Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Committee

The start of October means a collection of new state laws go into effect in Alabama. One gives a sales tax exemption to supplies needed by beekeepers in the State. Another is meant to toughen licensing rules for people who pilot boats on Alabama waterways. Another of these new measures aims to clarify the taxation of overtime pay

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.

Alabama is looking to increase teacher’s salaries. APR’s Student Reporter Josh Hoppenstein has more on how this might happen…The Alabama Senate Finance…