Public safety
Data shows a dramatic reduction in pardons and paroles, and a racial divide among who is denied.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Legislature
Former Alabama Senator Jim Preuitt has passed away
Chip Brown pre-files bill to provide tax cuts to Gulf Coast commercial fishermen
Alabama House minority leader: No support for new prisons without other reforms
Ivey tells lawmakers she’ll set special session for prison construction
Chris Elliott named 2021 Legislator of the Year by the Alabama Forestry Association
- Opinion
Opinion | Alabama has kicked the “prison problem” can for far too long. Today, we pick it up
Opinion | 20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety
Opinion | Lessons from Mayberry: Andy wouldn’t suffer the MAGAs
Opinion | Huntsville is Alabama’s largest city
Opinion | Lynda Blanchard: Democrats sing the same old debt ceiling song
- National
Rogers, Carl, and Sewell vote to pass National Defense Authorization Act
Moore, Brooks vote against the House version of the NDAA
Biden removes Lee Greenwood from National Endowment for the Arts
Sewell votes to extend government funding, suspend debt limit
Barry Moore, Mo Brooks oppose raising the debt ceiling
- Education
Alabama A&M to announce president selection within a week
New MAPs program creates training pathways from adult education to high-demand careers
Program helps students transition from adult education programs to college
Vestavia City Schools reverses mask mandate
Tuberville praises HBCUs in Senate floor speech
- Health
COVID booster shots for some Alabamians available beginning today
Shine a Light Alabama offers resources for those who lost someone during pandemic
Ivey, Tuberville, Alabama House minority leader encourage COVID vaccinations
Alabama leads nation in recent COVID deaths per capita
Alabama’s COVID deaths increasing, state ICU beds at 98 percent capacity
All posts tagged "Rep. Chris England"
Governor
While the Legislature took up some reform measures this session, lawmakers declined to pass more substantive sentencing reforms.
Opinion
"HB107 represents the smartest path forward to restore fairness, equity and common sense to Alabama’s criminal justice system."
Legislature
Rep. Chris England's bill would repeal the law and allow incarcerated people serving under it a chance to have sentences revisited.
Prisons
Some members expressed concern that $1.5 million could be better spent on the state's prison crisis.
Legislature
Rep. England's bill would repeal the law that mandates sentences for multiple convictions. It heads to the full House.
Legislature
Rep. Jim Hill's bill makes retroactive a 2015 law that mandates early release and supervision for some.
Legislature
The bill would create a committee tasked with reviewing executive branch contracts of $10 million or more.
Public safety
165 former judges and prosecutors, professors and public defenders signed on in support of Rep. Chris England's bill to repeal HFOA.
Courts
The argument is identical to one made in state courts in 2018 and 2019. Those lawsuits were eventually tossed by the courts.
