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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey announces district judgeship and sheriff appointments
Gov. Ivey officially launches public safety package
Analysis | Gov. Kay Ivey’s State of the State address: Alabama’s future, on her terms
Gov. Ivey calls for legislation banning smart phone use in Alabama public schools
A full transcript of Gov. Ivey’s 2025 State of the State address
- Legislature
House Health Committee approves three bills, including “What is a Woman Act”
Bills on regulations and public notices approved by Senate committee
Legislation changing veterans board, commissioner held over after lengthy discussion
Unemployment changes, death penalty for child rape pass the House
Pregnant women could defer prison sentences under proposed law
- Economy
Annual Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report 2024
Alabama’s broadband expansion: A national model for rural connectivity
Alabama Realtors release December Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Tuscaloosa chemical plant
Small businesses struggle to fill job openings as labor market remains tight
- National
Rep. Sewell to convene Emergency Telephone Town Hall
Sen. Britt’s “Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act” passes Senate committee
Co-founder of Stand Up Mobile speaks on upcoming 2nd Congressional District trial
Rep. Sewell, House Dems introduce bill to stop Musk’s access to private information
Rep. Strong promotes Ella Sullins to Chief of Staff
- Education
Public Charter School Commission ensuring schools fit anti-DEI law
Sid J. Trant appointed to UA System chancellor
Alabama climbs in national reading, math rankings
AFP-Alabama applauds the opening of Education Savings Accounts applications
Alabama considers new education funding models to address inequalities
- Health
Jackson Hospital files for bankruptcy, state lawmakers speak out in support
U.S. Senator Katie Britt continues fight to improve rural obstetrics care
Program seeks to improve youth mental health care with federal funds
Tuberville backs RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services
Justice Department finds Alabama illegally segregates children with physical disabilities
- Opinion
Opinion | SB132 is a useless ban that creates crime instead of fighting it
Opinion | America can no longer identify the bad guys
Opinion | Politicians sacrifice transgender youth in a devil’s bargain
Opinion | Refusing to license, regulate gambling, Alabama is hurting itself, not crooks
Opinion | Alabama School for Math and Science: A proven winner for Alabama
National
Tuesday, the Alabama chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, said that they are...
News
In 2016, together with former colleague Assistant Federal Public Defender Donnie W. Bethel, I wrote, “[p]eople of all persuasions, political parties, and philosophies have awakened...
News
One of the companies vying for millions in taxpayer dollars to build Alabama’s new prisons is owned by the ousted former CEO of one...
Governor
On Thursday, Alabama NAACP President Bernard Simelton called on Gov. Kay Ivey to resign from office after it was revealed that Ivey had performed...
National
Tuesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell, D-Selma, and U.S. Army Lt. General Robert P. Ashley, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency spoke at the...
Economy
Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate will kick-off a state-wide series of listening sessions this week. The first session will be held...
Education
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the twenty-one schools selected as Alabama Bicentennial Schools of Excellence. The announcement was made at the Alabama Department of...
Environment
It still feels hot outside, but these last weeks of summer are the beginning hunting season in Alabama. Hunters in 57 of Alabama counties...
Elections
Governor Kay Ivey has had a very successful first year as governor. One of the coups she pulled off was getting the legislature to...
News
A 14-year-old Alabama boy has confessed to shooting and killing five family members in their home in North Alabama, the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office...