Representative Bill Poole

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday approved a $1.25 billion bond issue for school construction in the largest capital improvement…

Alabama lawmakers delayed a vote on a proposed gas tax increase to pay for road and bridge construction after the bill ran into heavy opposition. House…

A federal appeals court has declined to stop an upcoming execution in Alabama.Yesterday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency stay…

In the last few years the state has had to tighten its belt to rein in spending during some lean budget years. Alabama’s teachers have had to shoulder…

The chairman of a Senate education budget committee says a raise for school employees appears unlikely in the fiscal year that begins next…

Republican state Rep. Bill Poole of Tuscaloosa has been named chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Education Committee. Poole was appointed to…