Tag: Kay Ivey
Terri Sewell opposes Kay Ivey’s prison plan to use American Rescue...
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell released a statement regarding the plan by Alabama officials to build new prisons using $400 million of federal...
Kay Ivey defends use of virus funds for prisons, bills advance
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday defended her state’s plan to use pandemic relief funds to build new prisons —saying the $400...
Alabama trying to use COVID relief funds for new prisons
Facing a Justice Department lawsuit over Alabama’s notoriously violent prisons, state lawmakers on Monday began a special session on a $1.3 billion construction...
Alabama lawmakers weigh using virus funds to build prisons
Alabama is weighing the use of $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build new prisons, a proposal that state Republican leaders...
Kay Ivey’s special session call focused on prison construction
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday issued the call for next week’s special session that largely focuses on prison construction as the...
Jim Zeigler: Kay Ivey not accepting blame after her $3 billion...
Speaking to the Montgomery Kiwanis Club Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey declined to accept any blame for the failure of her $3 billion...
Kay Ivey promotes Alabama prison plan ahead of special session
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday blamed crumbling infrastructure for the state’s prison problems as she prepares to call lawmakers back to...
Want faster internet or want coverage somewhere without it? State asking...
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is requesting information about broadband internet access and speed from Alabama residents and...
Rebuild Alabama Act awards $2.08 million for road and bridge projects
Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that $2.08 million in state funding is being awarded to cities and counties for various road and...
Kay Ivey to call special session on prison construction
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is calling lawmakers into a special session later this month to vote on a prison construction plan that would use...
