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ALGOP announces qualifying dates for State House District 49 special election

Friday the Alabama Republican Party announced that it will open on-line qualifying for the upcoming special election in State House District 49 on Monday, May 25, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. CDT on the party’s website (algop.org). Candidates may qualify on-line at any time during the qualifying period. Anyone needing to qualify in-person may come to … Continued
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May 24, 2020

Legislators briefed on coronavirus crisis

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and her team on Thursday briefed state legislators on the latest developments on the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the state for the last ten weeks. State Public Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris told legislators that the state has 13,058 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. 528 Alabamians have died from COVID-19 … Continued
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May 22, 2020

Governor signs both state budgets

Monday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed the General Fund budget (SGF), the Education Trust Fund (ETF), and the PSCA bond bill. “I appreciate the hard work of the Legislature during an unprecedented Regular Session,” Gov. Ivey said in a statement. “While we have yet to know the full impact of COVID-19 on our state, … Continued
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May 20, 2020
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Alabama House Members answer the call to duty

When the Legislature convened its 2020 regular session in February, Alabama enjoyed record-low unemployment and record-high revenues in our state budgets. Pay raises for educators and state employees were foregone conclusions, unprecedented improvements in mental health services offered to Alabamians were being passed, and new and expanded education programs were on the table. But as … Continued
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May 19, 2020

House speaker says he supports governor’s CARES Act plan

Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said Friday that he supports Gov. Kay Ivey’s proposed executive amendment, which would appropriate federal CARES Act funds for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the speaker’s support, the governor’s amendment has a better chance of passing Alabama’s House of Representatives — whether the same will be true in the … Continued
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May 15, 2020

House on board with Ivey amendment, nothing yet from Senate

Gov. Kay Ivey, on Thursday in a letter and message to the Alabama Senate, proposed an Executive Amendment to SB161, the FY 2020 General Fund supplemental appropriations bill that addresses the federal CARES Act funds. Speaker Mac McCutcheon and Budget Chair Steve Clouse are working with the governor to move the process forward. APR asked … Continued
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May 14, 2020

Polls, talk radio push attacks on Ivey, but is she worried?

Since Gov. Kay Ivey made known the existence of the “wish list” of spending items the Legislature proposed for the approximate $1.8 billion in federal relief money, some lawmakers have been up in arms. But the “wish list” wasn’t a hastily drawn-up inventory of hypothetical projects as some have suggested. The Legislative Services Agency formatted … Continued
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May 14, 2020