Sunday, June 14, 2026

ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

general fund budget

Legislature / Governor

Gov. Ivey signs Alabama’s General Fund, Education Trust Fund bills

Ivey said the budgets reflected fiscal restraint while boosting core services and education.

April 10, 2026

Legislature sends $3.4 billion General Fund budget to Gov. Ivey

The budget includes a 2 percent pay raise for state employees and increases for most agencies.

May 8, 2024

Senate passes General Fund Budget

The proposed budget is the largest in the state’s history.

April 12, 2024

House passes General Fund budget before midpoint of session

A tweak would allow $40 million targeted for correctional officer salaries to be used for prison construction.

April 26, 2023

Work on new prison in Elmore County appears idle in recent weeks

The state has already spent over $57.7 million since January 2022 on the design and preliminary construction of its new prisons.

January 27, 2023

PARCA: Tax collections rise, but inflation will cost the state government

Even with the increased revenue from tax collections over the previous fiscal year, inflation will still cost the state government.

December 9, 2022

New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good

The budget includes a 4 percent raise for teachers and lump-sum bonuses for retirees.

September 28, 2022

2022 Legislative Session “CliffsNotes”

These are cliffs notes, not the details.

April 18, 2022

The worst of the worst

That’s Republican politics today. Think the worst. Believe the worst. Be the worst.

April 4, 2022

Dothan set to receive state forensics laboratory over a decade after previous lab closure

The General Fund budget is likely to give $5.3 million to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to construct a new forensics lab in Dothan.

March 21, 2022