Author: Caroline Beck (Caroline Beck)

The Alabama State Board of Education and Alabama Department of Education will spend the next two months creating a strategy plan to better organize the department and improve Alabama’s K-12 education system.

Alabama Community College System leadership on Wednesday said campuses are planning to reopen in the fall, subject to guidance from Gov. Kay Ivey regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alabama lawmakers continued their budget-focused, abbreviated session Thursday, sending the General Fund budget to Gov. Kay Ivey's desk and getting one step closer to final passage of the education budget. 

A House committee Wednesday approved the Senate-passed $2.38 billion General Fund budget, putting it and the $7.3 billion education budget in line for final passage by Saturday.

A House committee on Tuesday approved a $7.2 billion 2021 education budget, a first critical step in funding the state's public schools, community colleges and universities.

By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Veterans Affairs Commissioner Kent Davis gave an update on the state of veterans affairs services and veterans homes on Friday during an online press conference. All 51 veteran’s affairs offices across the state are undergoing assessments to see which can open to customer services on...

Alabama House Minority Leader Rep. Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, believes it is unwise for the Legislature to pass the state budgets in the coming weeks without more information about how the coronavirus pandemic will affect state revenues in fiscal year 2021.

Alabama bankers couldn’t access the federal Paycheck Protection Program application site on Monday so that small businesses hurt by the coronavirus could apply for the loans.

Several members of Alabama's congressional delegation sent recommendations to Gov. Kay Ivey this week on how to gradually reopen the state's economy, including specific concerns in their districts.

Attorney General Steve Marshall and other crime victims' advocates said their concerns and voices will continue to be heard amidst the the response to the coronavirus.

Now that Alabamians are eating at home more due to the coronavirus and the resulting stay-at-home orders, state farmers are having to shift how they package and process food.

The spread of COVID-19 and the strain it has placed on Alabama’s health care system has inspired a new coalition to push for Medicaid expansion in the state, but support from Republican leadership still seems doubtful.