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Alabama may add required high school financial literacy course, test

April 11, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama high school students could be required to learn about and take a test about financial literacy, if a bipartisan group of state lawmakers get their way. Rep. Andy Whitt, R-Harvest, […]

Alabama’s falling rate of paroles granted sparks call for reform

April 11, 2023 Bouldin 0

Advocates with Alabamians for Fair Justice, who have pushed for changes in the state’s prisons and criminal justice system for several years, were back at the Alabama State House today to call for change at […]

Alabama State Trooper shot following pursuit acted with ‘true courage and heroism,’ ALEA leader says

April 11, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson An Alabama State Trooper is recovering after he was shot in the line of duty following a Sunday-evening pursuit in south Alabama. Authorities on Monday identified the trooper as Cpl. Jeremy Alford. […]

Alabama bill would make it illegal to smoke with children in vehicle

April 11, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason A bill to make it illegal to smoke or vape in a vehicle with children 14 or younger is halfway to becoming law in Alabama. The House of Representatives passed the bill […]

Alabama pays the lowest property taxes in the nation

April 5, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Ramsey Archibald When it comes to taxes, Alabama is all over the map. The Yellowhammer State leads the United States in local sales tax, but a big driver of that fact is the state’s […]

Muscogee Creek Nation seeks monument at Alabama site of deadliest battle with US troops

April 5, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Amy Yurkanin Leaders of the Muscogee Creek Nation announced plans Saturday for a memorial at the site of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend as a counterpoint to a monument honoring Gen. Andrew Jackson, the […]

Many electric vehicles could lose $7,500 tax credit under new federal rules

April 5, 2023 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by […]

Gov. Kay Ivey on Scottsboro Boys: We Will Never forget

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Paul Gattis A children’s choir sang and a crowd so large squeezed into the museum that it would have left a fire marshal hyperventilating. This commemoration Friday at the Scottsboro Boys Museum in downtown […]

Bill to ban holding cell phone while driving advances in Alabama Legislature

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason A bill to make it illegal to hold a cell phone while driving won approval this morning in the Public Safety Committee in the Alabama House of Representatives. It’s already illegal to […]

Alabama House approves mandatory prison time for fentanyl

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason By a vote of 105-0, the Alabama House of Representatives today passed a bill to impose mandatory prison time for possession of one or more grams of pure fentanyl. The strong vote did […]