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After decades of attempts, major Alabama bill to cut state's 4% grocery tax wins final passage
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama families could soon pay less at the grocery store after lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a landmark bill that would gradually remove half of the 4% state sales tax on food, capping decades of fruitless attempts at such a tax cut. The...
Committee cuts proposal to exempt overtime pay from income tax
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A legislative committee on Wednesday gutted a proposal to exempt Alabama workers' overtime pay from state income taxes after concerns arose about the potential loss to the education budget. The state House of Representatives had unanimously approved the...
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...
Parole denied for Judith Ann Neelley
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials swiftly denied parole Thursday for a woman convicted of murder in the 1982 death of a 13-year-old girl who was abducted from a Georgia shopping mall, sexually assaulted and injected with drain cleaner before being fatally shot. The Alabama...
Lawmakers advance expansion of private school scholarship program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama senators on Tuesday advanced an expansion of a state program that provides scholarships fueled by state tax credits for students to attend private K-12 schools. Senators voted 26-7 for the legislation that would raise the household income cap and...
Bill would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to file civil lawsuits
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislation that would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to sue their abusers has stalled in a committee amid opposition from insurance companies, the bill's sponsor said. The Senate Judiciary Committee has not scheduled a vote on the...
Alabama house fire kills child, leaves 2 firefighters with severe burns
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A house fire in Alabama killed a child and left two firefighters hospitalized with severe burns, officials said Monday. Firefighters rescued three occupants from the burning home in Montgomery on Sunday night, according to Montgomery Fire Rescue. The...
Ex-director of Alabama career program pleads guilty to financial crimes
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The former executive director of a career education program in Alabama faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling money and failing to send employees' payroll taxes to the IRS. Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Doris Gilmore,...
Black College World Series hopes to spur MLB careers for HBCU players
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The spectators were mostly Black kids, ranging from elementary school to high school. The teams — all from historically Black colleges and universities — had names that won't resonate with the average baseball fan. Wiley College. Bluefield State. Rust...
Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home,...
