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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey invites students to apply for 2025 Summer Internship Program
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
- Legislature
Ensler pushes gun violence measures: Glock switch ban, safety grants, more
Prefiled bills seek to “add some teeth” to immigration enforcement
New bill would add conflict resolution class requirement to marriage licenses
State lawmakers discuss regulating cryptocurrency in commission meeting
Sen. April Weaver joins Club for Growth Foundation’s 2025 fellowship class
- Economy
Alabama Realtors release December Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
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
- National
Sens. Britt and Tuberville co-sponsor bill to repeal methane tax
Police: Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters means “politics more important than policing”
Trump ends program to lower prescription prices, make disease therapy available
Sen. Britt’s landmark immigration enforcement bill passes Senate
Alabama Republicans celebrate Trump inauguration
- 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
Alabama commissioners discuss crisis services amidst mental health crisis
Medical Association commend FDA’s ban on Red Dye No. 3
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
- Opinion
Local news
Birmingham's $16 million police recruitment plan sees positive results, with new candidates and increased academy participation.
State
Board member Amy Minton shared a story speculating that the board could be prepared to fire director Nancy Pack.
Congress
The potent natural gas is responsible for about 11 percent of greenhouse gas-related climate change.
Legislature
Ensler’s approach blends law enforcement support with proactive community programs.
President
Police unions and the chief of the Capitol Police condemned Trump's pardons of the violent felons who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Featured Opinion
Congress
This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.
President
Republicans, including those from Alabama's congressional delegation, celebrated Trump's inauguration on Monday.
Featured Opinion
True public safety isn’t built on fear — it’s built on justice, opportunity, and hope.
Opinion
The phrase “Only Katie Britt could do it” may soon be repeated over and over again.
Featured Opinion
There will be thousands of the "content of character" quotes from rightwing politicians today. It's time to learn new King quotes.
Opinion
Like many of us today, he found himself confronted with both racial injustice and economic violence.
Featured Opinion
Questions of faith and governance often stir division, but Ledbetter’s gesture reminds us of the enduring values that have guided this nation.
Courts
The lawsuit filed in 2020 alleged the Ashland Housing Authority maintained "largely segregated housing" for low-income communities.
Congress
The Puerto Rico Status Act is a compromise between the sponsors of two bills seeking to resolve Puerto Rico’s territorial status.
Legislature
Ivey highlighted "failing schools," broadband access and prisons as major issues the new class of legislators will have to address.
Featured Opinion
A Wetumpka judge convicted two elderly women on four misdemeanor charges related to feeding stray cats.
Featured Opinion
One is consistent, principled and solution-oriented. The other seems hell-bent on picking fights.
Opinion
Incentives in the Alabama Jobs Act and the Growing Alabama Credit have propelled the upward economic trajectory in our state.
State
The USDA's $9.3 million investment will establish an Institute for Rural Partnerships at Auburn University.
Legislature
Ledbetter has selected eight committee chair appointments in his third round of nominations.
State
The funds will provide services including safe shelter, crisis lines, counseling, referrals, advocacy and assistance in filing victims’ compensation claims.
