Legislature House passes General Fund budget before midpoint of session A tweak would allow $40 million targeted for correctional officer salaries to be used for prison construction. Jacob HolmesApril 26, 2023
Prisons Work on new prison in Elmore County appears idle in recent weeks The state has already spent over $57.7 million since January 2022 on the design and preliminary construction of its new prisons. John H. GlennJanuary 27, 2023
Economy PARCA: Tax collections rise, but inflation will cost the state government Even with the increased revenue from tax collections over the previous fiscal year, inflation will still cost the state government. John H. GlennDecember 9, 2022
Opinion Opinion | New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good The budget includes a 4 percent raise for teachers and lump-sum bonuses for retirees. Steve FlowersSeptember 28, 2022
Opinion Opinion | 2022 Legislative Session “CliffsNotes” These are cliffs notes, not the details. Beth ChapmanApril 18, 2022
Featured Opinion Opinion | The worst of the worst That’s Republican politics today. Think the worst. Believe the worst. Be the worst. Joey KennedyApril 4, 2022
Legislature Dothan set to receive state forensics laboratory over a decade after previous lab closure The General Fund budget is likely to give $5.3 million to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to construct a new forensics lab in... John H. GlennMarch 21, 2022
Legislature Senate sends largest General Fund budget in state history to conference committee At approximately $2.7 billion, it is the largest General Fund budget ever passed by the House. John H. GlennMarch 16, 2022
Featured Opinion Opinion | Legislative session essentially successful "The Senate was deliberate, effective and efficient as it took up a longer-than-usual list of issues." Steve FlowersJune 24, 2021
Governor Marsh’s budget hearing compared to revenge porn Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, has scheduled a general fund budget hearing for early July — purportedly to prepare for the 2021... Bill BrittJune 29, 2020