Alabama House

Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would make it a felony to help a voter fill out an absentee ballot.

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced GOP-backed to ban the teaching of so-called "divisive concepts" in classroom lessons and training sessions for state workers.

Alabama lawmakers have advanced a modest income tax cut. It's one of several tax break proposals as legislators weigh how to use a record budget surplus. The two bills collectively provide $82 million in income tax cuts by adjusting the lowest and highest tax brackets.

Alabama's House education committee advanced legislation requiring kids to attend kindergarten or take a test to show their “readiness” for first grade. Democratic State Rep. Pebblin Warren said the goal of her bill is to erase the academic disadvantage of students who enter first grade without either going to kindergarten or being worked with at home.

Alabama House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen (R-Hartselle) has announced the Alabama Republican House Caucus has released a new episodic podcast, “In Session: Conversations with Alabama’s Republican Legislators,” featuring conversations between Stadthagen and Republican members of the Alabama House of Representatives.

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 102-3 to advance a spending plan to use the state’s final $1 billion in federal pandemic relief funds to the Alabama Senate. The plan is mostly a mix of funding for water and sewer infrastructure, broadband expansion and health care reimbursements.

A Republican State House member from the Montgomery area is filing a bill to cut down on panhandlers asking for money along Alabama roadways. This follows up an unsuccessful attempt by the City of Montgomery to do the same thing.

Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been released from prison after serving more than two years for an ethics conviction. The Alabama Department of Corrections said Hubbard was released from Limestone Correctional Facility over the weekend.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey has set a special election to fill the Alabama House seat vacated by the death this month of Republican state Rep.…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers could make changes to medical marijuana legislation after the bill hit opposition in the House.House Speaker Mac…