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The phony debate over approving ready-to-drink cocktail sales is an example of government bureaucracy that doesn't get enough hate.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Exclusive: Tuberville risks backlash if he leaves Senate, new poll shows
Tuberville residence question doesn’t rest on income tax filings alone
Clarifying Alabama campaign finance laws on federal-to-state transfers
Tuberville’s travel trail points to home in Florida, not Alabama
Disillusioned by the Republican Party, Kyle Sweetser is challenging Tuberville in 2026
- Governor
Gov. Ivey appoints Montgomery County District Judge
Flags at half-staff for Pope Francis, former Lt. Governor McMillan
Gov. Ivey signs resolution urging Trump to finalize Space Command move to Huntsville
The Alabama Independent Pharmacy Alliance celebrates passage of SB252
Gov. Ivey awards statewide grants to fight crime, assist victims
- Legislature
Legislators to consider allowing high school athletes to earn NIL income
Battle brewing over exit between Pine Level, Prattville
Opinion | We’re fixing the Birmingham Water Works. SB330 would set us back
Alabama 2025 Legislative Report: Week Ten
Opinion | The RAISE Act is a win for students, teachers and school systems
- Economy
Huntsville Starbucks workers file for a union election
March 2025 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Birmingham Starbucks workers describe a concerted anti-union campaign
Nominations for Alabama Retailer of the Year are open
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
- National
Court challenges Alabama statute barring sex offenders from living with their children
Rep. Sewell speaks out against National Institutes of Health budget cuts
Civil Appeals Court Judge Matt Fridy on road to recovery from heart attack
Tuberville’s travel trail points to home in Florida, not Alabama
Sewell talks federal funding cuts at Lowndes County town hall
- Education
House approves $12.1 billion education budget, nearly doubles CHOOSE Act funding
RAISE Act, education package approved by House committee
Trump to deliver commencement address at University of Alabama
Fairhope Public Library declines to move challenged books amid APLS spat
Education budget includes $3M safeguard for federal library funds
- Health
Opinion | Opioid plan positions Alabama to curb addiction, support recovery for veterans
Opinion | Alabama’s rural hospital crisis is a threat to health — and our economy
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Alabama Senate passes bill loosening regulations for religious vaccine exemptions
Alabama midwives and families criticize amendments to SB87 midwifery bill
- Opinion
The law is clear: Eventually, Tommy Tuberville will have to prove where he lives
Opinion | The bureaucracy you should really hate
Opinion | We’re fixing the Birmingham Water Works. SB330 would set us back
Opinion | Our legislators are not doing their jobs
Opinion | Workers Memorial Day reminds us to remember the dead and fight for the living
Featured Opinion
The last decade should embarrass anyone living in Alabama. Because by any measure that doesn’t include college football, the last 10 years have been...
Featured Opinion
The problems that lay before the Alabama Legislature in the coming 2020 session are complex but not so Byzantine as to be unsolvable. Of...
Featured Opinion
This is my last column. Until next year. Don’t want you to get too excited. It may be a time to reflect on the...
Featured Opinion
Steve Marshall might just be Alabama’s worst attorney general — ever. To be certain, he’s an awful AG. And I only pause in calling...
Featured Opinion
As is my tradition, as the old year comes to a close, I like to pay homage to legendary Alabama leaders who have passed...
Environment
Every afternoon during seventh grade basketball practice, I and everyone else on the team would make as many trips as allowed to the water...
Featured Opinion
Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday night, because he deserved to be impeached. Oh, I know that’s news to a lot of people in Alabama,...
Featured Opinion
The joy of Christmas. Can’t get around it. Or the stress, the pressure, the expectations. Christmas is a difficult time for many people, and...
Education
Montgomery’s first charter school remains a first-rate mess. As former LEAD Academy principal Nichole Ivey-Price prepares for another hearing in her ongoing wrongful termination...
Featured Opinion
Alabama celebrated its 200th birthday on Saturday. In a few weeks, researchers from UAB will begin testing children for a disease — hookworms —...