By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would criminalize most abortions in Alabama, but added an exception for victims of rape and incest despite objections from the bill sponsors. That amendment could be a large part of debate Thursday when the full Senate is expected...
A public hearing and a vote on a bill that would outlaw almost all abortions will be held in the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. House Bill 314 is sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, and passed the House along party lines, with most Democrats refusing to vote on the legislation and leaving the chamber...
Legislation that would provide oversight changes to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles and put into law when an inmate may be considered for parole cleared committees recently.
Expanding access to high-speed broadband internet has been one of the hallmark issues in the Alabama Legislature the last two years. Most all lawmakers agree the issue is a priority, but how exactly to go about it remains the subject of much debate.
By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The jail food funding practices that allowed one Alabama sheriff to buy a beach home and earned another the nickname “Sheriff Corndog” could soon be history. The Alabama House passed this week a bill to stop county sheriffs from pocketing leftover jail food funds and set...
Seventy-four Republican House members voted for the bill, and three Democrats voted against it. Many other Democrats had already left the chamber in protest when the vote was taken.
By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News A bill that would criminalize the performance of almost all abortions is expected to be voted on today in the Alabama House of Representatives. House Bill 314 and Senate Bill 211 make performing an abortion a Class A felony, but women who seek or have abortions would not be...
By CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A bill to clarify that funds for feeding jail inmates must be spent on that purpose could be voted on today in the Alabama House of Representatives. Senate Bill 228 would stop the decades-old ability of sheriffs to keep leftover food funds for their personal use....
A bill to prohibit the use of hand-held cell phones and other devices while driving was supposed to get a vote in the Alabama House on Thursday, but in an unusual move the sponsor effectively killed his legislation.
A bill approved in the House Education Policy Committee on Wednesday would provide resources and programs to get more Alabama third-graders reading proficiently and requires that those who aren't be held back.