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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
ALGOP opens candidate qualifying for House District 11 special election
Wes Allen highlights purge data from AVID voter registration system
BCA ramps up political efforts for 2026 with key staff appointments
John Russell seeks Pickens County district judge seat
State Auditor Andrew Sorrell announces candidacy for secretary of state
- Governor
Gov. Ivey signs bill to establish Alabama Veterans Resource Center
Gov. Ivey signs “What is a Woman Act” into law
Ivey announces $23.5 million in SEEDS grants to boost Alabama’s economic growth
Gov. Ivey announces district judgeship and sheriff appointments
Gov. Ivey officially launches public safety package
- Legislature
Lawmaker files bill to ban health departments from promoting vaccines
Secretary of state, House speaker endorse ban on foreign funding in politics
Proposed bill would expand drug courts renamed, “accountability courts”
Fight for Alabama Families to host IVF Advocacy Day at Alabama Statehouse
Bondsmen challenge bill to allow partial cash bond
- Economy
Poarch Creek Indians’ economic impact in Alabama tops $4 billion
January 2025 Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Annual Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report 2024
Alabama’s broadband expansion: A national model for rural connectivity
Alabama Realtors release December Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
- National
Sen. Katie Britt helps pass resolution blocking natural gas tax
Sen. Britt honors Alabama’s Civil Rights pioneers 60 years after Bloody Sunday
Rep. Sewell to bring Chelsy Lyons as her guest to Trump’s address
Rep. Sewell releases statement on Trump administration’s closure of 100 IRS offices
Trump to host White House crypto summit, signaling major policy shift
- Education
ACCS and AAMA to offer scholarships for automotive manufacturing
Troy University to close Phenix City campus
ASU among first HBCUs in the nation to offer cannabis certifications
Troy University introduces University Honors Global Scholars Program
Alabama’s community colleges generate $8.1 billion for the state’s economy
- Health
Alabama House committee approves presumptive Medicaid care
Jackson Hospital files for bankruptcy, state lawmakers speak out in support
U.S. Senator Katie Britt continues fight to improve rural obstetrics care
Program seeks to improve youth mental health care with federal funds
Tuberville backs RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Opinion
Opinion | The Second Chance Act is a conservative, commonsense, smart-on-crime bill
Opinion | Alabama’s hemp laws are being used as a trap, lawmakers must act
Opinion | The right approach is clear. Our lawmakers are choosing not to take it
Opinion | Artificial Intelligence and the future of local government
Opinion | Alabama’s outdated licensing laws hold makeup artists back
Featured Opinion
The cold reality is that highly paid lawyers are using legal trickery to delay, deny, and deflect, while real people with real needs suffer.
Featured Opinion
The film "Chinatown" unravels the layers of ethical dilemmas and institutional corruption, revealing a world where right and wrong are blurred.
Featured Opinion
There's no reason Alabama has to maintain its hate-based holidays honoring traitors when there are so many better options.
Featured Opinion
This package gave our state’s leaders an issue in which they could put their partisanship aside and work together.
Opinion
If they had any honor, every Congressperson who voted to reinstall the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery would resign.
Opinion
Human equality is a self-evident truth, and liberty—freedom—is an unalienable right.
Featured Opinion
By prioritizing religious doctrine over empirical evidence, the court's ruling aligns with a broader trend of intertwining church and state.
Featured Opinion
A bill that would allow the AG or governor to select city's police chief is rooted in cheap politics, and it won't help anyone.
Featured Opinion
The fallout from Dobbs has been catastrophic for women's healthcare rights, and empty promises that it'll all be fine aren't helping.
Opinion
We were focused on delivering actual results that would continue to make Alabama the best state in the country.