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2021 special session

Legislature

Alabama House approves congressional district map

Substitution maps brought by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers were tabled.

November 1, 2021

2021 special session is about “simple” lines on a map

While the census controls where the new lines are drawn, so do expectations and requests from legislators and other elected officials.

November 1, 2021

Draft Congressional map retains Alabama’s single majority-minority district

A coalition of nonprofits seeks to create two majority-minority districts, but the draft map keeps only one.

October 27, 2021

Governor to call special session on redistricting this month

Gov. Kay Ivey said she anticipates calling a special session that will begin Oct. 28, 2021.

October 14, 2021

Prison issue tackled, new prisons on the way

It was not something that Kay Ivey created. To her credit, she did not hide from the issue.

October 6, 2021

Alabama Senate approves use of $400 million of COVID relief for prison construction

The House is expected to vote Friday on final passage for one bill, with the rest of the bills awaiting the governor's signature.

October 1, 2021

Alabama Senate committee approves $400 million in COVID funds for new prisons

Each of the bills was passed on to the Rules Committee, then on to the Senate for consideration on Friday.

September 30, 2021

Protest over use of COVID funds for prisons held outside Statehouse

A group of protestors — many parents, siblings, or children of incarcerated individuals — demonstrated outside the Statehouse Wednesday afternoon.

September 30, 2021

House committee approves re-sentencing, supervision reforms

House Bill 1 and HB2 were recommended by Gov. Kay Ivey's Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy, which was formed in 2019.

September 29, 2021

Alabama House committee approves $1.3 billion prison construction plan

The three bills now head to the full House for a possible vote Wednesday.

September 28, 2021