By Chip Brownlee The Alabama Political Reporter Montgomery—Of all the 50 states across the US, Alabama’s K-12 education budget saw the nation’s second worst decline in funding...
By Larry Lee Education Matters When attendees at a recent Business Council of Alabama conference at Point Clear opened their “goody” bags, one of their treats...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Tackling budget reform is priority one, according to Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia). Senate President Pro Tem Del...
By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A substitute to lottery bill SB3 was approved by the House Tourism and Marketing Committee on Wednesday afternoon. SEE BILL...
By Senator Jim McClendon Let me start by clarifying I am married to only one thing in life – my beautiful wife, El. My relationship with...
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 22, the Alabama Renewal Act, House Bill 34, passed the Alabama Senate. HB34 creates new incentives to...
By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee passed the General Fund Budget on Wednesday. Most agencies were level-funded, and they...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In a recent interview with Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), the new Chairman of the Education Trust Fund, he told the...
EDUCATION MATTERS By Larry Lee As soon as the Alabama Accountability Act was passed by the legislature in February 2013 educators knew it was fatally flawed....
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Friday, a reassignment of Senate budget chairs became official. Since the last Special Session of 2015, plans and negotiations...
