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- Elections
Allbright announces candidacy for House District 11 special election
Secretary of State Wes Allen announces bid for Alabama Lt. Governor in 2026
BCA endorses Matt Woods in Senate District 5 special election
Tuscaloosa’s District 1 City Council race heats up
SPLC report: Extremist rhetoric infiltrates mainstream 2024 campaigns
- Governor
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
Analysis | Gov. Kay Ivey’s State of the State address: Alabama’s future, on her terms
- Legislature
ACCA warns bill raising axle weight limits could “undo” Rebuild Alabama progress
Alabama cities could raise their local minimum wage under proposed law
Bill to ease occupational license restrictions for inmates passes committee
Rep. Jim Hill introduces Speedy Trial Act in attempt to fix court backlogs
Peaceful protest for immigrant rights set for Feb. 22 at Railroad Park
- Economy
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
Workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Tuscaloosa chemical plant
- National
DOGE faces mixed response in Alabama
Britt reintroduces bipartisan bill allowing clergy to opt back into Social Security
Sen. Britt praises Trump’s executive order expanding IVF access
Sens. Tuberville, Britt call for end to federal estate tax
Ten defendants plead guilty in sports betting and money laundering scheme
- Education
Alabama’s community colleges generate $8.1 billion for the state’s economy
Public Charter School Commission ensuring schools fit anti-DEI law
Sid J. Trant appointed to UA System chancellor
Alabama climbs in national reading, math rankings
AFP-Alabama applauds the opening of Education Savings Accounts applications
- 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 | Alabama’s Ten Commandment’s bill: A power grab disguised as faith
Opinion | The government waste has been found
Opinion | State-enforced prayer betrays the founders’ vision of freedom
Opinion | The moral argument for gambling legislation
Opinion | What they‘re not telling you about the Farm Bureau’s health plans
Local news
After several months of protests and a recent vote against him by the city council, Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion has decided to step...
Elections
Rep. Randall Shedd resigned from the seat on Feb. 17, leading Gov. Kay Ivey to call a special election for the position.
Legislature
ALDOT engineer Ed Austin estimates 350 bridges in the state would have to be posted for weight restrictions if the bill passes.
Featured Opinion
If Alabama’s leaders truly respected both religion and the Constitution, they would uphold the separation of church and state.
National
Several Alabama Republicans spent last week defending the Department of Government Efficiency amid demonstrations across the state.
Featured Opinion
Municipal elections
Municipal elections
The Mobile mayoral election will take place on Aug. 26, 2025.
Featured Opinion
Religious freedom is not the right to impose faith — it is the right to choose it.
Legislature
HB238 would create certificates of employability for released inmates going before the occupational licensing boards.
Featured Opinion
For years, the moral argument against gambling legislation has been effective. But today, the shoe's on the other foot.
Opinion
Put simply, ALFA is seeking legislation that would give them ability to deny coverage to anyone with a pre-existing condition.
Opinion
Manufacturing is one of Alabama’s economic pillars, supporting 267,700 jobs.
Opinion
A legendary dirty trick played on a legislator by a fellow legislator still reverberates over 60 years later.
Environment
Consumer Energy Alliance President David Holt was in Montgomery Tuesday to brief legislators on offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of...
Featured Opinion
The five day Special Legislative Session that addressed the increase in the gas tax to fund an Infrastructure Rebuilding Program for the state was...
Featured Opinion
Two months. That’s how long it took for Alabama politicians to break all of those oh-so-sincere promises to you about the gas tax. Two...
Legislature
The lottery bill is expected to be voted on in committee this week. AL.com has reported the vote would take place in committee Tuesday,...
Legislature
Several reproductive rights organizations will join forces to protest the Alabama Senate’s Tuesday floor discussion on House Bill 314, which aims to completely criminalize...
Legislature
A new survey of Alabama registered voters ages 40-plus finds that the vast majority, 82.3 percent, of current caregivers said they will provide future...
News
On Monday, May 13, 2019, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced he is excited that a new online filing tool for businesses to...
National
A congressional hearing was held in Birmingham Monday investigating reports of voter suppression. Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Selma, joined members of the House Administrative Subcommittee...
National
U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, proposed an a pro-Life amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee Fiscal Year 2020...
