Did you catch Capitol Journal this week? We are covering the week that was in Alabama politics and government. The congressional delegation settling in in DC. State lawmakers preparing for the next session. Tuberville staffing up. And good news from the state’s latest school report cards.I sit down with Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday exercised the pardoning power of her office to spare two turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving. In Alabama’s 78th annual turkey pardoning, Ivey issued a full pardon to a pair of 18-week-old turkeys named Pumpkin and Pie, raised by Bates House of Turkey in Greenville. Alabamians weighed in […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter has reappointed Rep. Rex Reynolds, R-Huntsville, to serve as chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee. Reynolds will lead the committee tasked with developing a budget for the state’s expenses and services outside of public education. He has held the powerful budget chair role since […]