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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
Tuberville praises Hegseth in secretary of defense confirmation hearing
Figures to serve on key House committees, Sewell makes history with subcommittee leadership
Sen. Britt talks hopes for Laken Riley Act, Trump’s second term
Sen. Tuberville introduces bill to fight “swatting”
Alabama leaders push to bring U.S. Space Command back to Huntsville
- 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
infrastructure stories
Infrastructure
The Common Sense Campaign will be hosting a public meeting on the I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge. The meeting will be at 5 Rivers Community...
Governor
For the past 25 years, serious efforts have been underway to design and eventually build a new bridge along Interstate 10 that runs through...
Governor
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called for a meeting of the nine-member Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority to discuss the proposal to build...
Infrastructure
Tuesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced a bipartisan highway bill that included a provision that is similar to one first written...
Featured Opinion
Gov. Kay Ivey’s first legislative session of the quadrennium was very successful. Her prowess at getting things accomplished with this Legislature has been remarkable....
Education
Unencumbered by the political temerity that immobilizes many leaders in Montgomery, Gov. Kay Ivey is rapidly moving forward on a few big agenda items,...
Opinion
“Freedom Isn’t Free” is the often-quoted final line in a stirring patriotic song that immediately came to mind after reading a recently published opinion...
Infrastructure
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and the Republicans running to unseat him all announced Wednesday their opposition to a plan that the Alabama Department...
Infrastructure
The Alabama Department of Transportation is not holding many listening sessions to see what the people of Alabama are thinking about their proposed I-10...