Andrea Tinker

The state’s Democratic and Republican nominees for lieutenant governor took the stage Wednesday night in Huntsville for the first, and likely only, debate between candidates for state office in this year’s election cycle. During the hour-long debate, Democratic nominee Phillip...

Alabama voters next week will choose whether to retain one of the state’s longest-serving state treasurers or elect a retired banker in his place. Republican incumbent Young Boozer will face Democratic nominee Rosilyn Houston in next Tuesday’s election to the...

Key points The race for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, featuring U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Montgomery and Republican nominee Rhett Marques, R-Enterprise, is considered the state’s most competitive. The district was redrawn after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act...

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, was joined by U.S. Rep Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., to rally supporters in Montgomery Thursday in what could be Alabama’s most competitive congressional race next month. Speaking to a crowd...

South Alabama voters will send a former congressman or a retired DuPoint worker to Congress next month in the state’s only open U.S. House contest. Former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Mobile, and Clyde Jones, a military veteran, are making their...

The Jacksonville State University Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve the Presidential Faculty Academic Roundtable, a replacement for its now-abolished faculty senate. In a statement released by JSU Tuesday afternoon, JSU President Don Killingsworth said “faculty have always played...

The Jacksonvile State University Board of Trustees is expected to vote Tuesday on creating a replacement for the university’s now-dissolved faculty senate as public universities continue to wrestle with the application of a new state law. Christie Shelton, provost and...

How to register to vote Oct. 19 is the last day to register to vote for the Nov. 3 election. If you haven’t registered to vote, you can do so here. And if you’re not sure of your registration status...

Tijuanna Adetunji has resigned from the Alabama Educational Television Commission, leaving just one of the seven commission members who served on the board last month. Gina Maiola, communications director for Gov. Kay Ivey confirmed Adetunji’s resignation Thursday afternoon but did...

Enrollment in Alabama Community College System schools hit the highest number of students for the fall semester in over a decade. Neil Scott, vice chancellor of student success for ACCS, told the Board of Trustees that the combined student headcount...

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Doug Jones Tuesday fielded questions about education and other topics at a town hall in Montgomery Speaking to a crowd of at least 100 people, Jones talked about giving teachers and retirees a cost of living adjustment...

The Alabama State Board of Education Thursday approved a $6.8 billion budget request for fiscal year 2028, a 4% increase over the current year. The request, which must be approved by the Alabama Legislature, includes increases for Struggling Readers Beyond...