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Alabama Political Reporter
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- Legislature
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- Economy
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- National
U.S. Senator Katie Britt continues fight to improve rural obstetrics care
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- Education
Alabama climbs in national reading, math rankings
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- Health
U.S. Senator Katie Britt continues fight to improve rural obstetrics care
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- Opinion
prisons stories
Legislature
The bill proposes significant reductions in the amount of days offered in return for good behavior from incarcerated individuals.
Prisons
An incarcerated man at Staton was dying of cancer. His sister and mother were refused the chance to see him.
Legislature
Ivey highlighted "failing schools," broadband access and prisons as major issues the new class of legislators will have to address.
State
A powder inside the letter was later determined to be cellulose powder, a harmless food additive.
Legislature
Hill said the state needs to focus on keeping dangerous individuals incarcerated while improving rehabilitation and release of others.
Prisons
Advocacy groups took issue with Ivey's messaging, but welcomed the halt on executions with the opportunity for reform.
Prisons
The governor asked the attorney general not to seek additional executions for other incarcerated people until after "a top-to-bottom review."
Featured Opinion
The judge took issue with ADOC's secretive ways and mishandling of nitrogen hypoxia documents.
Prisons
A viral photo last month showed the deterioration of Kastellio Vaughan inside Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore.