On the heels of a dust-up between Gov. Robert Bentley and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, over proposed changes to the state’s controversial Accountability Act, Senate Democrats Friday reiterated their position on the law: Get rid of it. “You can’t fix a bad bill, and the only thing we can do to help [...]
The Alabama Senate approved an education budget on Tuesday that included funding for a 2 percent pay raise for educators, the first since 2007, and $40 million to fund the Alabama Accountability Act, the law that allows parents with children in failing schools to earn a tax credit to use at a private school or [...]
State lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that could keep funding for education at or below 2007 levels for another five years.The House passed the measure on Tuesday and the Senate passed the legislation on Thursday 23-10 along partisan lines with Republicans voting for it.Democrats in the House and Senate expressed concerns that the “rolling [...]
Democrats in the Alabama Senate are calling the attempt by Republicans to stop the DROP retirement program a punitive attack on teachers and state employees hidden behind the guise of saving money.Senate Minority Leader Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, said that Republicans in the regular session, like they did in the special session on ethics, are bringing [...]
The Alabama public, political observers and Alabama state senators found out Tuesday who will chair key committees in that body.Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, who is considered one of the most conservative members of the Senate, was selected as chairman of the powerful Rules Committee that determines which bills come to the Senate floor for debate. [...]