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PARCA: Tax revenues continue to rise, leveling out post-pandemic

Alabama’s tax revenue levels post-pandemic. As federal funds decline, state spending on effective programs is essential.
November 22, 2024

ER doctors in frontline battle against COVID-19 are facing pay cuts

Emergency room doctors across the nation are experiencing cuts to pay, benefits and hours even as they battle COVID-19. Suddenly ER doctors in Alabama are facing the same slashes to their income. “It’s crazy, cutting hours and pay right as hell breaks loose,” said an Alabama ER doctor who has spent the last month treating … Continued
April 9, 2020

“Fair tax” legislation would replace income, sales tax with consumption tax

Alabama Rep. Mike Holmes, R-Wetumpka, prefiled “fair tax” legislation for the 2020 regular session that replaces state income and sales taxes with a statewide consumption tax.  The legislation, called the Alabama Economic Freedom Act, would create a uniform 8.03 percent tax on all purchases of goods and services in the state. The tax is designed … Continued
July 23, 2019

Personal income increased .5 percent in October

Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that personal income increased 0.5 percent in October after increasing 0.2 percent in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.3 percent in October, the same increase as in September. Personal income increased $84.9 billion (0.5 percent) in October according to estimates … Continued
November 30, 2018

Moore campaign dismisses Daily Beast story as another misleading attack

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, the Roy Moore Campaign dismissed reporting by the Daily Beast that the former chief justice’s federal and state ethics filings do not match. “This is another misleading attack on Judge Moore and his wife,” the Moore campaign said in a statement. “First, the 990 Form, as reported in … Continued
October 2, 2017

Report: Roy Moore left income off Senate ethics disclosure form

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Daily Beast reported that U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore appears to have left as much as $150,000 in income off of his Senate financial disclosure forms when it was compared to his state of Alabama ethics disclosure form, which he filed two months earlier. There are also debts on … Continued
September 29, 2017