The Alabama House of Representatives breezed through its nearly $11 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budgets and supplemental appropriations bills on Wednesday with hardly any debate.
The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve one of a pair of tax-related bills while delaying voting on legislation to raise the state’s internet sales tax.
A massive group of residents descended on the Montgomery city council to rail against rising crime rates after an innocent bystander left paralyzed in Friday shooting.
Alabama’s “Big 10” cities stand to make a windfall of cash should the proposed online retail tax increase pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday while many of the state’s metro areas remain embroiled in hardship or controversy.
The Alabama House of Representatives will deliberate today on two bills: one to raise the state's online sales tax from 8% to 9.3% and the other to provide a one-day tax holiday on certain recreational supplies.
The leading Democratic candidates for Alabama's second congressional district, Anthony Daniels and Shomari Figures did not join their Republican counterparts in voicing support for Israel after the attack launched by Iran Saturday night.
A bill that would allow periodic polygraphs as part of a sex offender treatment has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Lawmakers are slated to deliberate this week on legislation to repeal the 2023 law creating a loan program for universities in financial straits after the law’s designed recipient, Birmingham Southern College (BSC), closed its doors for good.
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would acknowledge Juneteenth as a state holiday that state workers could recognize in lieu of Jefferson Davis’ birthday.
On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Education Committee approved a bill to raise the state's online sales tax from 8% to 9.3%, matching the current average sales tax.
The recent resignation of Ethics Commissioner Stan McDonald has shone a glaring light on the potential constitutional frailty of the ethics law that compelled him to resign after admitting to donating to political candidates.
The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation prohibiting financial institutions from collecting transaction data specific to firearms and ammunition sales.
The Alabama House of Representatives began its 21st legislative day with significant gridlock over a House Joint Resolution to encourage federal lawmakers to permanently end taxpayer funding of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday codifying definitions of Male and female into Alabama law, which included an attempted amendment to address recent controversy surrounding Huntsville’s U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp.
Ethics Commissioner Stan McDonald has resigned from his position with the Ethics Commission one week after going toe-to-toe with State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) over a proposed overhaul of Alabama’s ethics laws.
The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted Wednesday to delay voting on legislation that would bolster local law enforcement’s ability to work with federal agencies to enforce immigration laws.
Legislation that would cap the amount property taxes can increase year over year has passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday requiring county probate judges to conduct mandatory ballot audits after every county and statewide election.
Newly filed legislation would prohibit law enforcement from using the four-point restraint technique, also called hogtying, a bill inspired by the 2010 in-custody death of a Mobile man.
The Autauga Prattville Public Library recently removed a sexually explicit book from its shelves when a child became “severely disturbed” after picking up the book on a field trip.
Montgomery Chief of Police Darryl J. Albert has been placed on administrative leave for unspecified reasons two months after a former female MPD officer accused Albert of retaliation for refusing his sexual advances.
State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) has filed legislation to prohibit financial institutions from collecting financial transaction data specific to firearms and ammunition.
Advocates are speaking in favor of two library-related bills addressing the statewide controversy surrounding sexually explicit library books intended for minors and libraries’ affiliation with the American Library Association (ALA).
The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday that would give property owners and law enforcement tools to deal with individuals who illegally occupy the homes of others, often called squatters.
The House Ways and Means General Fund Committee advanced legislation on Wednesday that would require county probate judges to conduct mandatory ballot audits after every county and statewide election.
On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation requiring the automatic activation of electronic device filters for minors that prevent exposure to "obscenity" in online content.
The Alabama House of Representatives voted on Thursday to non-concur with changes made to the two comprehensive gambling bills after the Senate substantially changed both pieces of legislation.