Governor Robert Bentley is calling a special session next week on the general fund budget.
The governor says that he will call lawmakers back to Montgomery on July 13.
The 2015 regular session ended in a stalemate after lawmakers could not agree on tax increases. Bentley vetoed a spending plan that would have cut $200 million from state agencies.
State agencies are currently operating without a budget for the fiscal year that begins October first. The governor on Friday will release his call for the session, which lists the issues he expects lawmakers to address.
People who are new to the business world across Alabama are getting ready to converge on Birmingham tomorrow. The Young Professionals Summit is a networking event for new entrepreneurs, business owners, and non-profits. Dionne Clark is program director of the Alabama Humanities Foundation. Her group sponsors the Summit. She says the point is to reach out to different young professionals all throughout the city.
“Birmingham has a very robust and involved young professional community. So we saw that as an opportunity to increase awareness and reaching a younger more diverse demographic”
Awards will be given out in each category to young professionals from Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery.
Images of Alabama’s fight for civil rights are about to go center stage in Indianapolis. Photos from the historic Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery will be on display during the forty fifth Annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration, which begins today. Jennifer Darby is the Director of Youth and Family Programs for the I-B-E. She says the photos are an important part of history.
“With it being the fiftieth anniversary of Selma, we actually wanted to look back at history from where we started and from where we are now.”
The photos will be available for auction later this month. The expo will donate the proceeds to its scholarship fund to provide financial assistance to Indiana undergrads and high school seniors.