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Lawmakers claim public safety, but HB445 will shut down small businesses, criminalize legal products, and push vulnerable Alabamians toward the underground market.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Alabama Farmers Federation backs Heath Allbright for House District 11 seat
Education advocate Dakarai Larriett launches campaign for U.S. Senate
Conservative attorney Derek Chen announces state auditor candidacy
Wes Allen praises Trump’s executive order prioritizing election integrity
Alabama House passes bill to establish post-election audits
- Governor
- Legislature
Bill authorizing ALFA health plans heads to Senate after battle over insurance oversight
Alabama House passes bill that would limit CBD to minor-restricted stores, pharmacies
Alabama Senate advances student-based public education funding overhaul
Lt. Gov. Ainsworth announces his support for allowing off-campus religious instruction
Senate committee approves bill mandating abstinence-only sex education
- Economy
Key federal workplace safety offices in Alabama marked for lease termination
Poarch Creek Indians purchase Birmingham Racecourse, plan resort
Innovate Alabama fosters a state where innovation doesn’t just exist — it thrives
Alabama grows with $7 billion in new investments in 2024
Alabama labor force steady at 57.6 percent, unemployment at 3.3 percent
- National
Tuberville skips crucial Joint Chiefs vote to attend Masters, sources say
Sen. Britt joins bipartisan coalition to introduce Russian sanctions
Rep. Sewell, Democrats introduce bill to reclaim Congress’ trade authority
Rep. Sewell makes House Floor remarks opposing the SAVE Act
Sens. Britt, Tuberville vote for Senate Republicans’ budget plan
- Education
House committee advances Ten Commandments, “Don’t Say Gay” bills
Montgomery school board moves forward with controversial superintendent selection
Troy University designated a Carnegie Research University
Past issues for MPS superintendent finalist raise more questions about search process
Gov. Ivey reminds Alabama families CHOOSE Act applications close next week
- Health
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
Rural health activist talks telehealth innovations, facing funding cuts
HHS cuts $239 million in grants for Alabama public health, research programs
- Opinion
Opinion | Alabama’s hemp ban is bad policy with dangerous fallout
Opinion | Church and State must remain separate
Opinion | The poor people are our problem
Opinion | Second chances, stronger communities: ABPP’s commitment to strengthen Alabama
Opinion | Gov. Ivey must say “No” to prescription drug price hikes for patients
Featured Opinion
There are Alabama lawmakers with good ideas that address the real problems, if only voters would listen to them.
Featured Opinion
When we capitulate to fear, it only emboldens those who wield it for power.
Featured Opinion
Fraenkel’s The Dual State explains how fear and exclusion destroy freedom.
Featured Opinion
An "everyone is welcome here" sign sparked a national movement, but the fact is we're failing to live up to those words.
Featured Opinion
What took generations to build is being torn down in a dangerous gamble.
Featured Opinion
Truth, trust, and shared purpose are crumbling. Freedom survives only when we guard them fiercely.
Featured Opinion
Voters deserve to have their anger, fear and struggles heard. Instead, their Republican reps are running from them.
Featured Opinion
While there are no political consequences for Donald Trump's incomprehensible actions, there are real world consequences for everyone else.
Featured Opinion
The Founders understood that power must come from the people, not from divine decree.
Featured Opinion
A bill expanding legal protections for police would only add to a growing, and troubling, problem in the state.