Tag: General Fund budget
State Auditor Jim Zeigler’s operating budget on chopping block yet...
They say there's nothing new under the sun, and that certainly seems to be the case when it comes to proposed budget...
Alabama State Trooper Association calls for end to public safety crisis,...
On Tuesday the Alabama State Trooper Association (ASTA) called for an increase of funding from Gov. Kay Ivey and state legislators for state troopers...
Tripp Pittman introduces Kay Ivey’s General Fund budget in Ala. Senate
On Tuesday, Montrose-Republican and Finance and Taxation General Fund Chairman, State Sen. Trip Pittman introduced Governor Kay Ivey’s proposed General Fund budget in the Senate.
SB178, otherwise...
After hours of debate, Alabama House approves General Fund budget
The Alabama House of Representatives approved a $1.8 billion state budget after nearly four hours of debate over a proposed pay raise for state employees,...
General Fund budget debate expected in Alabama House Tuesday
It’s budget week in the Alabama House of Representatives.
State lawmakers will begin debate Tuesday afternoon on a trimmed general fund budget in an effort to...
Steve Flowers: Time again to focus on Alabama budgets, Medicaid problem
As the third regular session of this quadrennium begins, the paramount focus once again will be on the budgets. Even more specifically, it will...
Kay Ivey: The stage is set for budget reform
The end of the 2016 fiscal year is rapidly approaching with the current fiscal year ending on the last day of September. After five...
Katherine Robertson: If the people only knew
"THE PEOPLE want to vote!" — the most oft-repeated catchphrase of the lottery debate. Even politicians who declare themselves personally opposed to a state-run lottery...
Jim McClendon: A tale of two lotteries for two budgets
Let me start by clarifying I am married to only one thing in life — my beautiful wife, El. My relationship with her is nonnegotiable....
Daniel Sutter: Medicaid fails the poor
This year’s biggest state budget fight involved funding for Alabama Medicaid. The legislature overrode Governor Robert Bentley’s veto to pass a General Fund budget...
