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- Elections
2026 Alabama governor’s race heats up with big names and open field
Wes Allen to host Alabama Electors Meeting for Trump and Vance votes
Alabama State Canvassing Board certifies results of the 2024 election
New bill looks to make Election Day state holiday
UA students react to election results, Trump victory
- Governor
Gov. Kay Ivey shares Christmas message with Alabamians
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
- Legislature
For Senate Secretary Pat Harris, being unknown is a sign of a job well done
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
- Economy
Alabama among six states with unemployment increases in November
Birmingham Starbucks workers to spend the holidays on the picket line
Alabama job ads drop 1.6 percent in November, top employers revealed
Alabama Real Estate Report offers good news for both home buyers, sellers
Alabama farmers face crisis: Pate urges Congress for emergency Relief
- National
North Alabama unions announce solidarity with striking Starbucks, Amazon workers
Sen. Katie Britt joins Senate Judiciary Committee
Britt, Tuberville fail to block Social Security Fairness Act
Tariffs unpopular with voters, mixed bag for Alabama Republicans
Sen. Britt votes for the American Relief Act of 2025
- Education
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
ACHE advances education, approves programs, addresses workforce gaps
Read Freely joins ACASH to talk about sex ed book bans
- 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
News
By Rep. Darrio Melton Last week, a year-long study showed what many of us have been saying all along–Alabama’s schools are tremendously underfunded. Not...
News
By U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (A-1) Two weeks ago, five mid to high-ranking Taliban officials were exchanged for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who...
News
By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford There is no doubt that God has been good to me. I have received so many blessings in...
News
By Katherine Green Robertson It was predicted that voters would stay home on June 3rd without a tight race for Governor at the top...
Opinion
By Steve French “Sometimes, events in life get in the way of a good plan.” – Steve French Last November, after prudently securing the...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Much has been made about Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn’s call for formal hearings on utility rates in...
News
By Rep. Darrio Melton If you read these opinion pieces with any regularity, you know that I am a strong supporter of the American...
News
Education Matters By Larry Lee Nothing in the history books will ever mark the coming and going of the night of June 28, 1994....
News
By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford There were a lot of surprises that came out of last week’s primary elections. One thing that was...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Many people had hoped that Tuesday’s Republican primary would be a day of reckoning for Speaker of the...