The Alabama Department of Tourism recently released its list of most visited tourism attractions in 2017. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville took the top spot, with the Birmingham Zoo,Huntsville Botanical Gardens, the McWane Science Center (Birmingham) next. The Montgomery Zoo came in at number 8. Other sites ahead
Last week, the Senate passed a bill to provide for harsher punishments in crimes related to the trafficking and distribution of the dangerous drug fentanyl. Read more from Alabama Today.
Six law enforcement agencies in south-central Alabama will purchase equipment after Governor Kay Ivey awarded them more than $143,000 in grants. Ivey awarded Prattville, Millbrook and Tallassee police departments and the Elmore County and Montgomery County sheriff’s departments $24,000 each. The Autauga County Sheriff’s Department and the Prattville Police Department
Senators have until February 13 to submit budget requests for the ETF, and the initial budget proposal will be revealed the following week.
Legislation designed to encourage private companies to extend access to high-speed internet into Alabama’s rural areas passed the Senate last week. To ensure all of our state’s people and businesses have the tools needed to compete in the digital age, the Alabama Rural Broadband Act provides tax incentives for the
@FauxPelini And the free shipping. (In response to tweet by @Pontifex thanking God for the Amazon people.)
The Alabama Legislature convened last Tuesday and, as is often the case, education was a common thread in discussions and bills passed. On Tuesday (5th day of session): The House passed a number of bills of local application only and one general bill aimed at doing away with special elections for the U.S. Senate.
State officials recently announced that more people were working in Alabama in December than at any time on record. The state’s jobless rate was around 3.5 percent in December for the second straight month. The state added about 5,500 jobs from November to December to hit a new employment high: 2,093,063.
Senator Del Marsh’s (R-Anniston) tax bill passed the Senate last Thursday and goes to the House. It addresses the threshold for claiming the maximum exception for state income taxes and affects low- and middle-income earners, raising the threshold, resulting in savings on their overall tax bill.
Last Thursday, around 1,000 people rallied on the lawn of the Alabama Capitol, reminding parents that students have a choice outside traditional public schools. The landscape of education is changing, and many of those at the rally have been impacted by the options of school choice. Public charter schools have been
