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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to call a special session as the state attempts to respond to…

MONGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday called state lawmakers into an immediate special session focused on her proposed gasoline tax…

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Alabama State Senator Cam Ward says his prison construction bill is dead for this year’s legislative session.Ward made the pronouncement yesterday. He…

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is planning to call a special legislative session on prisons in the New Year.Bentley says the special session will be isolated…

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signs a compromise bill to use the state's oil spill settlement funds for debts, Medicaid and roads.The Alabama Legislature…

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…

Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed state lottery has failed in the Alabama Senate.Senators voted 23-7 to reject changes the House of Representatives made to…

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says he believes a November lottery referendum is no longer possible, but is seeking an opinion from the attorney…

A legislative committee will hold a public hearing later today on a lottery bill that narrowly passed the state Senate last week.The House of…