Tag: Alabama Senate
Alabama legislative preview: April 19 – April 22, 2016
As the clock begins to wind down on the Alabama Legislature's 2016 Regular Session, the heat will begin to build under legislators and special...
Alabama Senate passes education budget, teacher pay raise
The Alabama Senate passed Wednesday evening the Education Trust Fund budget, funding education in the state, as well as the first pay raise for...
State Senate OKs payday lending reform bill
The Alabama Senate passed a bill Wednesday to extend the timeframe for repaying loans from so-called "payday" lenders to six months.
Pressure to quickly repay...
Lawmakers vote to override Robert Bentley veto, enact General Fund budget
Rebuking Gov. Robert Bentley's veto for the first time in 2016, Alabama lawmakers voted Tuesday to enact the General Fund budget the governor previously rejected over...
Here’s what would happen should Robert Bentley be impeached
The impeachment process is seldom used in Alabama politics. Reserving its use for only the most egregious of moral or legal transgressions, the power of...
NRA urges Alabamians to call legislators in support of gun bills
Two bills currently under consideration by the Alabama Legislature are receiving special attention from the National Rifle Association’s political action arm, the NRA Institute...
Senate Rules panel quickly moves array of bills to Special Order...
In a meeting that lasted less than 10 minutes, the Senate Rules Committee approved a number of bills for addition to the Special Order...
Trespassing in Alabama could soon cost you up to $6,000, one...
The Alabama Senate passed legislation Thursday which will increase penalties for "criminal trespass of critical infrastructure," thereby better protecting Alabama businesses. "Critical infrastructure" references...
Senate passes slew of bills with nearly empty chamber
During Thursday's legislative session, a variety of bills were passed on the Senate floor with at one point, only 13 lawmakers attending. The number of...
State Senate passes monuments bill despite Dem outrage
The first item on Senate's agenda Wednesday was the hotly contested bill from Sen. Gerald Allen known as the Alabama Heritage Preservation Act, which...
