Legislature adjourns sine die, ending 2018 legislative session
The leadership's prediction that lawmakers would be home before Easter Sunday was accurate
Education Trust Fund budget
Lawmakers eye 2.5–3 percent raise for state educators, employees
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter With high revenues and confidence in the budgets this year, state lawmakers are hoping for what could be as high as a 2.5–3 percent pay raise for K-12 educators and state employees. Gov. Kay Ivey proposed the pay increase in her first State of the State Address last week but … Continued
State Rep. Corley Ellis to join education budget-writing committee
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, has appointed State Rep. Corley Ellis, R-Columbiana, to the influential committee responsible for writing the Education Trust Fund budget, which appropriates more than $6 billion in funding for Alabama’s public schools and colleges. Ellis will serve as the House Ways and Means Education Committee’s … Continued
Longtime Democratic State Rep. Richard Lindsey to retire from House
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter After serving more than 34 years in the Alabama House of Representatives, State Rep. Richard Lindsey, D-Centre, is planning to retire next year. He announced Monday that he won’t be seeking re-election. Lindsey arrived at the State House when he was only 27 years old, having served there since … Continued
Level-funded $1.8 billion General Fund Budget heads to the Governor’s desk
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House of Representatives late Thursday night concurred with the $1.8-billion General Fund Budget passed by the Senate last week. The House vote will send the bill on to Governor Kay Ivey for her signature. The House voted 93-6 to agree with largely minor changes the Senate … Continued
Senate withstands filibuster, passes ETF budget
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate on Tuesday finally waited out Sen. Paul Bussman and passed its version of the State’s Education Budget. The $6.4 billion Education Trust Fund Budget increases overall funding by a bit more than 1 percent, or about $90 million, and mostly level funds K-12 schools and higher … Continued
Trump administration cutting regulation while State lawmakers do the opposite
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter As the administration of President Donald J. Trump moves to dismantle Obama-era regulations on lending, the opposite is true here in Alabama, where some legislators are pushing for more rules, not less. Earlier this month, the Trump administration signaled its intentions to roll back and limit the powers of … Continued
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See recent postsSine Die! – “with all deliberate speed”
By Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey When I struck the gavel for the Senate to adjourn Sine Die at midnight on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, the Senate completed its 30th and final legislative day of the 2016 Regular Session. Sine Die is a Latin phrase meaning “without day” that is, without designating the next day the … Continued
Pittman’s Primary Focus is Passing Budgets During Regular Session
By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Sen. Trip Pittman (R-Daphne), Chairman of the General Fund Budget, said after the first legislative day of the 2016 Regular Session that his concentration will be primarily on the budgets being passed and signed by Governor Bentley during the Regular Session. “We need to get the General Fund Budget … Continued
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Education Matters By Larry Lee School kids make a terrible rope in a political tug of war. Yet too many politicians continue to use education dollars as a hammer to wave over the heads of those who run our schools. The latest example is Senator Trip Pittman of Baldwin County, former chair of the Senate … Continued