The administrator of the state’s court system said Thursday morning the system will be forced to lay off at last 150 employees under a compromise General Fund budget approved by the Legislature Thursday. The House and Senate approved changes to the budget made by a conference committee late Thursday evening. The House approved the changes 74 to [...]
Two proposals that would affect welfare recipients, not allowing them to use their cards in bars and strips clubs, and another that would require drug tests for public benefit recipients if there is reasonable suspicion of drug use are in position to pass in the last days of the legislative session. A committee in the [...]
Sen. Arthur Orr discusses the Legislature passing a bill that pardons the Scottsboro Boys, nine black teenagers who were falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931. The House unanimously approved the legislation on Thursday and it now goes to Gov. Robert Bentley for his signature. – posted by Sebastian Kitchen
The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday morning gave unanimous approval to a bill that would allow posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, nine black teenagers who were falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931. The legislation, presented to the House on the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., passed [...]
The Senate Tuesday approved a $1.747 billion General Fund budget that includes money to hire additional correctional officers but not funds to provide wage increases for state employees. The budget closely follows Gov. Robert Bentley’s budget recommendation made last month, with about $3 million more for the state’s court system than Bentley initially recommended, and [...]