Tag: Robert Bentley
Robert Bentley announces increased grants for VPK programs
Tuesday afternoon Gov. Robert Bentley issued a news release touting his administration's efforts to increase funding for Alabama's voluntary prekindergarten programs — recently called...
Lawmakers approve state education budget
The Alabama Legislature has given final approval to the education budget that expands the state's prekindergarten program.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously approved...
Alabama governor’s mansion in disrepair
With boarded-up windows, peeling paint and a rooftop tarp that flaps in the ocean breeze, the beachfront retreat at the end of Gulf Way...
Alabama unemployment rate increases slightly in April
Alabama's jobless rate ticked up slightly to 5.8 percent in April after months of steady decline.
The state's unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in March,...
Governor signs prison reform into law
In a ceremony at the state Capitol on Thursday, Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law a long-awaited plan to reform Alabama prisons. Senate Bill...
Samuel J. McLure: Conviction and Contentment: Surveying Alabama’s Strategies to...
Using the word orphan to describe children who have been abused and neglected is, let’s be honest, not en vogue. But, and again let’s...
This week in the Alabama legislature: May 19-21
What happened in the Alabama legislature this week? Plenty.
On Tuesday, the House passed a general fund budget to the Senate for approval. House Bill 135...
Gov. Robert Bentley speaks out against “pill mill” doctors amid federal...
Gov. Robert Bentley has made remarks about an epidemic of unscrupulous doctors intentionally over-prescribing powerfully addictive painkillers across the South, recently highlighted by a...
Committee OKs plan to remove BOE from charter schools
The House Education Policy Committee approved a bill on Tuesday that would remove the Alabama State Board of Education from confirming a new charter...
House passes “austere” budget plan by 66-36 vote
A barebones budget plan to fund government services is on its way to the Senate, having passed the Alabama House Tuesday by a vote...