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- Elections
McCaney pledged no dark money before sharing attack ad
Committee OKs state Senate special primary bill, drawing public’s opposition
Opinion | Alabama Republicans are trying to steal your voting power. Fight like hell!
Senate candidate Dakarai Larriett attacks primary opponent over Republican voting record
Senate passes special primary election bill for state senate districts
- Governor
Advocacy orgs deride special session to delay primary for new maps
Gov. Ivey awards grants in support of sexual assault victims
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm retires
Gov. Ivey awards funding for programs assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault
Gov. Ivey awards funds to south Alabama organizations assisting victims
- Legislature
Committee OKs state Senate special primary bill, drawing public’s opposition
House advances bill to provide special elections in case court allows old Congressional maps
Senate passes special primary election bill for state senate districts
Analysis | Alabama tests new limits of Voting Rights Act after Callais
Pringle defends bill at hostile committee hearing
- Economy
- National
- Education
Emmett Till exhibit opens at Civil Rights Memorial Center
Figures unveils rural bill package focused on health, land-grant universities
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Stillman announces Magic Johnson as 150th anniversary commencement speaker
Alabama recognized for pre-K quality for 20th year
- Health
Marilyn Lands talks contraception, IVF legislation, reelection bid
Rep. Aderholt applauds new Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program
UAB professors receive patent for lens that could slow myopia progression in children, young adults
Free healthcare clinic served more than 465 patients in Montgomery
Opinion | Are we eating ourselves to death?
- Opinion
Courts
Three-judge panel rejects Wes Allen’s emergency request, saying only the Supreme Court can decide Alabama’s congressional map dispute now.
Elections
Campaign finance records show overlapping payments among Alabama Values PAC, Farm PAC and an obscure Wyoming firm tied to GOP attacks.
Elections
Lawmakers advanced the measure following a tense public hearing where attendees pinned the measure as an attempt to disenfranchise Black voters.
Elections
They wouldn’t be trying so hard to take your voting power away unless they were scared to death you were going to use it.
Prisons
Lawmakers paused an ADOC contract until questions about the canceled health contract, the emergency NaphCare deal, and oversight concerns could be answered
Elections
The Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 1, legislation allowing for a special primary election for SD25 and SD26.
Elections
The Birmingham Democrat defended her 16-year record, prioritized voting rights and public safety, and argued her challengers lacked the experience to serve District 60.
Courts
The arraignment hearing in the Department of Justice’s case against the SPLC is set for May 7.
Elections
The Huntsville Democrat hopes to build bipartisan backing for reproductive health protections while emphasizing the need for affordability and government reform.
This Matters with Bill Britt
As public cynicism deepens, Americans risk losing the collective belief necessary to sustain democracy, progress and civic responsibility.
Featured Opinion
The death of racism has been greatly exaggerated.
Elections
The Supreme Court's recent opinion in a Louisiana voting case requires that states governed by racists at least try to mask their racism.
Opinion
I can think of nobody more divisive, or anyone who revels more in the heat of political fires, than Donald Trump.
Opinion
Born into relative privilege, Miles Davis still fought racism, addiction and convention as he repeatedly remade jazz on his own uncompromising terms.
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama fishermen can only catch and keep Red Snapper for three days this year. The National Oceanic and...
News
By Bill and Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter Recently appointed Senator Luther Strange, only a few months into his new job, has potentially committed...
Featured Opinion
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Something stinks in Birmingham, and for once the smell isn’t coming from the Water Works Board. This time,...
News
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Finance Department is set to terminate its contract with a technology company over the controversial $47-million STAARS software...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, May 1, 2017, US Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) announced that he will not be among the candidates...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, May 1, 2017, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey was named States’ Co-Chair for the Delta Regional Authority (DRA)...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) announced that her Working Families Flexibility Act will be before the House today....
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter After taking the oath of office to become the 54th Governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey said, “The Ivey...
Opinion
By Pamela Morton Since our inception, Mothers Against Drunk Driving has had a special bond with law enforcement. For good reason: We both have...