Nestled in Macon County is a secluded farm about 15 minutes away from the hustle and bustle of Interstate 85. The farm offers a sense of peace and tranquility for the Gannon family who lives there.
Gov. Kay Ivey released her proposed budget recommendations for the 2026 fiscal year on Wednesday, with increased funding for the state’s General Fund (GF) and Education Trust Fund (ETF), while state leaders advised caution due to anticipated revenue slowing.
The Alabama House Judiciary Committee handily approved legislation by State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) on Wednesday that would mandate life in prison or the death penalty for those convicted of first-degree rape or sodomy of a child 12 years of age and under.
The 2025 legislative session is slated to begin at Noon on Tuesday and will be capped off with Gov. Kay Ivey's State of the State address.
Have they read the room? Do they see the national mandate for a restoration of values? Are they aware of the strength of their position? The Republican supermajority in Alabama can pass anything they want.
Members of the Alabama House Democratic Caucus met in Montgomery on Tuesday to lay out the party’s "Forward for Freedom" party platform in the upcoming legislative session.
The Alabama Legislature is looking to shore up the state’s role in immigration enforcement in preparation for the February 4 legislative session.
State Rep. Matt Woods (R-Jasper) has filed a bill in the upcoming legislative session to enhance penalties for making terroristic threats and mandate one-year suspensions for students convicted of making such threats after a wave of school threats hit the state late last year.
A bill part of a comprehensive workforce development legislative package goes into effect in the new year, allowing employers and childcare providers to claim a tax credit to aid those in the workforce in accessing childcare.
House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) recently teased a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would incentivize state agencies to save money by granting a department-wide bonus made up of a percentage of the department’s surplus at the end of a fiscal year.
House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) has filed legislation for the 2025 legislative session that would expand the prohibitions on the types of Alabama land and property that foreign governments and entities can own.
State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) has pre-filed legislation ahead of the 2025 legislative session requiring the state to license estheticians and makeup artists.
House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) will file a bill in the 2025 session to make a temporary state income tax exemption on overtime pay passed in 2023 permanent.
Legislation that would ban cell phones and other electronic devices in all K-12 classrooms has been pre-filed in the Alabama House of Representatives for the upcoming legislative session.
As Alabama's leaders lament the ongoing influx of migrants entering the state, one organization that facilitates resettling refugees in Alabama claims to currently partner with the state legislature and has former House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, now the Madison County Commission chairman, and Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle on its board.
State Rep. Patrick Sellers (D-Pleasant Grove) has pre-filed a bill for the upcoming 2025 legislative session that would give men in Alabama who voluntarily acknowledge they fathered a child out of wedlock all the legal rights and duties of a parent.
Despite jumping out to a four-run lead in the first inning, an Alabama squad of lawmakers had to rally late to defeat a team of members from the Mississippi Legislure in a charity softball game on Saturday.
State Rep. Andy Whitt (R-Harvest) recently spoke on the legislature’s failure to advance a comprehensive gambling package, expressing disappointment at the Senate for the legislation’s eventual stalling in the upper chamber.
State Rep. Chris Blackshear (R-Phenix City) is not shying away from blaming the Senate for its inability to advance multiple iterations of the comprehensive gambling package during the legislative session.
State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) blames Senate leadership, specifically State Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham), for blocking her legislation making Juneteenth a state holiday.
The city of Spanish Fort has two districts, and thanks to legislation passed this session, one of them will expand.
After a bitter and contentious battle in the legislature over a proposed gambling package that ultimately died in the Senate, House leadership has no interest in pursuing the issue in the next session.
Legislation creating a corporation governing the Alabama Farm Center project in Jefferson County stalled on Tuesday after it didn’t receive enough support from House members on a conference committee.
Advocates against sexually explicit library books are making a last push for the final passage of a bill removing school and public library obscenity exceptions in the final days of the legislative session.
During Thursday's broadcast of "Priority Talk" on Birmingham radio's Truth 101.1 WXJC, host Greg Davis weighed in on the Alabama House of Representatives electing to kick off National Day of Prayer with a Hindu prayer rather than a traditional Christian prayer.
A bill ensuring that President Joe Biden will appear on Alabama’s November presidential ballot has been signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey.
The Alabama Senate likely won’t vote on a gambling and lottery constitutional amendment on Thursday.