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7h ago | News, | By Alex Angle

Britt, Tuberville lend support to pass immigration enforcement funding

WASHINGTON — After a marathon vote series, Senate Republicans passed about $70 billion in funding for immigration enforcement agencies early Friday despite unsuccessful efforts to kill the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund. U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., both voted with their party 52-47 to advance the measure to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

Britt, Tuberville lend support to pass immigration enforcement funding

7h ago | News, | By Alex Angle

Mackey: Alabama math reforms highlight states’ power to shape education

7h ago | Education, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

BALTIMORE – Alabama’s statewide approach to improving elementary math instruction and achievement was one focus of a national discussion Thursday about how states are using their authority to shape education. State Superintendent Eric Mackey joined the education chiefs of Maryland and Rhode Island at the Education Writers Association’s National Seminar in Baltimore, where the three […]

Mackey: Alabama math reforms highlight states’ power to shape education

7h ago | Education, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

Lawmakers approve $12M contract for SNAP and TANF system’s ‘quality assurance’

7h ago | Legislature 2026, News, | By Claire Harrison

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Legislature’s Contract Review Committee on Thursday approved a more than $12 million contract for a company to provide “quality assurance” on a system that administers food assistance programs. Funded in equal parts by the state and the U.S. government, the $12.1 million contract renewal deals with Alabama’s integrated eligibility system […]