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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
Jim Zeigler stories
Elections
A hearing has been set for Thursday on a complaint of alleged misleading wording on proposed Constitutional Amendment One. The Fair Ballot Commission will...
Elections
State School Board member Jackie Zeigler (R) has filed a complaint claiming that the Amendment One wording does not make clear that it removes...
Elections
Tuesday, both Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and State Auditor Jim Zeigler qualified to run for Place 1 GOP Delegate. Zeigler said in a press...
News
Monday, the Alabama Ethics Commission earned a perfect audit for the past two years. State Auditor Jim Zeigler released the audit finding Monday and...
News
Wednesday, September 18 Alabama Governor Kay Ivey was joined by Attorney General Steve Marshall, Secretary of State John Merrill, State Auditor Jim Zeigler, State...
Governor
On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey revealed that she has a malignancy in her lung and that treatment will begin today with outpatient surgery...
Infrastructure
On Wednesday, local Baldwin County elected officials voted “effectively” to kill the Mobile River Bridge project. The Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met...
Infrastructure
The Alabama Department of Transportation experienced yet another setback on Wednesday for its controversial plan to build a bridge of the Mobile River and...
Featured Opinion
The Mobile toll bridge is dying. You can feel that things have turned. The opposition has become too organized, indicating that there’s a powerful...