Alabama Open Meetings Act

News

Year in Review: Mary Claire Wooten’s Top 5 stories of 2025

Alabama’s 2025 politics featured abortion access battles, civil legal aid threats, parole reform pressure, agency transparency fights and Doug Jones’s gubernatorial entry.

Mary Claire Wooten

January 2, 2026

Orange Beach faces lawsuit alleging violation of Open Meetings Act

Plaintiffs allege the Orange Beach City Council failed to provide mandatory 24-hour notice of a special called meeting.

Jacob Holmes

December 22, 2025

Alabama Board of Pharmacy faces backlash over Open Meetings Act violation

Lawmakers in the Sunset Committee on Thursday promised legislation to continue attempting to regulate the body.

Mary Claire Wooten

September 26, 2025

Opinion

Where does the buck stop at AMCC?

By all measures of the AMCC's mission and responsibilities, the Commission and its Executive Director have fallen short of their mandates.

Bill Britt

August 12, 2024

New legal filing seeks to remove Cannabis Commission from licensing process

The filing by Alabama Always asks a Montgomery County judge to appoint a special master to determine applicant compliance.

Josh Moon

April 15, 2024

A new appeal in the long running legal battle over Alabama’s medical cannabis

An appeal was filed by the plaintiffs and negotiations have been stopped, meaning legal medical cannabis could be a long time coming.

Josh Moon

November 10, 2023