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August 14, 2026 | Education, Featured, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

New Alabama ACAP scores are out. See your school and district results

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama State Department of Education posted spring 2026 Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program results Thursday afternoon, showing modest statewide gains in English language arts and math. The state released grade-by-grade results in July. The new results combine all tested grade levels into proficiency rates for each subject. The statewide numbers show the […]

New Alabama ACAP scores are out. See your school and district results

August 14, 2026 | Education, Featured, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP preseason Top 25, SEC leads conferences with 9 ranked teams

18h ago | News, | By Associated Press

Ohio State will go into a season No. 1 for the ninth time, and first since 2015. The Buckeyes are now tied with Alabama for second-most preseason No. 1 rankings behind Oklahoma's 10.

Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP preseason Top 25, SEC leads conferences with 9 ranked teams

18h ago | News, | By Associated Press

Ohio State will go into a season No. 1 for the ninth time, and first since 2015. The Buckeyes are now tied with Alabama for second-most preseason No. 1 rankings behind Oklahoma's 10.

Alabama records recent low for voter turnout in congressional special primary

22h ago | Campaign 2026, News, | By Claire Harrison

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – As was widely expected, voter turnout for Tuesday’s special congressional primary election was extremely low. Alabama, a state with relatively low voter participation, is used to seeing turnout numbers well below national averages. But combining election date changes and voter confusion led to a recent low for the state. Of the 2,165,142 […]

Alabama records recent low for voter turnout in congressional special primary

22h ago | Campaign 2026, News, | By Claire Harrison

New Democratic poll shows Figures and Marques in dead heat for AL-2 seat

22h ago | Campaign 2026, News, | By Alex Angle

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures and State Rep. Rhett Marques are in a statistical tie in the race for Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, according to new polling from the House Democratic campaign arm. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is backing the Mobile Democrat, released an internal poll finding Figures and Marques […]