WASHINGTON — After a marathon vote series, Senate Republicans passed about $70 billion in funding for immigration enforcement agencies early Friday despite unsuccessful efforts to kill the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund. U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., both voted with their party 52-47 to advance the measure to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

BALTIMORE – Alabama’s statewide approach to improving elementary math instruction and achievement was one focus of a national discussion Thursday about how states are using their authority to shape education. State Superintendent Eric Mackey joined the education chiefs of Maryland and Rhode Island at the Education Writers Association’s National Seminar in Baltimore, where the three […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Legislature’s Contract Review Committee on Thursday approved a more than $12 million contract for a company to provide “quality assurance” on a system that administers food assistance programs. Funded in equal parts by the state and the U.S. government, the $12.1 million contract renewal deals with Alabama’s integrated eligibility system […]