By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com The Alabama Legislature began operating a new website Monday, one that officials say will be easier to navigate for bill tracking and other purposes than the previous version. A demonstration of the new website will be livestreamed this morning at 10 a.m. To watch it, go to the home page and click […]
MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday, Jan. 4, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the creation of a $231.6 million program that will impact the city of Calera. The A-USA Corridor, a proposed rail project to upgrade economic development infrastructure in central and southern Alabama, will link Calera with Etowah and Washington/Mobile counties. The first phase of the A-USA […]
Article by: Michelle Love Pelham’s Oak Mountain State Park is about to get a little bigger. The park has officially acquired an additional 1,644 acres of land purchased from EBSCO Industries, a Birmingham-based information services company. The expansion became official after the property was acquired by Alabama Forever Wild last week on Wednesday, Dec. […]
Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery on Jan. 11 for the 2022 legislative session. Here are some issues to watch as the session begins. PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS Lawmakers face decisions on how to spend over $1.5 billion in state relief funds from the American Rescue Plan. Congress allocated $2.12 billion for Alabama through the American […]
By Mike Cason The Alabama Legislature passed a bill Thursday night requiring parental consent for minors, people under age 19, to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law Friday. The new law creates an exception to Alabama law that sets age 14 as the age of consent for medical treatments. The new […]
By Mike Cason Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law the redistricting bills passed by the Legislature. Ivey signed the bills creating new maps for congressional districts, the state House of Representatives, the state Senate, and the state Board of Education. Lawmakers passed the bills Wednesday during a special session called […]
By Mike Cason The Alabama Legislature approved a bill Thursday night that says companies can’t fire employees for refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccination if the employees claim a medical or religious exemption. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law on Friday. It takes effect immediately. Read the bill. The Senate passed the bill, SB […]
Governor’s Office Press Release MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed Executive Order 724 to fight the overreaching covid-19 vaccine mandates from the federal government. In doing so, Governor Ivey released the following statement: “The federal government’s outrageous overreach has simply given us no other option, but to begin taking action, which is why […]
Alabama Daily News Article by Mary Sell The Alabama Legislature will soon debate and vote on a prison plan that leaders say will address issues with the state’s outdated and crowded facilities and the violence and poor care that has prompted federal investigations and threats of takeovers. Lawmakers begin meeting Monday afternoon in a […]
AL.com Article by Mike Cason Alabama lawmakers began a special session today on a $1.3 billion plan to build two large prisons, the first stage of what would be an overhaul of the state’s correctional system. The House and Senate, limited in what they can do on the first day, met for less than an hour. […]