An amended bill consolidating the administration of 25 licensing boards into an office inside the Department of Labor passed the Senate County and Municipal Government committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Attorneys for Gov. Kay Ivey responded to a lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation in February in federal court over a state law requiring two members of the Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board (AREAB) to be racial minorities.
Members of the Alabama Public Charter School Commission revoked the charter of the Barnabas School for Leadership in Dothan on Monday.
Maxwell Air Force Base will host the Beyond the Horizon Air and Space Show on April 6 and 7.
The environmental, social governance (ESG) movement is an effort to take control of companies and change policy through access to capital, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) filed legislation last week that would allow spirit-based, ready-to-drink cocktails to be sold in grocery and convenience stores in Alabama.
Birmingham-Southern College will host meetings next week with students about transfer opportunities.
Out-of-state voter registration groups mailing pre-filled voter registration forms to Alabamians are targeting “primarily Democratic voter blocks,” according to Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen.
Enterprise Police arrested Pablo Mendoza, a 23-year-old illegal alien, for allegedly raping a female, 14, on Monday.
The administration of thirty-eight licensing boards in Alabama would be consolidated into a new office inside the Department of Labor under a bill filed last week by State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine).
The United Automobile Workers unionization push into Alabama is an attempt to “cash in on the gains of southern workers,” according to Gov. Kay Ivey.
Birmingham-Southern College will shut down on May 31 after legislation to give the financially distressed college a $30 million loan stalled in the Alabama House.
United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain met with workers at a gathering in Coaling on Sunday a few weeks after the union announced a majority of employees at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance had signed up to join the union.
A “misleading, unsolicited mass mailing of pre-filled voter registration forms” sent to Alabamians is coming soon from out-of-state groups, according to Secretary of State Wes Allen.
U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) split over a $1.2 trillion government funding package passed by the Senate early Saturday morning to avert a partial government shutdown.
A partial government shutdown began at midnight on Saturday after the House passed a $1.2 trillion government spending package on Friday.
State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) filed legislation on Tuesday exempting rural Alabama hospitals and health care facilities from certificate of need.
Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law “Parents’ Right to Know” legislation on Thursday.
Movement on gambling legislation stalled in the first week of the second half of the 2024 legislative session.
Eleven attorneys suing the state of Alabama over its Vulnerable Child and Compassion Act (VCAP) engaged in “judge shopping” to try to move the case to a more sympathetic judge, according to a report unsealed this week.
State officials and crime victim advocates unveiled a new Alabama Victim Notification System website on Wednesday.
Alabama officials announced a new package of bills on workforce development on Thursday.
Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on taxpayer resources from funding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices and training in Alabama public universities, schools, and agencies.
Legislation was filed on Tuesday that would allow the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) to begin offering health plans to their members.
Two bills changing how the State Health Officer is appointed passed the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation banning ballot harvesting into law on Wednesday.
State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) filed legislation on Tuesday barring businesses from receiving economic development incentives if they voluntarily recognize their employees’ union under certain circumstances.