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Pushing outright lies has become acceptable in politics today. It doesn't work, though, if you don't buy the BS.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
Ivey orders flags to be flown at full staff for Trump inauguration
Gov. Ivey joins Trump, GOP governors at Mar-a-Lago to discuss key policies
Gov. Ivey mourns security detail member Justin Williams, 42, succumbed to cancer
Ivey opens applications for Alabama’s new CHOOSE Act school choice program
Gov. Kay Ivey shares Christmas message with Alabamians
- Legislature
Proposed bill would protect pharmacists who recommend off-label meds
State Rep. files bill to untax eyeglasses, contacts
Pre-filed bill would require timely wheelchair repairs
NAALC asks lawmakers to prioritize workers, families in 2025 Legislative Session
For Senate Secretary Pat Harris, being unknown is a sign of a job well done
- Economy
Workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Tuscaloosa chemical plant
Small businesses struggle to fill job openings as labor market remains tight
Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair talks first year in office, 2025 plans
Sweet Grown Alabama changes membership levels to flat $100 annual fee
Manufacture Alabama highlights 2024 successes in workforce and advocacy
- National
Sen. Britt talks hopes for Laken Riley Act, Trump’s second term
Sen. Tuberville introduces bill to fight “swatting”
Alabama leaders push to bring U.S. Space Command back to Huntsville
Sens. Britt, Cruz reintroduce congressional term limits constitutional amendment
Sen. Tuberville backs Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
- Education
AFP-Alabama applauds the opening of Education Savings Accounts applications
Alabama considers new education funding models to address inequalities
Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
Vouchers reduce school funding without lowering fixed costs: EPI report
Google gives $1 million to Stillman Cybersecurity Clinic in memory of Dr. Kevin Harris
- 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
All charter school applications must be evaluated by a qualified entity before action by the state charter school commission. From the outset, this was...
Opinion
What keeps us from sharing our stories? The ones we should tell? When it comes to the story I shared Wednesday morning with the...
Featured Opinion
Over the past few weeks, I have written a number of stories and columns detailing the specifics of potential lottery bills and what their...
Featured Opinion
As I observe the Legislature, it occurs to me that I am getting older. A lot of the legislators and lobbyists I have known...
Opinion
Violence can and does occur anywhere at any time to anyone. While our current mass shooting epidemic has thrust this fact of being alive...
Opinion
Dear Dr. Eric Mackey, respectfully, just writing to see if you would take an immediate look at the Montgomery County Public School System. Although...
Education
The anti-public education crowd has to hate LeBron James. Because he and the public school he started last year are destroying every myth, every...
Opinion
For those of us who are Christians, this week is the most important and holiest of the year. We begin the week remembering Jesus’...
Featured Opinion
If you have ever participated in an organized cleanup effort of pretty much any piece of land anywhere in this country, you know one...
Featured Opinion
As a state, Alabama traditionally ranks from pretty terrible to just plain awful in child welfare. If Alabama were a parent, it would be...