Tag: Cam Ward
Judge: Psychiatric care unconstitutional in Alabama prisons
Alabama's psychiatric care of state inmates is "horrendously inadequate" and violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, a federal judge ruled...
State forms inter-branch, bipartisan Alabama Juvenile Justice Task Force
Alabama's juvenile justice system may soon see some improvements following a comprehensive review by a group of legislators, judges, law enforcement officials and others.
Gov. Kay Ivey's office...
House approves legislation to streamline death penalty appeals
The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would streamline the appeals process for death row inmates.
SB187, the Fair Justice Act, streamlines...
Alabama Senate approves plan to build up to three new prisons
The Alabama Senate on Thursday approved a state prison construction plan, taking significant steps to solve the long-standing crisis in Alabama’s prisons.
After nearly three hours of...
Steve Flowers: Bringing Alabama sales tax into 21st-century
My tradition for over two decades has been to give my children money for Christmas. Under this system, there is no returning of items....
Steve Flowers: Alabama political stories that flew under the radar in...
While the presidential race played out this year, several things happened in Alabama politics that went under the radar.
First, a federal appeals court upheld...
Alabama legislative preview: May 3 — May 4, 2016
Two days. That's all Alabama's state lawmakers have to complete their legislative priorities for the year. Some bills will end up languishing in the...
State bureaucrats killed anti-earmarking bill, says sponsor Cam Ward
When Sen. Cam Ward proposed an anti-earmarking bill, it made sense to the many fiscal hawks in conservative-dominated Montgomery.
Alabama sets aside 91 percent of its General...
Senate committee hears arguments over decriminalization of cannabis oil
The Senate Judiciary Committee met Wednesday in a room filled to the brim with desperate families and ailing children. The contingent was on hand...
Proposal circulating in Montgomery would close state primary elections
While Alabamians have already voted in the this year's Presidential Preference Primaries, that hasn't ended the conversation in 2016 about the state's elections.
A plan...
