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Doug Jones is not making an endorsement in the Democratic Primary race for Alabama governor. After an odd mixup on Wednesday night in Auburn...
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- Elections
State Rep. Marques receives endorsements from Alabama GOP lawmakers
Kristin Nelson leads GOP primary race for HD38, survey shows commanding advantage
Alabama Farmers Federation endorses Amy Minton for SD10
Alabama Farmers Federation endorses Sen. Donnie Chesteen
Bill Morris announces candidacy for Alabama HD50
- Governor
Gov. Ivey declares statewide day of remembrance for Carole Robertson
Gov. Ivey encourages Alabamians to be proactive during National Preparedness Month
Gov. Ivey releases Labor Day message to Alabama’s workforce
Sen. Britt announces the 2026 Senate Youth Program application opening
Gov. Ivey appoints John Young as chairman of the Marshall County Commission
- Legislature
Sen. April Weaver to co-chair healthcare committee of Rural Roadmap Initiative
Baldwin County delegation announces appointment of new chief of staff
Rep. Mack Butler re-files “Don’t Say Gay” bill for 2026 session
Lawmakers officially pre-file “Child Predator Death Penalty Act” in Alabama Legislature
Rep. James Lomax appointed to House Rules Committee
- Economy
NFIB: Small business job openings fall to lowest level since July 2020
Department of Workforce names Workforce Pathways Division chief
Wellborn fights foreign trade abuses to protect U.S. cabinet industry, jobs
North Alabama Area Labor Council encourages Huntsville auto workers to unionize
Gov. Ivey announces $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funds
- National
Judge, DA both recuse themselves from Fayette County sex offender case
Advocacy groups decry LGBTQ+ rights lawyer’s false testimony indictment
Rep. Sewell votes against FY26 National Defense Authorization Act
Rep. Barry Moore introduces bill to provide Americans released from custody with photo ID
Sen. Tuberville demands faster action on stalled nominee confirmations
- Education
Alabama Board of Education outlines key budget asks ahead of FY27
Birmingham Promise receives grant from KPMG US Foundation
Dolly Parton Imagination Library expands to Alabama foster kids
PARCA: Alabama high-poverty districts show gains in third-grade reading
Opinion | The answer to our public schools issues is sitting right there
- Health
Drug compounding advocate talks Alabama regulations, GLP-1 “frenzy”
Americans pay triple for prescriptions while Big Pharma reaps profits
Rep. Sewell files bill to freeze Medicare home health spending, block proposed cuts
PEEHIP board talks rising insurance costs, rural hospitals, drug tariffs
Veterans Resource Center Board talks operational plans at inaugural meeting
- Opinion
Opinion | Baird’s “impeccable record” leaves Alexander City paying more, getting less
Opinion | Shooting people is wrong
Opinion | A new way to gamble on sports could cost Alabama billions
Opinion | Safe guns, saved lives: a suicide-prevention call for Alabama
Opinion | Cynthia Almond an outstanding choice for PSC president
Featured Opinion
Why can’t we just do normal stuff? What is it about government in Alabama — from the governor’s office to the state Legislature to...
Featured Opinion
In 1968, shortly after gunning down Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, James Earl Ray was running from police, who...
Featured Opinion
Over the weekend, the same Facebook post kept popping up on my feed. It was, essentially, a long whine about how poorly Donald Trump...
Featured Opinion
There was much hand-wringing inside the Gordon Persons Building in downtown Montgomery on Wednesday, as interim state superintendent Ed Richardson and — for some...
Featured Opinion
It seems as if the Alabamization of our federal government is now complete. The final block fell into place on Monday, when the law...
News
Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Steve Marshall to be Alabama attorney general after Marshall agreed to launch an investigation into Special Prosecution Division Chief Matt...
Featured Opinion
The corruption within Alabama’s state government doesn’t surprise me anymore. The brazenness of that corruption does. Seriously, these people aren’t even hiding it anymore....
Featured Opinion
The kids are right That’s what makes the current gun debate, led by the teenage survivors of the Parkland school shooting, so vitriolic. The...
News
Another prominent Alabama Republican lawmaker has been arrested on public corruption charges. According to a release from U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin, Birmingham Rep. Jack...