governor
Voting rights groups condemned Kay Ivey’s move as a bid to reopen Alabama’s redistricting fight and potentially weaken Black voters’ political influence.
This Matters with Bill Britt
America’s political system increasingly rewards short-term conflict while discouraging the long-term national vision required to solve major challenges.
Courts
Alabama’s latest filings expose growing tension between Voting Rights Act protections and limits on race-conscious redistricting principles.
Courts
A court order blocked mailed mifepristone, leaving many women with one remaining option: crossing state lines for care.
The Voice of Alabama Politics
Republican infighting, hidden political money and questions about leadership dominate another volatile week across Alabama politics.
News
More than 1,200 officials gathered in Montgomery as the nonpartisan group set leadership for a year focused on supporting Alabama’s cities and towns.
Elections
The move followed a Supreme Court ruling Republicans saw as opening a path to revive maps that could restore a GOP sweep.
Elections
The Birmingham Democrat cast herself as a bridge-builder, pairing a family legacy of service with a platform centered on jobs, infrastructure and healthcare.
Elections
Records traced the attacks through a Virginia donor, an Alabama PAC and a Wyoming firm, while the original financiers remained obscured.
News
A Newsweek-Statista ranking highlighted five Alabama firms as national standouts for confidence among customers, employees and investors.
Elections
This rush to cheat at voting in the wake of the Supreme Court decision further gutting the Voting Rights Act is so very depressing.
Elections
If you can’t punch in the easy ones, you’re not a playmaker. You’re a liability.
Opinion
The simple truth is that most of your stress comes from people and paths you should’ve let go of much earlier. Good riddance.
Opinion
The railroad system will take no mercy on our vulnerable farmers. When rates rise, they will have no choice but to absorb higher costs.
Congress
Republicans hailed the measure as supporting farmers and rural communities, as Democrats opposed the bill citing SNAP cuts and economic concerns.
Infrastructure
A temporary detour is set to begin May 10 as crews finish bridge work and prepare a phased opening aimed at easing beach traffic.
Congress
The panel advanced measures targeting harmful AI chatbots and carjacking prosecutions, sending two of Britt’s child safety and crime priorities onward.
Elections
The endorsements backed one Alabama Supreme Court hopeful and three Madison County judicial candidates ahead of the November 3 elections.
Public safety
State leaders said the Montgomery crime unit’s results included hundreds of arrests, seized guns and recent school-related interventions that they said prevented violence.
Courts
Dissenting, Justice Elena Kagan said the decision will “set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.”
News
Alabama’s largest-city mayors urged support for a ballot measure that would let judges deny bond in more violent crime cases.
Legislature
Alabama lawmakers have launched an AI study commission, debating definitions and expert guidance before drafting potential safeguards legislation.
News
The free May 4 event is set to bring Booker together with Alabama voters for a public conversation on hardship, organizing and change.