The Alabama Hospital Associated has launched a campaign to push for Medicaid expansion in the state. The Hospital Association began a campaign Thursday that it said will highlight the “importance of expanding Medicaid.” The hospital group said that expansion would provide health care coverage for 300,000 uninsured Alabamians, create 30,000 jobs and $28 billion in new economic activity. More than…
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld 11 of 12 felony ethics convictions against former house speaker Mike Hubbard. Hubbard was convicted two years ago of ethics violations of using his office for personal gain. He was sentenced to four year in jail and eight years of probation in 2016, but has been out of jail during the appeal….
Troy King has filed a complaint with the Alabama Ethics Commission against Attorney General Steve Marshall. King is running against Marshall in the Republican runoff for Attorney General. The complaint alleges that Marshall and his staff used money from the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) for Marshall’s campaign fund to influence the outcome of the July 17th Republican runoff. The complaint…
Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with 2nd Congressional District candidate, Bobby Bright. Bright is the former mayor of Montgomery. Categories: Face 2 Face Tags: Alabama Politics, bobby bright congress, face to face
Source: Patriciatodd.info Alabama’s first openly gay legislator bid farewell to the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening. Rep. Patricia Todd, a Democrat from Birmingham, will not seek re-election after serving 12 years. Todd said on the House floor that her colleagues are “incredible, beautiful people” who all treated her with equality, even though some she thought she “would never get…
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a tax break bill that raises the threshold for claiming state income tax exemption. The act sponsored by state Sen. Del Marsh, a Republican, raises the income threshold from $20,000 to $23,000 for married couples filing jointly, heads of households, and single filers. For married individuals filing separately, it rises from $10,000 to…
The Alabama Senate approved a $6.6 billion Education Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2019, which starts October 1, and a 2.5% pay raise for Alabama’s teachers and education support personnel on Thursday afternoon. It is the largest education budget for Alabama’s schools since the great recession of 2008. “Nothing is more important than ensuring a quality education for every student in Alabama, and…
The Alabama Senate considered a resolution by Senator Rusty Glover (R-Semmes) to put the state on permanent Daylight Saving Time earlier today. Twenty-seven Republican and Democratic Senators joined Senator Glover in sponsoring the motion, which was adopted. Glover’s resolution, which asks President Donald Trump and the federal Department of Transportation to enact the change, was also sent to other state…
The ‘Child Care Safety Act,’ sponsored by Rep. Pebblin Warren, passed out of the Senate this morning with a vote of 22-4. This legislation would provide the most basic level of safety for children attending religious affiliated daycares throughout the state including requiring criminal background checks on the people whose care children are being placed into and yearly inspections of…
A divided House of Representatives committee has approved a proposal that would allow some teachers to carry or access firearms in schools. The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted 5-4 for the bill Thursday. The bill would allow school systems to designate employees that could carry or access handguns and rifles. Republican Rep. Will Ainsworth, the bill sponsor,…
