BY KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s biggest news stories of 2019 included a legislative effort to outlaw abortion, an ongoing crisis in state prisons and... Read more
By Joshua Huff, sports editor TRUSSVILLE — The Constitution, Patriot Day, merit raises, the allotment of gas tax funds and the census were a few of the topics discussed during the regular me... Read more
By Paul DeMarco We are just now days away from the first installment of the ten cents a gallon gasoline tax the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate approved this past legislative ses... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has called a meeting of a state panel over a proposed toll bridge in coastal Alabama. Ivey asked the A... Read more
By MARY SELL and CAROLINE BECK, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, has been an Alabama lawmaker since 1966. “I’ve been through more sessions than an... Read more
By Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY — Alabama Democrats hope their support of Gov. Kay Ivey’s gas tax increase got them farther on possible Medicaid expansion, but legislative leader... Read more
By Scott Buttram, publisher MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s gas tax, currently 18 cents per gallon, is the fifth lowest such tax in the country. If Gov. Kay Ivey’s proposed tax incr... Read more
By Caroline Beck and Will Whatley, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey’s gas tax and infrastructure proposal could get to her desk Tuesday if it clears the Alabama Senate. Se... Read more
By Scott Buttram, publisher TRUSSVILLE — Trussville lawmakers are split on Governor Kay Ivey’s proposed 10 cent gas tax increase. The bill is expected to be voted on by the Alabama Hou... Read more
The Gas Tax: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Commentary By Phil Williams, Alabama Policy Institute The increased gas tax became law this week amid much Goat Hill fanfare, reminding me of a Clint Eastwood line from an epic western: “I’v... Read more