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Robert Bentley announces increased grants for VPK programs

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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A barebones budget plan to fund government services is on its way to the Senate, having passed the Alabama House Tuesday by a vote...

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