Author: Mary Sell (Mary Sell)

Alabama Senate leader Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said Monday he expects  a “comprehensive education plan” during lawmakers’ 2020 session.

The draft legislation circulated in November contained stipulations for licensing dispensaries, advertisement of the drug, a statewide seed-to-sale tracking system and other regulatory measures.

Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Bradley Byrne met with President Donald Trump this week for an educational choice roundtable discussion at the White House.

A state lawmaker wants to reduce county school board members’ elected terms from six to four years.
Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, said his Senate Bill 9, pre-filed for the 2020 legislative session, came out of discussions and proposed legislation to make county school system superintendents appointed rather than elected. 

By CAROLINE BECK and MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The Alabama Department of Corrections’ contracts with two law firms helping with its ongoing lawsuit over the state’s prisons are now worth up to $16 million. The two contracts were extended Thursday at the legislative contract review committee meeting. The contract with Balch and Bingham in...

Gov. Kay Ivey will light the Capitol Christmas tree at 5:30 p.m. today on the front steps of the building. “I invite all Alabamians, friends and neighbors to join us here at the Capitol for that special occasion,” Ivey said in a written statement about the ceremony. “This is always a wonderful event and serves...

Montgomery attorney R. Austin Huffaker Jr. was confirmed as a U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama Wednesday in a 89-4 vote by the U.S. Senate.

The ad, entitled “Faith,” will run in the Montgomery and Dothan markets, his campaign said Tuesday.

Some doctors who accept cash for Buprenorphine prescriptions say they fear the regulations are meant to cut them out — and will leave some patients without needed care.

The Alabama Department of Labor has job centers across the state that offer resume and job search help and information about training and education opportunities. Information is available at joblink.alabama.gov.