Alabama Politics

An Alabama budget committee has approved a cigarette tax increase and other revenue bills as lawmakers try to fill a budget shortfall.The House Ways and…

Legislators are going to try for a third time to put together a state budget. Governor Robert Bentley has given lawmakers a wide berth when it comes to…

Alabama lawmakers ended a special session without a budget.Lawmakers are leaving Montgomery after the special session hit a 30-day time limit without…

The Alabama Senate has narrowly approved a budget that slashes millions of dollars from Medicaid, mental health, law enforcement and other state…

Alabama legislators believe a second special session is inevitable.Lawamkers are deadlocked on how to fill a more than $200 million budget…

The Alabama House of Representatives is debating a large cut to Medicaid after a plan for filling a budget hole unraveled in a tension-filled special…

Alabama’s lawmakers are back in Montgomery for a special session to work on the budget.Governor Robert Bentley is seeking a 25-cent-per-pack cigarette tax…

Alabama legislators return to Montgomery on Monday looking for something that eluded them for the last five months: agreement.Legislators are resuming a…

One of the Alabama’s U.S. senators is leading the charge against the president’s request to pay to legal help for unaccompanied immigrant children.…

Alabama has one of the highest rates of prescription drug abuse and a state task force is attempting to do something about it. The Alabama Drug Abuse Task…