2026 Alabama legislative session: 26 bills to watch
The 2026 Alabama Legislative Session kicked off Jan. 13, with lawmakers in the state House of Representatives and Senate beginning…
Roundup: Fundraising heats up in 2026 statewide races
As campaigns heat up ahead of Alabama’s 2026 statewide election, fundraising is ramping up in the races for governor, lieutenant…
Roundup: Alabama’s environmental funding halved since 2010
A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project shows that Alabama has cut its environmental funding nearly in half since…
Roundup: As ACA tax credits expire, 130,000 Alabamians are at risk of losing health care
A health care bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday did not include plans to extend Affordable…
Roundup: Supreme Court hears arguments in Alabama death penalty case
Alabama appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court last week, arguing that the state should be allowed to execute a death…
Roundup: University of Alabama suspends two student publications, citing anti-DEI regulations
The University of Alabama last week permanently suspended two student-run magazines, Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six. UA officials cited federal…
Roundup: Doug Jones enters governor’s race
Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has announced he is running in the 2026 governor’s race. Jones, who is running as…
Roundup: Controversial Bessemer data center moves forward with city approval
Bessemer city officials took the next steps to allow a $14 billion data center project to move forward last week,…
Roundup: Alabama’s newest prison opening delayed; state eyes borrowing money for more prison construction
Alabama’s newest prison, a $1 billion mega-facility currently under construction in Elmore County, will not open on schedule, the Alabama…
Roundup: Alabama submits plan to improve rural healthcare to federal government
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced last week that the state has submitted its plan for improving rural healthcare to the…