MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A new state audit of the Alabama Department of Corrections has found an “underlying sense of secrecy” within the agency, as well as poor conditions and insufficient reporting of incidents within the department’s facilities. The 367-page audit was conducted by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts at Kilby Correctional Facility […]

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter has reappointed Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, as chairman of the House Ways and Means Education Committee, which oversees the development of Alabama’s Education Trust Fund budget. Garrett has chaired the committee since 2021, overseeing five record-setting education budgets that have included increases in teacher pay and funding for K-12 schools, community […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, going as far as claiming that such investigations — a standard oversight function of Congress — may amount to “blatant criminality.” White House counsel Will Scharf issued the warning in a letter dated Monday to […]