Members of the Senate Education Budget committee will likely take a vote on legislation creating a new $100 million education savings account school choice program next week.
Legislation increasing penalties on ballot harvesting in Alabama passed the State Senate on Tuesday by a 27-8 margin along party lines.
Legislation changing how the Alabama Department of Archives and History’s Board of Trustees is appointed advanced out of the Senate County and Municipal Government committee on Tuesday.
The Alabama Association of the Boards of Registrars opposes legislation giving registrars pay raises due to concerns about the bill possibly mandating racial quotas on county boards of registrars.
The Alabama Department of Mental Health recently awarded $8.5 million in opioid settlement funds across the state.
Alabama shoppers won’t be seeing a second penny cut from the grocery tax in 2024.
Legislation banning ballot harvesting in Alabama will be considered by the State Senate this week.
Demopolis is the best spot for a new Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, according to a feasibility study released this week.
University of Alabama System Chancellor Finis “Fess” St. John IV is stepping down from his current role to serve as the inaugural executive director of the Shelby Institute for Policy and Leadership at the University of Alabama, starting in April.
The Alabama Senate passed legislation requiring public schools to post information about teaching materials and curriculum online on Thursday.
As the contentious 2024 presidential election looms, Alabama Senate Republicans are hoping to outlaw ballot harvesting in one of the first bills put forward this session.
State Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed’s (R-Jasper) “Parents’ Right to Know” bill was approved by the Senate Education Policy Committee on Wednesday.
The Alabama Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Harvest Church's lawsuit against the United Methodist Church on Wednesday.
New legislation filed by State Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) on Tuesday would replace Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer as the administrator of a $30 million loan program designed to bail out Birmingham-Southern College.
House and Senate education budget chairs Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) and Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) filed education savings account legislation called the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act on Tuesday.
Alabama legislators should pass a constitutional amendment allowing for expanded legalized gambling to appear on the ballot in November, according to Gov. Kay Ivey.
State Sen. April Weaver (R-Brierfield) pre-filed a bill Monday that would add material produced through artificial intelligence (AI) or "deepfake" technology to Alabama's existing statute prohibiting child pornography.
Legislators are still searching for answers to how to pay for a second new prison after costs nearly doubled on prison construction in a new facility in Elmore County last year.
The Auburn University athletic department reported a $9 million profit for the 2023 fiscal year while the University of Alabama broke even over the same time period.
The Alabama Ethics Commission is appealing to the Supreme Court a recent ruling by Montgomery County Circuit Judge Greg Griffin allowing Irva Reed to appear on the March Democratic primary ballot for a Montgomery County Commission seat after being previously disqualified.
Cottonwood Rescue, a nonprofit emergency services provider serving southeast Houston County, closed recently amidst a state investigation into its finances.
Governor Kay Ivey and 24 other Republican governors announced on Thursday their support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “constitutional right” to deter illegal immigration at the Southern border.
Gov. Kay Ivey said on Thursday she was siding with Texas over the federal government in a border conflict heating up this week.
The state of Alabama is free to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday by nitrogen hypoxia after a federal appeals court ruled the method wasn’t unconstitutional.
U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) called for the withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks.
Clanton Mayor Jeff Mims endorsed businessman Gerrick Wilkins in the Republican primary for Alabama’s sixth congressional district on Wednesday.
State officials will consider purchasing property in Montgomery where the state’s motor vehicle pool used to be located.