By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News Alabama lawmakers this year have approved a statewide gas tax increase, told sheriffs they can’t keep money meant for feeding jail inmates and said they want... Read more
By TODD STACY, CAROLINE BECK, and MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Senate on Tuesday passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, sending the legislation to Gov. K... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The $35 million Alabama needs for a federal health care program for low- and mid-income children isn’t in either of the state’s two budgets progressing throu... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The sponsor of legislation to create a paper lottery in Alabama says getting the bill to final passage may be difficult. “It’s a rocky road between here and... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY — A vote in the Alabama House of Representatives on a bill to prohibit the use of hand-held cell phones and other devices was delayed. Bill sponso... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The record $7.1 billion education budget approved in the Alabama Senate on April 30, 2019, contains at least 5 percent increases for the state’s public four-... Read more
BY CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Expanding access to high-speed broadband internet has been one of the hallmark issues in the Alabama Legislature the last two years. M... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News A lottery proposal on the March 2020 primary ballot could increase Alabama’s voter participation in the presidential and U.S. Senate primaries. “If this lott... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A bill to make it easier for retired law enforcement officers to become armed school security personnel passed the Alabama Senate Thursday... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has a higher approval rating in Alabama than President Donald Trump, according to a new poll released this week. Sixty pe... Read more