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Alabama Political Reporter
- 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
Featured Opinion
Politicians get away with awful laws, terrible taxes and behaving like children because we don't force them to be better.
Opinion
Reps. Victor Gaston and Howard Sanderford are going home. Steve McMillan passed away during the last session in April.
Featured Opinion
By contradicting Ivey on the execution moratorium, Marshall made clear that respect for decency and law aren't important to him.
Opinion
Let’s hope Georgia doesn’t become more like Alabama by electing an unqualified, undignified person to the U.S. Senate.
Featured Opinion
Montgomery was supposed to be dying. Progressive policies and a focus on diversity have attracted major business and new life.
Opinion
One hundred years ago this month, delegates met in Moscow to create the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Featured Opinion
Hooper’s accuser seems to have successfully matched his power with some of her own. And she just might be winning.
Opinion
Michael Stern, an economics professor and former chair of his department, was awarded more than $600,000 in a suit against Auburn.
Opinion
Being mayor of a city is where the rubber meets the road.
Featured Opinion
My priority will be making sure your tax dollars are spent wisely.