Tag: John Knight
Akiesha Anderson: Alabama’s grocery tax reduction: A penny saved, a better...
The first stop on the road to untaxing groceries in Alabama is straight ahead. Lawmakers achieved a significant victory for the people...
Steve Flowers: Legislative session begins
As the 2021 Regular Legislative Session begins, you will see new leadership in the state Senate. Republicans dominate both chambers, overwhelmingly. They...
House District 77 candidates working for high voter turnout in runoff...
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has predicted 15 to 18 percent of voters will show up to the polls on July 17 for the runoff...
Following suicide of 5th grader, State House passes anti-cyberbullying legislation
Following the suicide of an Alabama fifth grader, the State House unanimously passed a bill aimed to protect school children against cyberbullying.
Montgomery-Democrat State Rep....
Alabama Democrats criticize proposed new districts
Black lawmakers in the Alabama Legislature are criticizing new district lines that were drawn after a federal court ruled the Republican majority relied too heavily on...
Alabama legislative preview: April 26 — April 29, 2016
With only two weeks left in the Alabama Legislature's 2016 Regular Session, the state's Senators and Representatives will begin scrambling to push their priorities...
Fantasy sports, gambling could be big business for state
A slate of bills aimed at loosening Alabama's gambling laws and setting the state up to benefit from the lucrative gaming industry have been...
Mike Hubbard expects special session over Medicaid funding
Though the House of Representatives ended its week on a low note, as Democrats filibustered plans to bring forth a General Fund void of...
Democrats filibuster plans to bring up General Fund budget next week
Word came through the pipeline early Thursday from an intern of Rep. Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) that House Democrats would be filibustering the introduction of...
Lawmakers frustrated with state Medicaid program’s $157M budget request
Alabama's Medicaid commissioner told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency will need an additional $156 million to maintain services next year, a funding request that...
