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Best & Worst Week in Montgomery: Sine Die Edition
"Best and Worst Week in Montgomery" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which we recognize the people or organizations who had the...
Rumors & Rumblings: Sine Die Edition
"Rumors and Rumblings" is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the...
GOP House Freshmen Flex Their Muscle, Senior Lawmakers Take Notice
Seniority is a big deal in pretty much any legislative body. Senior members are more likely to get their pick of committee assignments and...
Senate Republicans Fracture on Important Jobs Vote
Earlier this year Yellowhammer published a short piece on the significance of the Budget Isolation Resolution (BIR) in the legislative process. In short, the...
Who Had the Best & Worst Week in Montgomery?
"Best and Worst Week in Montgomery" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which we recognize the people or organizations who had the...
Rumors & Rumblings
"Rumors and Rumblings" is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the...
Alabama Policy Institute Addresses Shakeup Rumors
Over the last several weeks, rumors have popped on and off the radar regarding a shakeup at the Alabama Policy Institute. Dr. Gary Palmer,...
Legislature Moving to Stabilize Alabama Retirement Systems
This week the House will take up a pension reform plan aimed at stabilizing the financially-strapped Retirement Systems. Here's what you need to know:
Pension Reform –...
Hate Mail of the Week
"Hate Mail of the Week" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which some of the hate mail submitted through our contact page...
Who Had the Best & Worst Week in Montgomery?
"Best and Worst Week in Montgomery" is a weekly feature on Yellowhammer Politics in which we recognize the people or organizations who had the...
Governor Bentley Signs Bill Making Business Tax Filings More Efficient
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 459, a measure that eliminates red tape for business tax filings...
Alabama Senate Passes Charter Schools Bill
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Senate today passed significant education reform legislation known as the Education Options Act of 2012.
The proposal, Senate Bill 513 sponsored...
Rumors & Rumblings
"Rumors and Rumblings" is a weekly feature that runs each Wednesday. It includes short nuggets of information that we glean from conversations throughout the...
Senate Passes Education Budget
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Senate today passed the state’s education operating budget, sending the proposal to the House for consideration.
Included in the education...
AG Strange Releases Statement Regarding Revisions to Alabama Immigration Law
“My recent comments regarding changes to Alabama's immigration legislation were referring to the provisions at issue in the Arizona case that are also a...
Governor Bentley Announces Economic Development Project Bringing More than 500 New Jobs to Alabama
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced that Walter Energy, Inc., will soon begin development on a new project that will create more...
Christian Coalition & the AEA: Unlikely Allies or Business As Usual?
Education reform is rivaled only by entitlement reform when it comes to the level of demagoguery that defenders of the status quo are willing...
Bachus Cleared in Ethics Investigation, Releases Statement
The Birmingham News is reporting today that Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-06) has been cleared of insider trading allegations. The allegation and ensuing investigation stemmed...
Financial Crunch Spurring Legislative Creativity
Before this session, my fellow legislators and I understood that our state faced a financial reckoning – especially in terms of the General Fund...
NEW FEATURE: Best & Worst Week in Montgomery
Today we're launching a new weekly feature: "Best & Worst Week in Montgomery." Each week, we'll recognize either who had the BEST week in...
Legislature Grants Final Passage to Bill Establishing Streamlined Tax Filing System for Businesses
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Senate today concurred with technical amendments added by the House to a bill that will streamline the process for businesses...
Tax Free Weekend Aims to Help Alabamians Prepare for Disasters
MONTGOMERY - Today, legislators in the Alabama Senate passed HB 436, a bill that would create a special tax free weekend for disaster preparedness...
House Passes Bill Creating Small Business Financing Authority
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives today took action to improve access to capital for small companies, passing a bill to create the...