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Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill announced Monday that Hugh Evans has now transitioned to general counsel for the Secretary of State’s office....
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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
Secretary of State stories
Economy
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced that another avenue is now available for Alabamians to accomplish business with the state through the Secretary...
Featured Opinion
A lot has happened politically in the first quarter of 2019. The governor and all of our constitutional officials have been sworn in and...
News
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced Tuesday the newly appointed members of the Probate Judges’ Advisory Council. The council works with Secretary Merrill...
News
Several prominent Alabama leaders denounced a recent editorial written by Goodloe Sutton, editor of The Democrat-Reporter, urging the Ku Klux Klan to ride again...
Aerospace and Defense
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the United States was beginning the formal process of withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty...
Featured Opinion
As we begin this New Year of 2019, Alabama begins a new quadrennium in state government. All of our Constitutional state officeholders begin their...
Corruption
Alabama does not have an ethics commission. Oh, sure, there’s a group of people who meet once per month in a room in Montgomery,...
Elections
The Secretary of State’s office announced Thursday that it has discovered 398 violations of Alabama’s new crossover voting rules in the 2018 election cycle....
Elections
The Secretary of State’s Office has begun legal action to recover unpaid campaign finance fines incurred by political action committees and candidate committees during...