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Legislature approves bill banning cell phone use in classrooms

The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey, who has already signaled her approval and intent to sign the bill into law.
May 8, 2025

Legislative Session begins this week. Legislator abolishes his own county.

The 2020 Legislative Session begins this week. It will be an interesting three and a-half months. There are a myriad of important issues that legislators have to address this year, as always. However, standing in the way of substantive state issues each year is the necessity to address local bills. Our 1901 Constitution is archaic … Continued
February 5, 2020

Prisons ask for $42 million budget increase in 2021

Thursday the House and Senate General Fund budget committees were in Montgomery for a rare joint session as all of the State General Fund (SGF) department heads made their 2021 budget requests. Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeffrey S. Dunn requested $563 million in FY2021 – a $42 million increase from the 2020 budget. Dunn … Continued
January 24, 2020

Marshall joins 50 other AGs urging FCC to Strengthen Efforts to Stop Illegal Robocalls

Monday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) urged the FCC to encourage telecommunications companies to implement strong call blocking and call authentication procedures to protect consumers from illegal robocalls and spoofing. Marshall joined a coalition of 51 attorneys general (including the District of Columbia) in a comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “To … Continued
August 27, 2019