2013 Legislative Session

Alabama legislators are getting ready for the final day of their 2013 session. The Legislature convenes at 9 a.m. Monday. Both chambers will have to…

Alabama lawmakers are one step from letting voters decide, at least in theory, whether to make it harder for government to adopt restrictions on firearms.…

The Alabama Legislature is one step away from passing a bill that would make sure private schools and non-failing public schools don't have to take…

The Alabama Legislature enters the final three days of the 2013 legislative session with the main priority being passage of the education and General Fund…

Plans to address the education budget Thursday in the state Senate got postponed. Senate Rules Committee Chairman Jabo Waggoner of Vestavia Hills says the…

Republican leadership in the Alabama Legislature has offered proposals to make Alabama public schools safer. The proposals made by Republican legislators…

Lawmakers are trying to ease the financial burden Medicaid places on Alabama by passing a bill designed to streamline the $5.63 billion program's…

An Alabama Senate committee has stopped a bill that would have allowed the construction of public buildings without going through the traditional…

The Alabama Legislature is returning from its spring break and beginning the second half of its 2013 session. The House Ways and Means-Education Committee…

The Alabama Legislature begins the second half of its 2013 session on Tuesday. Gov. Robert Bentley says his priority for the second half is passing…