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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
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
Matt Woods named GOP nominee for Senate District 5
- 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
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
Week Three: Alabama Legislature advances key public safety bills
Senate committee hears complex arguments for bills regulating PBMs
- 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
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
Rep. Sewell’s legislation to return stolen taxpayer money passes committee unanimously
- 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 | 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
Opinion | Alabama’s workforce is key to the future of manufacturing
Opinion | Legislator votes to abolish his own county
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.
Congress
The Clergy Act would provide clergy members with a re-enrollment window during which they can opt back into Social Security coverage.
Legislature
Hill says Alabama needs visiting judges to address court backlogs and protect Alabamians’ constitutional right to a speedy trial.
News
Browning is one of only 15 leaders in the country chosen for the honor this year.
Legislature
Two bills seek to limit costs and protect independent pharmacies by capping prescription prices and guaranteeing reimbursement rates.
Legislature
The bill received a favorable report with nine affirmative votes in the 12 person quorum.
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.
Featured Opinion
This is not a new trick — history is littered with regimes that understood deception as the key to survival.
News
In a recent interview, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, appeared to be taunting Roy Moore into running for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate....
Elections
The Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee held its winter meeting on Saturday at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham and elected the party...
Economy
In 2018, 11 million tons of Alabama-mined met coal was exported to global steelmakers, which totaled $2 billion worth of the coal being shipped...
News
Saturday, the U.S. Postal Service commemorated Alabama’s bicentennial and entry as the 22nd state in the union. The USPS unveiled the Alabama Statehood Forever...
National
Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, introduced a bipartisan disaster relief package on Tuesday alongside senators David Perdue, R-Georgia, Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, Marco Rubio, R-Florida, Rick...
National
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday that would prohibit President Donald Trump from declaring a national emergency at the Southern border....
National
Monday, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, reintroduced the End Federal Government Shutdowns Act of 2019. Brooks said the bill would automatically require continuity of spending...
Featured Opinion
A lot has happened politically in the first quarter of 2019. The governor and all of our constitutional officials have been sworn in and...
Opinion
Earlier this month, the governor announced her plan to spend almost a billion dollars of taxpayer money to build three new prisons for men...
Municipal elections
Municipal elections
