A rancorous legislative session ended Monday with Democrats throwing a few jabs at Republicans, and Republicans knocking out a proposal from Gov. Robert Bentley to delay the implementation of the controversial Accountability Act. The final day also ended with the state’s two budgets signed into law and a sweeping gun rights law headed to Bentley’s [...]
House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said Monday morning he will recommend that House Republican caucus members vote to override Gov. Robert Bentley’s proposed two-year delay of implementation of tax credits and scholarships associated with the Alabama Accountability Act. The Speaker said he wanted to see changes to the law approved by the Legislature to go [...]
The Alabama Senate Thursday night approved legislation that would overhaul the delivery of Medicaid services, with the aim of improving health care outcomes and ultimately driving down costs. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Greg Reed, R-Jasper and supported by Gov. Robert Bentley, passed the Senate 27 to 3. Dr. Don Williamson, who led a task [...]
The top Senate official and the Senate minority leader argued Tuesday that Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey violated the Alabama Constitution by declaring there was a quorum present to conduct business in the state Senate when there was not. “I personally viewed 18 folks in the chamber” and called the Senate to order, Ivey said. She [...]
Senate Minority Leader Vivian Davis Figures criticized the Republican leader in the Senate for disrespecting her on Thursday for recessing without allowing her to discuss a resolution she introduced arguing why Alabama should expand Medicaid. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, moved to send the resolution to the Rules Committee, which determines which bills [...]