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20h ago | Education, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain
Audit finds contract, funding documentation issues at Alabama education department

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama’s State Department of Education needs to better document how it makes certain contracting and school funding decisions, according to a state audit that also found payments to two vendors exceeded amounts authorized in their contracts by nearly $874,000.  The audit, filed Friday, covered ALSDE’s operations from Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. […]

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Audit finds contract, funding documentation issues at Alabama education department
20h ago | Education, News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama’s State Department of Education needs to better document how it makes certain contracting and school funding decisions, according to a state audit that also found payments to two vendors exceeded amounts authorized in their contracts by nearly $874,000.  The audit, filed Friday, covered ALSDE’s operations from Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. […]

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Tuberville names advisers to ‘Golden Age’ transition team

July 24, 2026 | Campaign 2026, News, | By Todd Stacy

In a press release announcing the team, Tuberville said he doesn't want to wait until the election is over to get started with planning. 

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Tuberville names advisers to ‘Golden Age’ transition team
July 24, 2026 | Campaign 2026, News, | By Todd Stacy

In a press release announcing the team, Tuberville said he doesn't want to wait until the election is over to get started with planning. 

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DHR board seeks same two-year SNAP delay Congress granted to highest-error states

July 24, 2026 | News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources Board voted unanimously Thursday to ask Alabama’s congressional delegation to seek the same two-year delay already granted to states with the nation’s highest SNAP payment error rates. Under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, states with the highest payment error rates have two additional years before […]

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DHR board seeks same two-year SNAP delay Congress granted to highest-error states
July 24, 2026 | News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Human Resources Board voted unanimously Thursday to ask Alabama’s congressional delegation to seek the same two-year delay already granted to states with the nation’s highest SNAP payment error rates. Under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, states with the highest payment error rates have two additional years before […]

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Education Department limits civil rights investigations into racial disparities in schools

July 24, 2026 | News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Schools that discipline students of color at higher rates than white students won’t be in violation of federal civil rights law for that disparity alone, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday. The Education Department’s regulatory changes prohibit the agency’s civil […]

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Education Department limits civil rights investigations into racial disparities in schools
July 24, 2026 | News, | By Trisha Powell Crain

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Schools that discipline students of color at higher rates than white students won’t be in violation of federal civil rights law for that disparity alone, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday. The Education Department’s regulatory changes prohibit the agency’s civil […]

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