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Alabama lawmakers know that hundreds of newborns are dying each year. They know that many could be saved with basic care.
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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey launches poll to name turkeys for Alabama’s 76th annual pardoning
Gov. Ivey honors Alabama veterans, reflects on father’s WWII service
Ivey appoints new member to USA Board of Trustees
Ivey sends more Alabama soldiers to Mexican border
Gov. Ivey announces new Growing Alabama funding topping $7 million for four sites
- Legislature
Greg Reed to step down, sparking leadership race in Alabama Senate
Alabama Rescue Squad Association recognizes Rep. Moore as “Legislator of the Year”
Police bodycam transparency bill pre-filed for 2025
Senator blocks contracts as ABC Board delays law implemetation
Flags at half-staff in Alabama to honor late Sen. Jimmy Holley
- Economy
NLRB decides captive audience meetings are unlawful in potential boost for unions
Small business optimism rises, but economic challenges persist
Judge orders a third union election at Amazon warehouse in Bessemer
Alabama trails nation in women’s employment as U.S. rates hit historic high
NFIB: Small business owners continue to struggle with labor shortages
- National
Tuberville, Britt react to Senate majority leader election
Sens. Britt, Risch lead bill to halt UN funding for anti-Israel actions
Sen. Britt congratulates new Senate Republican leadership
Huntsville LGBT Republican group endorses Scott for Senate majority leader
Tuberville joins Trump, allies in calling for the elimination of Dept. of Education
- Education
Troy University announces new Ph.D., master’s programs
Bill would reward teachers for “American exceptionalism” training
Anti-DEI legislation is driving educators out of Alabama
Alabama nonprofit promotes literacy, distributes mental health resources to children
CHOOSE Act website launches, applications open for Education Service Providers
- Health
Analysis | Rural hospitals closure crisis: Alabama’s healthcare safety net at risk
Analysis | Alabama’s Medicaid expansion: Dispelling API’s myths and fears
Alabama hospitals work to address IV shortage following hurricane
Anniston clinic receives grant for mental health programming
Alabama faces dental crisis fueled by inadequate Medicaid coverage
- Opinion
Opinion | Post-birth abortions? Alabama is specializing in them
Opinion | Alabama Fire College trains our state’s best
Opinion | Democrats need to start acting like Republicans
Opinion | A message to our party for its future, from its future
Opinion | Why President Trump should bring Space Command HQ back to Huntsville
Featured Opinion
Since the founding of the country, lazy and dumb politicians have used racial fears to win cheap votes.
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Alabama's prisons are so awful that they're making the people who enter them worse.
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Without her leadership, the state's citizens will never be given the right to vote on gaming up or down.
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For purely political reasons, we have the dumbest gambling laws in America, costing us billions and punishing our poorest citizens.
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Alabama has the fifth-highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. More fact-based sex ed is exactly what we need.
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Black people ain’t having it. And plenty of white folks aren’t either.
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We all know it's a political stunt to trick migrants into flying to other cities. That doesn't make it OK, or anything less than...
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Alabama’s tax system, overall, is among the most regressive tax systems in the nation.
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It’s simply not the government’s place to dictate cultural morays and niceties.
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In recent Twitter posts and radio interviews, Brooks suggested Donald Trump is dishonest and says Republicans are as bad as Democrats.