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- Elections
- Governor
Ivey orders flags to be flown at full staff for Trump inauguration
Gov. Ivey joins Trump, GOP governors at Mar-a-Lago to discuss key policies
Gov. Ivey mourns security detail member Justin Williams, 42, succumbed to cancer
Ivey opens applications for Alabama’s new CHOOSE Act school choice program
Gov. Kay Ivey shares Christmas message with Alabamians
- Legislature
Sen. April Weaver joins Club for Growth Foundation’s 2025 fellowship class
Ledbetter shuts down D.C. rumors: “I’ve got the job I want”
Proposed bill would protect pharmacists who recommend off-label meds
State Rep. files bill to untax eyeglasses, contacts
Pre-filed bill would require timely wheelchair repairs
- Economy
Workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Tuscaloosa chemical plant
Small businesses struggle to fill job openings as labor market remains tight
Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair talks first year in office, 2025 plans
Sweet Grown Alabama changes membership levels to flat $100 annual fee
Manufacture Alabama highlights 2024 successes in workforce and advocacy
- National
- Education
AFP-Alabama applauds the opening of Education Savings Accounts applications
Alabama considers new education funding models to address inequalities
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
- 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
Congress
Introduced by Sen. Katie Britt, the Laken Riley Act would require detaining 60,000 more undocumented immigrants and empower state attorneys general.
Environment
Advanced Clean Fleets would have required California truck buyers to increasingly purchase zero-emission trucks.
Congress
The bill was originally introduced in the Senate by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville in 2023.
Courts
Alabama passed a nearly identical bill, HB164, in the last legislative session.
Congress
U.S. Term Limits, the nation’s largest pro-term limits group, honored Britt at the capitol this week.
News
The free and nonpartisan event aims to advance positive change across the state.
Opinion
We must continue growing our successes and overcoming our challenges one by one.
Featured Opinion
He has represented the 4th Congressional District for 28 years, which puts him in the upper echelon of seniority in the U.S. House.
Featured Opinion
Alabama deserves leaders who work tirelessly behind the scenes — workhorses, not show ponies, focused on real solutions over political theater.
Featured Opinion
Pushing outright lies has become acceptable in politics today. It doesn't work, though, if you don't buy the BS.
Featured Opinion
Change is slow, yes, but history shows us that it happens when people come together and demand it.
Featured Opinion
If we claim to value life, we need to prove it. And that starts with recognizing that mental health care is a moral imperative.
