The Alabama Senate has voted to track how often law enforcement authorities use civil actions to seize a person’s property when the person hasn’t been convicted of a crime. Senators on Wednesday voted 25-1 for the bill. It now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives. Civil asset forfeiture is the practice of law enforcement seizing property through a civil…
An Alabama Senate committee has approved legislation, pushed by the state’s top industry recruiter, to exempt professional economic developers from the state ethics law. The Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee approved the House-passed bill Wednesday on a 10-2 vote. It now moves to the Senate floor. The proposal would exempt professional economic developers from the rules that govern lobbyists….
Alabama lawmakers have given final approval to a general fund budget that steers additional money to the prison system as the state tries to comply with a federal court order to improve mental health care for inmates. The Alabama Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to go along with House changes to the budget. The spending plan now goes to Alabama…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is admitting mistakes and outlining steps to protect user data in light of privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. Zuckerberg is breaking more than four days of silence as he posts an update about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook page Wednesday that Facebook has a “responsibility” to protect its users’ data,…
Advocates and lawmakers called for women’s equal pay in Alabama during a public hearing in a House committee. The legislation introduced by Democrat Rep. Adline Clarke prohibits gender wage discrimination except where there is a difference in education, experience or productivity. Six supporters said Wednesday the wage gap increases poverty. The opponent from the National Federation of Independent Business said…
The Alabama Senate will not let voters decide whether to impose a three-term limit on state lawmakers. The proposed constitutional amendment would have capped term limits in the Alabama Senate and House at 12 years but let lawmakers serve the same amount of time again in the other legislative body. It failed on a procedural motion to bring up the…
Danjel Purifoy (3)Auburn men’s basketball vs Eastern Kentucky on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 in Auburn, Ala.Photo by Wade Rackley/Auburn Athletics Auburn forward Danjel Purifoy will be eligible to play most of next season. The university said Tuesday the NCAA ruled that Purifoy must sit out the first 30 percent of the season before returning. Both Purifoy and center Austin Wiley…
Gun control proposals failed in the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature after most committee members skipped out on scheduled debate, including on a bill to raise the age to buy an AR-15 or similar rifle. The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee cancelled a Wednesday meeting after only four members, mostly Democrats, attended. Rep. Juandalynn Givan, a Birmingham Democrat, said lawmakers…
CALM, COOL PATTERN REST OF WEEK: Today will be sunny and cool with a high in the lower 60s, and we have the risk of another late season freeze early Thursday with lows in the upper 20s and low 30s for most places across North/Central Alabama. The wind will be near calm, and widespread frost is likely as well. Then,…
Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with Republican Gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson to talk about opposing Governor Kay Ivey in the upcoming primary election. Categories: Face 2 Face
