MONTGOMERY, Ala. – With just one week to go until Alabama’s primary runoff election, the state’s attorney general and a candidate who wants to succeed him are trading rhetorical blows about how an officer-involved shooting was handled. Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday released a statement condemning Mitchell’s campaign using Cody Smith, a former Montgomery […]
Read MoreTop Stories
Alabama education revenues flat as sales tax collections decline
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama’s Education Trust Fund collections were essentially flat through May, but State Superintendent Eric Mackey said he is watching one revenue source in particular: sales tax, which has been down year over year in seven of the first eight months of the fiscal year. The fund had collected about $7 billion since […]
Read MoreAlabama education revenues flat as sales tax collections decline
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama’s Education Trust Fund collections were essentially flat through May, but State Superintendent Eric Mackey said he is watching one revenue source in particular: sales tax, which has been down year over year in seven of the first eight months of the fiscal year. The fund had collected about $7 billion since […]
Read MoreBarry Moore defends his military service amid new attack ad, questions
WASHINGTON — A new campaign ad in Alabama attacks Rep. Barry Moore over questions surrounding his time in the military, but the congressman is pushing back, releasing records to defend his service. Ahead of the June 16 Republican U.S. Senate runoff, a super PAC supporting Moore’s opponent ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson launched an ad Monday […]
Read MoreBarry Moore defends his military service amid new attack ad, questions
WASHINGTON — A new campaign ad in Alabama attacks Rep. Barry Moore over questions surrounding his time in the military, but the congressman is pushing back, releasing records to defend his service. Ahead of the June 16 Republican U.S. Senate runoff, a super PAC supporting Moore’s opponent ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson launched an ad Monday […]
Read MoreIvey’s CHOOSE Act lawsuit against AHSAA settled
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A lawsuit that began over whether students using CHOOSE Act education savings accounts can play sports after transferring schools has been settled, according to court filings in Montgomery Circuit Court. Gov. Kay Ivey, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter and Jaclyn Hall sued the Alabama High School Athletic Association last year after the association […]
Read MoreIvey’s CHOOSE Act lawsuit against AHSAA settled
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A lawsuit that began over whether students using CHOOSE Act education savings accounts can play sports after transferring schools has been settled, according to court filings in Montgomery Circuit Court. Gov. Kay Ivey, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter and Jaclyn Hall sued the Alabama High School Athletic Association last year after the association […]
Read More