A recent state report shows the former circuit and district court clerk in Crenshaw County needs to repay more than $209,000 in missing or misspent funds.  The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts recently demanded repayment. It held a hearing for former clerk Jeannie Gibson to explain why she shouldn’t have to repay the public funds. Gibson did not appear at the hearing. 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama House advanced with little discussion and strong bipartisan support Tuesday a four-bill tax cut package, including a reduction on the state sales tax on groceries, that would represent an annual savings of $192 million for Alabamians. “With the passage of this tax cut package, the Alabama House of Representatives has […]

Sen. Bill Barfoot, R-Pike Road, the measure's sponsor, estimates it would affect just 200 of the approximately 20,000 people in Alabama state prisons who were sentenced decades ago under a 1977 habitual offender law that has since been revised.