BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama public schools spent more money per student last year, but rising costs wiped out the increase. Newly released state spending records show schools spent an average of $13,629 per K-12 student during the 2024-25 school year, about $130 more than the previous year. After accounting for inflation, however, spending actually fell by […]

WASHINGTON — In the final week before Election Day, millions of dollars worth of political ads flooded the airwaves in Alabama’s increasingly competitive, redrawn 2nd Congressional District. A day before the election, a nonpartisan election forecaster, Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia, shifted the race in Democrats’ favor, rating it as “leans Democratic” […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Mixing stump speeches about the importance of voting with the sounds of rap and R&B music, more than 3,000 people gathered at Alabama State University in Montgomery on the eve of the midterm elections to “turn up the vote.” Alabama Democrats – including gubernatorial nominee Doug Jones, Alabama Democratic Party Chair Bobby […]