Gov. Robert Bentley will now decide whether to sign a $5.77 billion education budget that includes a 2 percent pay increase for public school employees and $40 million to fund a controversial law that allows tax credits for parents of children in failing schools to attend private or non-failing public schools. The Alabama House of [...]
George Jones will undoubtedly be remembered for his legendary hits like “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” but late in life he ventured into Alabama business, gambling and politics. His involvement is interesting considering his stature as one of the giants of country music. Jones, who died Friday at 81, personally appeared at the State House [...]
The House of Representatives Wednesday evening approved a $5.7 billion Education Trust Fund budget that includes a pay raise for teachers, more money for pre-kindergarten programs and funding for two contentious measures. The budget, about three percent higher than this year’s ETF, includes a two percent pay raise for teachers, a $12.5 million increase for [...]
A House committee Tuesday afternoon approved a $5.7 billion Education Trust Fund budget that includes a two percent raise for teachers and support personnel, liability insurance for teachers and about $12 million more for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs. The House Ways and Means Education committee approved the budget on a 9 to 3 vote that fell [...]
Rep. Jay Love, R-Montgomery, has filed legislation that would require the state to pay back $437 million borrowed from the Alabama Trust Fund by 2026. The legislation would establish benchmarks for repayment of the money, taken to shore up the state’s troubled General Fund, which pays for most noneducation funding in the state. About [...]