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- Elections
- Governor
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
Gov. Ivey appoints Sen. Greg Reed as senior advisor to Workforce Transformation
- Legislature
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
Alabama counties set 2025 legislative priorities at ACCA Conference
- Economy
Alabama Real Estate Report offers good news for both home buyers, sellers
Alabama farmers face crisis: Pate urges Congress for emergency Relief
Innovate Alabama celebrates innovation, talent, and progress at 2024 event
Lt. Gov. Ainsworth visits jobsite, talks red tape and workforce solutions
Small businesses struggle to fill job openings as labor costs rise
- National
Rep. Sewell releases statement on potential Trump-Musk shutdown
Sen. Katie Britt joins colleagues in leading resolution to block natural gas tax
Sen. Katie Britt supports passage of defense spending bill
Rep. Strong introduces the SPACEPORT Act legislation
AG Marshall argues against certifying the Equal Rights Amendment
- Education
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
Troy University to reduce cost of high school dual enrollment
- 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
Opinion | Social media warning labels first step in fighting our mental health crisis
Opinion | There’s way more of us
Opinion | The first “Working for Alabama” czar will be Greg Reed
Opinion | The CHOOSE Act favors the few while leaving most behind
Opinion | Santa Claus: The unchecked threat to Christmas
Featured Opinion
One wonders if the 2018 midterm elections will ever end. There are still races undecided, recounts going on all over the nation. The original...
Featured Opinion
When indictments were reported by Al.com against Scott Phillips and Onis “Trey” Glenn III for multiple violations of the Alabama Ethics Act, the pair...
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There is contaminated tap water in north Alabama. There are no oysters in the Gulf. There is poison soil in Birmingham. There are polluted...
Elections
The Alabama Democratic Party is a dumpster fire. This cannot be news to you by now. Not after last Tuesday. Not after the last...
Featured Opinion
For eight years, Republicans have dominated state government in Alabama, but those years are not a fair representation of Republican leadership because, for most...
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Forget Veteran’s Day. We need a Veteran’s Month. Every year, as November 11 rolls around, and the parades start slowly marching and the wreaths...
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When Alabama’s Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon released a statement regarding the 2018 House election results in legislative districts across the state, he...
Featured Opinion
Here come the rewrites of Jeff Sessions’ pathetic history. Already, the apologists and conservatives have begun to mold Sessions’ as a rule-of-law stalwart, a...
Featured Opinion
The problem is the Democratic Party of Alabama. An awful mess looks better. In Tuesday’s elections, Republicans won top to bottom in statewide and...
Featured Opinion
There was no blue wave in Alabama. There was no blue ripple in Alabama. There were only a lot of blue Democrats left wondering...