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- Elections
2026 Alabama governor’s race heats up with big names and open field
Wes Allen to host Alabama Electors Meeting for Trump and Vance votes
Alabama State Canvassing Board certifies results of the 2024 election
New bill looks to make Election Day state holiday
UA students react to election results, Trump victory
- Governor
Gov. Kay Ivey shares Christmas message with Alabamians
Governor awards grants to help low-income residents become self-sufficient
Gov. Ivey awards funds for aid, shelter for victims of domestic violence
Governor appoints 26 to key state and local positions
Gov. Kay Ivey, 25 GOP leaders back Trump’s immigration policies
- Legislature
For Senate Secretary Pat Harris, being unknown is a sign of a job well done
New bill could allow campaign finances to cover dependent care
Sen. April Weaver legislation targets porch pirates with up to 20-year prison sentence
Speaker Ledbetter awarded honorary doctorate at JSU fall commencement
League of Women Voters trains citizens to engage in legislative process
- Economy
Alabama among six states with unemployment increases in November
Birmingham Starbucks workers to spend the holidays on the picket line
Alabama job ads drop 1.6 percent in November, top employers revealed
Alabama Real Estate Report offers good news for both home buyers, sellers
Alabama farmers face crisis: Pate urges Congress for emergency Relief
- National
North Alabama unions announce solidarity with striking Starbucks, Amazon workers
Sen. Katie Britt joins Senate Judiciary Committee
Britt, Tuberville fail to block Social Security Fairness Act
Tariffs unpopular with voters, mixed bag for Alabama Republicans
Sen. Britt votes for the American Relief Act of 2025
- Education
Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
Vouchers reduce school funding without lowering fixed costs: EPI report
Google gives $1 million to Stillman Cybersecurity Clinic in memory of Dr. Kevin Harris
ACHE advances education, approves programs, addresses workforce gaps
Read Freely joins ACASH to talk about sex ed book bans
- Health
PEEHIP board talks 2024 finances, “treacherous waters” ahead
White Lightning: Inside Alabama’s raw milk “secret society”
New billboard urges Medicaid expansion to save Alabama hospitals
Analysis | Rural hospitals closure crisis: Alabama’s healthcare safety net at risk
Analysis | Alabama’s Medicaid expansion: Dispelling API’s myths and fears
- Opinion
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Staff Report With 2011 drawing to a close, it is time to account. As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the...
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Staff Report The Fraser Institute has released their latest report on charitable giving in the U.S. and Canada, and once again North America’s leaders...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter APR: Let’s talk about Immigration. My notion is that I don’t think that people in Alabama are racist...
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By Grant Hallmark Alabama Political Reporter “It will be about a 40 to 50 percent cut in the state’s homeland security budget,” says...
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From the Office of Governor Robert Bentley MONTGOMERY— Governor Robert Bentley announced today the Alabama Medicaid Agency will receive a $19 million federal performance...
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by Representative Martha Roby Information about the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)—a method for reimbursing doctors who care for Medicare patients. (Information provided by the...
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Gov. Robert Bentley may prove to be correct when he says that the drop in the number of teachers in Alabama’s public schools hasn’t...
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Staff Report It’s against the law to text while driving in 35 states, but not in Alabama. Across Alabama, 21 cities — including Birmingham,...
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Staff Report MONTGOMERY — Joe Louis Reed started fighting for his version of justice in the 1950s, right out of the U.S. Army, and...
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Staff Report The police departments in Albertville and Boaz are training on how to properly enforce the state’s controversial anti-illegal immigration law, hoping to...