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Members of the Montgomery City Council will vote on Monday afternoon on whether to proceed on a purchase of the old Montgomery Advertiser buildings.

Notre Dame fans complained on Sunday about not being included in the College Football Playoffs.

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced on Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 2.8%, down from August 2025’s rate of 2.9%. 

Chloé and Ric Mayers donated $1 million to Tuscaloosa Academy recently.

Smith Warren Management Services shouldn’t be a qualified vendor to contract with Alabama licensing boards, according to State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine).

An online sales tax lawsuit pushed by multiple cities “threatens the fiscal viability of the state,’ according to General Fund Budget chair State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore).

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) announced on Thursday he’s running for re-election to represent Alabama’s Senate District 6.

ProgressPAC, the political arm of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA), announced Thursday its endorsement of State Sen. Jack Williams (R-Wilmer) for Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and Derek Chen for State Auditor.

Donald Trump is the first president “probably in my lifetime” to be concerned about domestic manufacturing, according to Stephen Wellborn, the co-owner of Wellborn Cabinet. 

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Wednesday that the CHOOSE Act family application portal access date information is available on the program’s updated website, where Alabama families can sign up for the state’s education savings account (ESA) program for the 2026-2027 academic year.

U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) reacted on Tuesday to the Public Service Commission’s approval of a two-year rate freeze proposed by Alabama Power.

Lloyd Peeples, a businessman and former federal prosecutor, announced on Wednesday that he’s loaned his 2026 House District 48 campaign $250,000. 

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) raised $1,147,607 in November for his 2026 campaign for governor.

Members of the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) approved on Tuesday a two-year rate freeze proposed by Alabama Power in a recent filing.

Former State Sen. Ann Bedsole passed away on Monday at the age of 95, according to the Alabama Republican Party.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should be arrested for an alleged massive fraud by Somali immigrants bilking $1 billion in taxpayer dollars from a pandemic food-aid program, according to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn).

The Electric Cooperatives of Alabama Political Action Committee announced its endorsement on Monday of Caroleene Dobson in her campaign for secretary of state.

Pinnacle Mergers & Acquisitions, a national automotive buy-sell advisory firm, recently announced the sale of Toyota of Montgomery and Lexus of Montgomery to Dream Motor Group, led by former Alabama football coach Nick Saban and automotive executive Joe Agresti, for $151 million.

State Rep. Craig Lipscomb (R-Gadsden) and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) recently discussed permitting policy for bass fishing tournaments in Alabama.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called for an immediate ban on all Islamic immigrants after an asylum seeker from Afghanistan shot two National Guardsmen on Wednesday near the White House.

Two National Guardsmen were shot on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined Missouri and 20 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a federal district court ruling that preliminarily barred use of Texas’s congressional map and ordered the state to use a map that would likely reassign multiple seats to Democrats.

The Rodney Walker for U.S. Senate Campaign launched its first television advertisement in the Republican primary for the 2026 U.S. Senate.

Ukraine has been a hot topic in Washington, D.C. media and political circles recently, but it isn’t foremost in the minds of Alabama voters, according to Morgan Murphy.

The Alabama Department of Insurance recently hired Kelli Littlejohn Newman to lead the department’s new pharmacy benefit manager compliance division, effective December 16.

Paul Finebaum is nearing a decision on whether he’ll run for Senate in 2026.

Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles director Cam Ward will receive the 2025 Pillar of Excellence Award from the Addiction Policy Forum next week.