Alabama Education budget

Advocacy groups are urging Alabama lawmakers to join a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school age children. The program called Summer EBT, or Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program, provides families $40 per month for each child receiving free and reduced-price school lunches.

A proposed educational voucher plan in Alabama would give parents thousands of dollars annually in public funds to pay for private school or homeschooling expenses for their child.

Some Alabama lawmakers are considering what to do with a budget surplus in state coffers. Others are suggesting an expansion of Medicaid.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Thursday approved a 4 percent pay increase for teachers and other public school employees as part of a…

Alabama’s education budget has passed the state House.The House of Representatives unanimously approved the $6.4 billion budget proposal…

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,…

Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh says lawmakers will pass a General Fund budget, and did not rule out adjourning the session early after the budget is…

Time has run out on a bill to legalize gambling and a state lottery in Alabama, and efforts to avoid deep state budget cuts may be too little too late as…

The University of Alabama is teaming up with researchers across the country to study the nation's water.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association…

The singer who became famous for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman" died yesterday. Percy Sledge had a massive impact on what became known as the "Muscle…