@GovernorKayIveyMarch 8It was a pleasure to join leaders from our cities and towns today at the@AL_League’s Advocacy Day Luncheon! The success of our state truly begins within our communities, and I appreciate all that these leaders do to move Alabama forward. #alpolitics
Regular Session Special Session The Special Session is dedicated to allocating Alabama’s remaining ARPA funds. In her state of the State speech, Governor Ivey called for Alabama lawmakers to “invest these federal monies to overcome some of our biggest challenges while also paying off our debts,” The largest categories for the money are $339 million
Last Thursday, the second day of the special session, the House General Fund budget committee approved the bills outlining the state’s plan to spend $1 billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act on a voice vote after a brief discussion. The committee’s action put the bills in line for a vote
Another element of Governor Ivey’s state of the State address was her proposed establishment of a magnet high school for the state, the School of Healthcare Sciences to be located in Demopolis. Demopolis Mayor Woody Collins is excited about the concept and describes it as a game changer for the
In a joint session of the Alabama Legislature last Thursday, now-retired Senator Richard Shelby was honored. Governor Kay Ivey, State Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and State Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) spoke and praised Shelby for his tireless
Last week, Governor Ivey issued an executive order designed to make government more efficient, more accountable and less burdensome to both businesses and individuals. The order directs every state agency to review current regulations and administrative rules and find ways to “cut red tape.” Read more here.
Alabama-based Cummings Aerospace announced its plans to team with an Australian company to develop defense technology solutions that would be produced and distributed in Australia. Cummings Aerospace, headquartered in Huntsville, was among six firms from Alabama that participated in a trade trip organized by the Alabama Department of Commerce. Cummings
There is currently talk of the federal government doing away with the annual time shifts that most Americans are now used to. A bill to keep the nation on daylight savings time permanently passed the Senate in 2022. Ahead of the bill passing the House and making it to President Biden,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made a stop in Alabama last week as a guest of the Alabama Republican Party’s annual winter dinner. While he has yet to formally declare his intentions to run for president in 2024, his speech sounded a lot like a campaign stop. Read more here.
The next issue of Group Watch will provide you with details from the first week of the Alabama Legislatures 2023 regular session, which begins March 7, but bills are already being pre-filed and one hot-button issue some hope would be legislated — Medicaid expansion — has already been declared pretty much dead, at least
