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Advocacy groups in Alabama are urging the public to contact local lawmakers over the continuation of the state sales tax on groceries. This is due to the law having a stipulation that Alabama’s education revenue must increase to offset losses for the deduction to be activated.
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Governor Kay Ivey's office said the one-time tax rebates for Alabama taxpayers induced in her 2023 budget will be on the way beginning December 1. The Alabama Department of Revenue will issue the rebates starting on that date.
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Alabama lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a spending plan to use $1 billion in federal coronavirus funds largely on a mix of water and sewer infrastructure, broadband expansion and reimbursements to healthcare providers hit financially by the pandemic.
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The Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee approved the bill after making a change to allow local governments to use the funds on storm water projects in addition to drinking water and sewer projects. The bill now moves to the full Alabama Senate where it will be debated Thursday.
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The Alabama legislature met in special session on Monday to resolve the on-going debate over the general fund budget. Both chambers recessed the same day,…
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Alabama lawmakers are still struggling to finalize the general fund budget. Governor Robert Bentley says he’ll call the state House and Senate into a…
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Governor Robert Bentley says there are no easy solutions to the state's budget and prison problems. Bentley, in his second inaugural address, said state…
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Governor Robert Bentley is challenging legislators to be leaders as they address the state's budget crisis next year. Bentley says he wants to make…
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Alabama lawmakers will face another grim budget outlook when they return to Montgomery next year and Gov. Robert Bentley says he wants their ideas for…
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A new study ranks Alabama 44th among the states in long-range budgeting.The study was released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Center for Budget and Policy…