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Alabama expands ban on trans athletes to include college teams
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed legislation that will ban transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college, becoming the latest state to place restrictions on transgender athletes. The legislation expands the state's existing 2021...
Alabama lawmakers approve budget after disagreements on local projects
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to general fund spending bills after sometimes tense disagreements over local projects and budget projections. Lawmakers worked through the night before giving final passage to the spending bills shortly in...
Alabama lawmakers approve tax rebates of $150 per person
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a one-time tax rebate that will give $150 to single people and $300 to married couples. Legislators agreed to a late-night compromise between different rebate amounts that had been approved in the House...
Lawmakers approve bill that would enable construction of new Alabama Statehouse
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation that could lead to the construction of a new Alabama Statehouse. The bill gives the Legislative Council, a 20-member panel that consists of legislative leaders and selected members, the authority to...
Alabama sets execution as state resumes lethal injections
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of an inmate this summer as the state attempts to resume lethal injection s following a series of troubled executions. The Alabama Supreme Court last week issued a death warrant for James Barber, 54,...
Alabama Senate advances smaller tax rebate proposal
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Thursday advanced tax rebates of $105 for single people and $210 for couples as part of an appropriations package that also includes a teacher pay raise. The proposed rebates are about one-fourth the amount that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey...
Alabama governor defends dismissal of cabinet member
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's governor replaced a Cabinet member who oversaw the state's award-winning prekindergarten program because of a teacher training book with language about inclusion and combatting structural racism, she said Thursday. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey defended...
Alabama education director ousted over book's stance on race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts" because of...
Alabama approves industrial incentive bills
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey signed a package of economic development incentives into law Thursday afternoon, reauthorizing and expanding tax breaks for attracting new industries only hours after lawmakers gave the legislation final approval. The Republican governor has...
Alabama lawmakers advance economic development bills package
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced Thursday a package of economic development bills that would renew and expand the tax breaks and other incentive programs the state uses to lure industries. The Alabama House of Representatives approved the four-bill package that...
