Good Afternoon! Here’s your weekend Digest for November 10 1. Trump welcomed at Alabama-LSU game President Donald Trump knew where to go Saturday for home field advantage, finding comfort in the Deep South with college football fans cheering the nation’s top two teams — and him. His reception at the showdown between Louisiana State and...
Some north Alabama lawmakers on the Alabama Medical Marijuana Study Commission say they're confident they can get legislation approved during the 2020 legislative session, but at least some law enforcement groups are already raising concern.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said that if multi-state litigation against Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers is settled, he thinks settlement money should be distributed based on the drugs’ toll on a state, not its population.
Parole hearings resume in Alabama today after a two-month delay and Board of Pardons and Paroles Director Charlie Graddick stressed Monday that release from prison before a sentence is complete is not due all inmates.
1. England Elected as new chair; Worley not backing down After the Alabama Supreme Court on Friday stayed a temporary retraining order that had blocked a Saturday morning meeting for the insurgent wing of the Alabama Democratic Party, they now have elected a new chair and vice-chair. Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, received 104 of 171...
House Democrats voted to approve a rules package for an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump on Thursday. It was the chamber’s first vote on the impeachment investigation and fell mostly along party lines.
An education policy lawmaker believes that the new Alabama Literacy Act won't only help with students’ reading proficiency but could also improve Alabama’s poor math scores, now ranked last in the nation.
Amid record low unemployment, Alabama employers are still hiring.
A special committee of Alabama lawmakers approved $5 million in funding for state universities this week as part of a higher education "equalization fund" offering some universities who felt slighted by state appropriations in this year's education budget.
Senate President Pro-Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, told Alabama Daily News that he thinks 2020 will be another “good year” for the state’s education budget.