Legislation requiring manufacturers to automatically activate the adult content filter on phones and tablets sold in Alabama died without a vote in the Senate in the last few remaining days of the session.
The Dothan Police Department arrested two individuals on Wednesday after the dispatch computer system used by the Dothan Police Department, Houston County Sheriff’s Department and the Houston County Emergency Management had allegedly been accessed by someone who was not authorized to do so.
A Supreme Court of the United States ruling dealing with redistricting that was decided against the state of Alabama is “not a done deal yet” but was a surprise, according to former Reapportionment Committee Chair State Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville).
Despite a surprising 5-4 Supreme Court of the United States decision against the state of Alabama in its redistricting case, the case is not over, according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
The Alabama Republican Party will “work hard to win all seven Congressional seats” after the smoke clears from a 5-4 Supreme Court of the United States decision against the state of Alabama in its redistricting case.
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday a lower court’s ruling that Alabama will have to redraw a second majority-black congressional district.
Members of the Alabama Ethics Commission unanimously found an ethics violation case involving Luther Winn, Greenetrack CEO, should be referred to a District Attorney on Wednesday.
Legislation that would establish new fines, fees and regulations related to the vaping industry in Alabama wasn’t passed into law this session.
Legislation establishing criminal penalties for certain types of absentee ballot assistance died in the Senate after never making it on the calendar for a vote in the last days of the session.
Legislation exempting the overtime pay of Alabama hourly workers from state income taxes was amended by Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday.
Members of the Millbrook City Council unanimously passed a one-cent city sales tax increase on Tuesday morning at a special-called meeting in an attempt to beat Gov. Kay Ivey’s possible signature on grocery tax cut legislation passed by the House and Senate last week.
A United States District Judge delayed the sentencing of Dothan pastor Kenneth Glasgow last week until July.
Members of the Alabama House Republican Caucus announced on Monday they had unanimously approved a resolution by State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) that calls upon the federal government to officially declare Antifa-affiliated groups “terrorist organizations.”
Legislation that would establish new fines, fees, and regulations related to the vaping industry in Alabama wasn’t voted on by the Senate after lengthy discussion on the bill Thursday.
Legislation establishing criminal penalties for certain types of absentee ballot assistance is still very much alive or dead depending on who you ask with one day remaining in the legislative session.
Amended legislation that excludes all overtime pay by hourly public and private workers in Alabama was passed the House and Senate on Thursday.
The House and the Senate unanimously passed amended legislation that would cut the state's sales tax on groceries by 2% on Thursday.
The Senate unanimously passed amended legislation that would cut the state's sales tax on groceries by 2% on Thursday.
Members of the Senate Education Budget Committee passed legislation that would cut the state's sales tax on groceries by 2% on Wednesday.
Legislation that originally excluded all overtime pay by hourly public and private workers in Alabama was amended in the Senate Education Budget Committee on Wednesday.
Legislators and policy experts called on Senate leadership to put a bill requiring manufacturers to automatically activate the adult content filter on phones and tablets sold in Alabama to a vote in the Senate in the last few remaining days of the session.
Amended absentee ballot legislation is still “very much alive,” according to State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville).
The Department of Justice is requesting a federal court reduce Kenneth Glasgow’s offense level in exchange for pleading guilty, according to a filing on Friday.
The Alabama House and Senate passed a joint resolution on Thursday forming a commission to study possible elimination of the state’s sales tax on groceries.
Former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions told attendees at an Alabama Center for Law and Liberty banquet on May 1 at Faulkner University that President Donald Trump “exceeded my expectations” despite a disagreement over him recusing himself from alleged Russian election interference investigations in the 2016 elections.
Legislation changing how the state’s Public Health Officer is appointed wasn’t voted on this week in the Senate.
The Alabama House and Senate passed the General Fund and supplemental budgets through a conference committee shortly after midnight on Friday.