From The Tribune staff reports SPRINGVILLE — Legislators aim to shutter a local prison here if the two new prisons proposed by Gov. Kay Ivey are approved during the current special session.... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary It appears that Alabama Governor Kay Ivey could be gearing up to call a special session this fall to address the chronic problems with Alabama’s corrections syste... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers see the possibility of a special session on prison construction this summer as Gov. Kay Ivey’s plan to rent p... Read more
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY — Details of Gov. Kay Ivey’s proposed 2020 General Fund and education budgets won’t be released until lawmakers dispense with proposed gas-t... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY — Just hours after giving her State of the State address, Governor Kay Ivey called a special session for legislators to consider he... Read more
By Megan Miller, Editor TRUSSVILLE – The Trussville City Council met in special session on Dec. 1 to approve a handful of resolutions. The council moved that Fire Captain Phillip McLaughlin... Read more
By Megan Miller, Editor MONTGOMERY – Speaker of the House, Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) and Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh (R-Anniston) announced the members of the Joint Task Force f... Read more
By Senator Shay Shelnutt In Alabama, many politicians have recently used Medicaid’s $85 million budget shortfall to argue for increased taxes, a lottery, the expansion of gambling, or some c... Read more
By Danny Garrett It has been a hot, sweltering summer. Suppose Governor Bentley approached you and said – “If you sign this document, I will build you a swimming pool. You just go out of tow... Read more
DeMarco: No special session in the works yet for controversial issues
By Paul DeMarco, commentary MONTGOMERY — When the Alabama Legislative Session adjourned in May there was a lot of talk of the unfinished business from the legislative session, and that it wo... Read more