Senator Greg Reed Helps Secure $47,150 for Healthy Food Initiative in West Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper) has worked with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) to secure $47,150 in grant money for a healthy food initiative in west Alabama. The money will go to the West Alabama Food Bank in Northport, which will purchase a mobile food truck to serve […]
By Greg Reed
Waggoner Commends the Legislature for Final Passage of Major Economic Legislation that will benefit Birmingham
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Senate Rules Chair Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) thanked the Alabama House of Representatives for Tuesday’s final passage of Senate Bill 311, which he sponsored and which was handled in the House of Representatives by Representative Jack Williams (R-Vestavia Hills). “In recent years, Birmingham has not been as competitive with other major cities […]
By Jabo Waggoner
Senator Steve Livingston’s Emily’s Law Signed By Governor Ivey
Montgomery, Ala. – Governor Kay Ivey signed Senator Steve Livingston’s (R-Scottsboro) Senate Bill 232 into law last week. The legislation holds pet owners criminally liable if their dog attacks, maims, or kills someone. The legislation, “Emily’s Law,” is named for Emily Colvin, a 24-year-old woman who was killed by a pack of dogs at her home […]
By Steve Livingston
Senator Tim Melson’s “Gold” Bill Signed into Law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama recently became the 37th state to exempt sales of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion and money from state sales and use taxes. Governor Kay Ivey signed Senator Tim Melson’s (R-Florence) bill into law last week. The proposal impacts bullion that is valued solely upon its precious metal mass and purity, whether in coin, […]
By Tim Melson
State Senate Unanimously Approves a $6.6 Billion Education Budget, Pay Raise for School Teachers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – 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 […]
By Arthur Orr
Senator Gerald Allen: the People of Tuscaloosa County Deserve a Vote on Any Proposed Tax Increase
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa) on Thursday morning submitted a bill in the Alabama Senate that will require any new sales or use tax in Tuscaloosa County be approved by a referendum of the people. “The people of Tuscaloosa County should have a say in whether or not their taxes are raised,” Senator Allen […]
By Gerald Allen
State Legislature Approves a Tax Cut for Alabama Families
As we enter the home stretch of the 2018 legislative session and wrap up the final months of this quadrennium, I wanted to take a moment and look back. While things have been moving along very smoothly this session, there have certainly been bumps in the road over the past four years, but now we […]