A bill that would repeal Alabama’s ban on yoga in public schools will be decided on the final day of the legislative session.
Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery on May 17 for the final day of the 2021 session.
Alabama’s state primaries are still about a year away, but candidates are starting to jump into the big statewide races.
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed bills that will give both teachers and state employees 2% pay raises.
Lottery and casino legislation will be decided in the last two days of the legislative session.
State Rep. Laura Hall (D-Huntsville) has introduced legislation to redesign Alabama’s coat of arms and remove the Confederate battle flag.
Alabama will remove anti-gay language from the state’s sex education law. For decades, the law said students should be taught that homosexuality is both socially unacceptable and illegal. Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill sponsored by Rep. Laura Hall (D-Huntsville) and approved by the Alabama Legislature which will remove a section of the 1992 sex education law that said…
Alabama will soon allow people with long-ago convictions for certain low-level crimes to apply to have their records wiped clean. The Alabama Legislature approved an expanded expungement bill that was signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey. The bill is called the Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment and Eliminate Recidivism Act — or the REDEEMER Act. It would…
Alabama legislators in the closing days of the session will face decisions on gambling, medical marijuana and a bill to ban the use of medications to help transgender-youth transition. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said he expects all three bills, which have already cleared the Alabama Senate, to get votes in the House of Representatives in the final days of the…
Alabama could soon become the next conservative state to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams. The Republican-dominated Alabama Legislature gave final passage Thursday to a bill that would prohibit K-12 schools from letting a “biological male” participate on a female team. The bill now goes to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who has not said whether she would…
