Economy Inflation overtakes labor quality as top business problem for small businesses Thirty-one percent of owners reported that inflation was the single most important problem in their business. StaffApril 13, 2022
Opinion Opinion | Congressional lines and congressman will remain the same We essentially have six of our seven districts that are safe Republican seats. Steve FlowersApril 13, 2022
Opinion Opinion|Legislature passes over two dozen bills to improve public education outcomes Taking our public schools to the next level will simply make an already great state even better. State Rep. Terri CollinsApril 13, 2022
Courts Civil, LGBTQ rights groups file suit against bill banning transgender medical care Doctors face criminal penalties including up to 10 years in prison if they continue to provide medical treatment to transgender children. Jacob HolmesApril 12, 2022
Courts Alabama families file suit against bill banning transgender medical care The families allege the new law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. John H. GlennApril 12, 2022
Elections Madison County nonprofit offers to pay half the cost to expand publication of voter list United Women of Color has offered to pay half of the additional $7,000 to publish the list in the Black-owned Speakin' Out News. Eddie BurkhalterApril 12, 2022
Legislature Gov. Kay Ivey signs six tax relief bills into law Among the bills signed into law is one to exempt some taxable retirement income for older Alabamians and increased deductions for many. Eddie BurkhalterApril 12, 2022
Legislature Human Rights Campaign condemns anti-LGBTQ laws Cathryn Oakley, Human Rights Campaign state legislative director and senior counsel, called the bills “the single most anti-transgender legislative package in history.” Jacob HolmesApril 11, 2022
Prisons Former Alabama correctional officer sentenced to prison for beating prisoner A federal judge sentenced Ulysses Oliver Jr., 47, a former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant, to 30 months in prison. Eddie BurkhalterApril 11, 2022
National Far-right activist cooperating with Justice Department’s broadening Jan. 6 investigation Ali Alexander has said Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, helped him plan the scheme to put pressure on Congress during the Electoral College vote. Eddie BurkhalterApril 11, 2022