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- 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
News
In states where sports betting is legal, the numbers speak volumes. Americans legally bet over $100 billion on sports in 2023.
Opinion
Solving the nationwide housing crisis won't be easy. Still, the path forward is simple.
News
The statewide challenges to libraries heated up, and Prattville got caught up in the news again.
News
These five stories stood out as particularly impactful in 2024 to APR's Alex Jobin.
Elections
Alabama’s 2026 gubernatorial race promises to be one of the most dynamic in recent history.
Featured Opinion
Economy
Alabama, Maine, and Mississippi saw the greatest increases in their respective unemployment rates.
State
Some 78,000 businesses in Alabama actively use TikTok.
Economy
Union workers at the Midtown Starbucks in Birmingham are preparing to strike today, protesting lack of progress in contract negotiations.
Featured Opinion
As Charles Dickens wrote in A Christmas Carol, “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Opinion
Humanity in all its wonderful contradictions will prevail, but only when we see ourselves as the positive, valuable assets we are.
Opinion
The Stop the Scroll Act isn’t a cure. But it is an important step in the right direction.
Featured Opinion
As we watch our lawmakers try again to rip away a small advantage from working people, we should remember there's more of us.
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Rainy Day Patriot sent an open letter to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) on Monday urging him...
Opinion
By Representative Allan Farley In my Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, you read of Shepherds. When you look up Shepherd in Webster’s dictionary you...
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Staff Report FROM THE OFFICE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MOBILE- The Alabama Department of Homeland Security (ALDHS) announced today a grant awarded...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is no stranger to disaster areas and Hurricane Sandy is one of...
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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – In the next session of the Alabama Legislature expect to hear a great deal about state’s...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Conservatives all over the nation were bitterly disappointed when a majority of voters in the swing states of...
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By House Democratic Caucus Chairman Thomas Jackson I was deeply disappointed last week when I read about the Republican leaderships’ hypocrisy on gambling in...
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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter November 11, 2012 was not always Veterans Day. It was originally ‘Armistice Day’. The day that the nation...
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Staff Report MONTGOMERY—The Business Council of Alabama began the process of finalizing its 2013 State Legislative Agenda during a two-day meeting last Thursday and...
