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Attempt to purge voter registry blocked

A federal judge has ordered the Alabama Secretary of State’s office to reverse course on its program to ... Read more

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Town Hall to discuss amendment proposing additional 15% sales tax on lawfully sold medical cannabis

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify revenues from the tax will fund additional personnel in the DA’s office. ... Read more

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‘New’ open records law sets timelines for agencies to produce public records

Amendments to Alabama’s Open Records Act which went into effect Tuesday, Oct. 1, mean state agencies will have ... Read more

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Alabama Center for Health Statistics announces location change for vital record issuance in Montgomery

Effective Oct. 1, the Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics will no longer accept in-person ... Read more

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(Column) Costly missteps in striking right balance on juvenile justice

Since the 2022 passage of the Juvenile Justice Reform Act by the members of the Maryland General Assembly, ... Read more

Columns

(Armstrong Williams) Does life begin at conception? Science has a voice

I was convinced beyond a moral doubt: Life begins at conception. But my conviction was more instinctual than ... Read more

Columns

Inside the Statehouse: Wes Allen, a worthy and unique secretary of state

Alabama’s 54th Secretary of State Wes Allen is doing a very good job in his first term in ... Read more

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Alabama lawmakers reintroduce bills to govern local library boards

Two bills — HB4 and SB6 — have been refiled by Alabama lawmakers ahead of the 2025 legislative ... Read more

Opinion

(Column) Whoops, the progressive road to nirvana ran into a Supreme Court detour

Should progressives be more alarmed by Donald Trump’s threat to the Constitution or by the Constitution’s threat to ... Read more

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Justice Department files statement of interest in Alabama prison lawsuit

The Justice Department has filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court ... Read more