Alabama General Fund

The Alabama Senate has approved a state general fund budget that gives additional money to the state prison system.That’s part of an effort to comply with…

Alabama lawmakers are getting closer to a budget agreement after lots of activity in both chambers yesterday.The Alabama Senate made a few revisions to…

Governor Robert Bentley says the state faces a “real crisis” with its budget. Bentley is now taking his fight to fill the state’s coffers to the…

The Alabama Senate worked into the night to pass the budget to operate the state's non-education agencies. The Senate voted 22-9 Tuesday night to approve…

Alabama state non-education employees would not get a cost-of-living raise or merit pay raises under a $1.74 billion General Fund budget approved…

Alabama's governor is proposing an education budget that gives small increases to all levels of education from kindergarten through college. Gov. Robert…

Gov. Robert Bentley says his proposed budgets for the new fiscal year are slightly better than this year's budgets. Bentley told legislators in his State…

The Alabama Legislature's 2013 regular session has started. Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey started the session in the Senate at noon. Speaker Mike Hubbard gaveled the…

Alabama legislators will get an overview of the state's financial situation before they begin their 2013 legislative session at noon. The director of the…