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When the Legislature convened its 2020 regular session in February, Alabama enjoyed record-low unemployment and record-high revenues in our state budgets. Pay raises for...
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- Elections
Doug Jones calls for data center transparency in Lowndes County
Opinion | Lost in the Mail
CD2 race draws national heat, as Figures, Marques face partisan scrutiny
Experienced politicians won easily in Tuesday’s special primary elections
Analysis | Tuberville appeal asks who enforces Alabama’s Constitution
- Governor
Gov. Ivey welcomes Alabama students back for new school year
Gov. Ivey announces appointments to four agencies
Gov. Ivey proclaims Will Roberts Day in honor of 15-year-old cancer victim
Gov. Ivey recaps Alabama’s showing at Farnborough International Airshow
Gov. Ivey announces additional state agency appointments
- Legislature
Contract Review Committee holds ADOC contracts over prison litigation costs
DraftKings, FanDuel-backed PAC scores big wins in Alabama primaries
“Brawling for our Vote”: Thousands rally to protect Black voting power in the South
Full exchange undercuts claims Ledbetter called for ending 14th Amendment
ACLU vows to take Alabama to court over special session bills
- Economy
Alabama Community College System approves workforce allocations
Die casting company 2A USA making $32M investment to expand Auburn facility
Rep. Sewell visits grocery store “to highlight Trump’s broken promise to lower prices”
NFIB survey: small business optimism continues to rise
Opinion | Alabama’s workforce future depends on expanding opportunity
- National
Alabama small businesses praise BOI reporting rule repeal
Sen. Britt introduces the Space Superiority Readiness Act of 2026
Rhett Marques wins GOP nomination in redrawn 2nd Congressional District
Rep. Sewell marks 61st anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Sen. Britt hails USDA’s $35 million for feral swine control
- Education
Alabama Community College System approves workforce allocations
Ensler touts expansion of public school conflict resolution, counseling initiatives
Gov. Ivey introduces a CHOOSE Act family: the Yearbys
Alabama Arise joins national campaign to support public schools
Birmingham City Council approves $45 million for career center, schools and student programs
- Health
East Alabama Health to operate and manage Medical Center Barbour
Alabama Big 10 Mayors make mental health a priority, convene experts in Mobile to advance solutions
VA launches national psilocybin therapy trial with Birmingham, Tuscaloosa sites
UA System expands nursing programs amid Alabama shortage
UAB awards grants to study atherosclerosis advancement and MYC-driven cancers
- Opinion
Elections
National party committees have sharpened attacks as Rhett Marques and Shomari Figures prepare for a closely watched November fight in a redrawn district.
Elections
The Democratic nominee backed a one-year moratorium as residents pushed back against a proposed 1,050-acre hyperscale project.
Elections
Dale Strong has had years to fix the problems with mail delivery in CD5. Instead, he's offered a purely performative proposal just weeks before...
National
Small business advocates say the Treasury rule eases compliance burdens, while critics warn it could hinder efforts to track shell companies.
Economy
The funding targeted industry training, SkillsUSA scholarships and high-demand programs from welding and aviation to health care and automation.
This Matters with Bill Britt
Congressional oversight fails when lawmakers decide the verdict first, silence the witness and turn public accountability into partisan political theater.
Courts
The "meritless" case against the Southern Poverty Law Center survived its first motion to dismiss, despite serious lingering questions.
Congress
State Representative Rhett Marques will face incumbent U.S. Representative Shomari Figures in the general election this fall.
Elections
Jerry Carl and Gary Palmer easily secured the Republican nominations in their districts, with 74.7 and 87.0 percent of the vote respectively.
Featured Opinion
It’s the combination of bad things associated with data centers that has drawn the ire of good, decent people all over the state.
Economy
One challenge is becoming increasingly clear: Alabama needs more skilled workers.
Opinion
I am hopeful that Senator Britt will work to protect SNAP and ensure eligible Alabama families are not pushed off the program.
Featured Opinion
Lincoln, Eisenhower and Johnson show how leaders can manage factions without surrendering the coalition’s ability to govern effectively under pressure.
Featured Opinion
After 16 years of dominance, Alabama Republicans increasingly face their greatest governing obstacle from forces operating within their own party.
Featured Opinion
The Alabama Legislature on Monday approved Gov. Kay Ivey’s plan to spend $1.8 billion in federal CARES Act relief funds responsibly and transparently, and...
Governor
Both chambers of the Alabama Legislature voted to concur with Gov. Kay Ivey’s executive amendment to a bill appropriating $1.9 billion in federal CARES...
Featured Opinion
It was late 2014, early 2015 and the race to be the next president of the United States was just starting to heat up...
National
Monday, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Region IV announced that former State Representative April Weaver (R-Briarfield) was appointed by President...
Education
Traditionally underfunded and serving an economically challenged student population, America’s historically black colleges are particularly vulnerable to the challenges of COVID-19 and many are...
Congress
Republican 2nd Congressional candidate Jeff Coleman blasted the Democrats’ Heroes Act and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, for pushing a “liberal agenda”...
National
Maintaining essential everyday services while protecting citizens amid the COVID-19 pandemic has come at a steep price for the current budgets of Alabama’s county...
News
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, applauded the news that India will purchase 21 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, built in Troy. The U.S. Navy will also...
News
Four more prison workers have tested positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Monday. One worker at Staton Correctional Facility, one staff...