By CAROLINE BECK and MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Gov. Kay Ivey has vetoed a bill that would delay until 2024 a requirement that third-grade students who are not reading proficiently repeat the grade. Today is the last day Ivey has to approve bills passed during this year’s legislative session. Without her...
New COVID cases plummet to lowest levels since last June; Mobile throws ‘tardy-gras’; Birmingham closes second mass vaccination site; Officer convicted of murder set for sentencing; Jan. 6 rioters claim mob made them do it.
McClendon, a Republican from Springville, has been representing Senate District 11 since 2014. He previously served three terms in the House of Representatives.
By CAROLINE BECK and MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers could be called back to the State House this year for multiple special sessions on various issues, but the likely first topic will be the distribution of billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds. That American Rescue Plan Act money...
Senate Bill 92 from Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, delays from spring 2022 to spring 2024 the requirement that third-grade students not proficient in reading repeat the grade.
The Senate on Monday gave final passage to House Bill 137 to create a sexual assault survivor “bill of rights” and set a requirement for how long law enforcement must preserve evidence from sexual assault cases.
Senate Bill 97 from Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, would have limited state of emergency orders, like those issued since last spring in response to the Coronavirus, to 45 days and with a possible 120 day extension. But any extension after that would have had to be approved by a joint resolution from the Legislature.
Senate Bill 267 from Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, and Rep. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, says state and local governments “may not require an individual to receive an immunization or present documentation of an immunization as a condition for receiving any government benefit or service or for entry into a government building…”
The state’s General Fund budget received final passage Monday, as lawmakers sent a record-setting $2.4 billion budget to Gov. Kay Ivey for her approval.
After last year's session got curtailed by COVID-19, lawmakers this year have taken their full compliment of 30 meeting days within 105 calendar days and the clock runs out at midnight tonight.
State Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, announced his reelection campaign for Senate District 10 on Tuesday, making him one of the first incumbent state lawmakers to announce a 2022 campaign.
Alabama will end participation in all federally funded pandemic unemployment compensation programs on June 19, Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Monday.
Last day of session could see gambling and gun rights bills; Jury convicts Alabama officer; Saban encourages getting vaccinated; Inmate killed 1 day before release; AL supreme court clears way for suit for Texas woman death
The Alabama Legislature met for the 29th day of the 30-day regular session Thursday. Here are the highlights from the State House.
State Rep. Wes Allen announced his campaign for seeking the Republican nomination for Secretary of State on Thursday. He has served in the Alabama House of Representatives since 2018 and before that as Pike County Probate Judge for nearly a decade.
