By Gary Lloyd TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Council could soon meet with state legislators to discuss bills in the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama State Senate that cou... Read more
By Steve Flowers The Common Core education topic is not only a hot political issue in Alabama, it has become a political football nationwide, and it appears to be a hot potato in the looming... Read more
By Steve Flowers The first regular legislative session of the quadrennium has begun. Legislators have arrived in Montgomery for their three-and-a-half-month session and they will face a myri... Read more
By Gary Lloyd MONTGOMERY — Rep. Danny Garrett has submitted his first bill as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives. HB 97 would provide that teachers could receive a tax cr... Read more
By Steve Flowers The first legislative session of the quadrennium convened this week. It’s no secret that the state is broke. Fiscal problems left over from the Bob Riley administration that... Read more
By Gary Lloyd MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday announced his solution to fill a $700 million funding shortfall in the general fund budget. The general fund supports most non-... Read more
By Gary Lloyd MONTGOMERY — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will ask legislators to approve a $700 million tax and revenue package in the upcoming legislative session, according to www.myfo... Read more
By Steve Flowers As the legislature and governor prepare for the upcoming initial legislative session of the quadrennium, they are facing ominous and obvious problems. The general fund is in... Read more
By Danny Garrett The 2015 legislative session will begin March 3. With super majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans will be focused on passing legislation to continue reducing the s... Read more