By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The Senate Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit Alabama governors and executive agencies from entering contracts larger than $5 million or for more than a two-year period without the Legislature’s approval. Senate Bill 290 is sponsored by Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Range, one of...
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The General Fund budget and bills to expand gambling in the state, create harsher penalties for those who participate in destructive riots and curtail state spending without legislative approval — welcome to the fifth week of the Alabama Legislature. Here’s what’s on tap. Today’s business starts in the House...
Hospital and nursing home officials know there are heartbreaking scenarios of patients dying alone during the pandemic, but they say the rules are beyond their control. Guidelines from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees health care facilities that get federal funding, aren’t arbitrary and not following them could mean citations and even loss of licenses.
A bill to close the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s about 170 retail stores by 2026 cleared the Senate Tourism Committee on Thursday.
The Alabama Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to create a new state agency to oversee the expansion and availability of high-speed broadband services throughout the state.
A bill that would delay by three years the holdback requirement in the Alabama Literacy Act received unanimous support in the Senate Education Policy Committee Wednesday.
Today is week four Wednesday and the 11th legislative day of the session. That means committee meetings all day and House and Senate action in the afternoon.
By MARY SELL and CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A bill to allow the Legislature to call itself into a special session was approved Tuesday in the Senate Government Affairs Committee. The House version of the bill is in committee on Wednesday. The state constitution says that special sessions — those outside the...
The Alabama Legislature enters its fourth week today with several bills written in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic on agendas.
A bill working its way through the Legislature would allow law enforcement officers from designated agencies around the state to take people into protective custody if there is “reasonable cause to believe that the individual has a mental illness and is an immediate danger to himself or herself or others.”
The Alabama Legislature met for the ninth legislative day of its 30-day regular session Thursday. Here's a rundown of notable action from the State House.
Ainsworth chairs the Alabama Military Stability Commission, whose mission is advocating policies that encourage the continued presence of military bases and programs in the state.
Here's a rundown of notable legislative action in the Alabama Legislature for Wednesday, Feb. 24.
“It's not just the redistricting, it's the candidates who need to find out where their districts are and have a chance to go visit their districts,” Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, said.
A bill in the Alabama Legislature would stop the growth of police jurisdictions in the state and rein in municipalities’ ability to enforce planning and zoning requirements outside their limits.
