Alabama Senate

The Alabama State Senators have approved a bill that will revise the Alabama Accountability Act.The Alabama Accountability Act is a thirty-million dollar…

The Alabama Senate may debate a bill later today that would prohibit judges from imposing a death sentence after a jury has already recommended life…

An Alabama Senate committee has advanced a bill to let faith-based adoption agencies, including those that care for state foster children, turn away gay…

An Alabama senator says the federal government should cover most of the cost of caring for county jail inmates with mental illnesses.Sen. Cam Ward, a…

The state Senate has delayed a vote on a bill that would bar changes to historic or Confederate monuments in Alabama. Senators said Thursday that they…

A state senate committee has approved a bill that would require Alabama high schoolers to pass a basic civics test before graduating.Senator Arthur Orr,…

Alabama lawmakers are back in Montgomery today to begin the 2017 legislative session.One major priority will be redrawing legislative districts, after…

Alabama Senators managed to find a compromise on how to spend an incoming BP settlement package from the 2010 oil spill, splitting it between state debts,…

State lawmakers have decided how to spend Alabama’s incoming BP settlement money from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Yesterday, state Senators…

A legislative conference committee plans to make a last-ditch effort to break a deadlock on how to use Alabama's settlement money from the 2010 oil spill…