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Ivey appoints Baxley to fill Elmore County district judge to fill vacancy
Montgomery Advertiser· 6 hours agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she has appointed Ben Baxley to serve as district...
Groups urge Alabama to reverse course, join summer meal program for low-income kids
Associated Press· 3 hours agoAlabama was one of 14 states that declined to participate in a federal program that gives summer...
Stricter child trafficking law heralded as ‘punishment that is deserved’
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 5 days agoGovernor Kay Ivey has signed “The Sound of Freedom Act” into law. It strengthens the consequences...
New state economic growth plan under development
The Florence Times-Daily· 2 days agoMONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Friday that a new strategic economic growth plan is now under development and will replace the state’s...
Alabama enacts new human trafficking law; 'toughest in America'
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 days agoGov. Kay Ivey signed the Sound of Freedom Act into law Wednesday, which raises the penalty for first-degree human trafficking to a mandatory sentence of ...
Tuscaloosa City Schools to continue summer feeding program despite state not having one
ABC 3340 Birmingham· 9 hours agoTuscaloosa City Schools (TCS) announced Wednesday, it will provide free breakfast and lunch this summer to students through its summer feeding program. Alabama is one of 15 states that will ...
Alabama House passes bills to increase work participation
Birmingham News· 6 days agoAlabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed five bills intended to help more people join the...
House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter shows leadership skills | INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThis legislation was essentially the same package that Gov. Kay Ivey proposed two years ago but was...
State purchases Orange Beach Express toll bridge for $60M, tolls to end in late May
ABC 3340 Birmingham· 7 days agoThe last day of tolling will be the Friday before Memorial Day at noon, when the toll gates will be...
The anti-union South is starting to crack
CNN Business via AOL· 1 day agoFor five decades, the southern United States has been an attractive location for foreign automakers to open plants thanks to generous tax breaks and...