Alabama’s public school students showed improvement on three key measures of academic success, according to data released Thursday (June 12) by the department of education.
Alabama’s congressional delegation is praising the FBI’s proposal to move a training academy from Quantico, Va. to Huntsville, as first reported by The Washington Post.
Kent Davis, who led the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs as its commissioner until being removed last year by Gov. Kay Ivey, has filed a federal lawsuit against Ivey, claiming his termination amounted to violations of his rights.
The Alabama-based nonprofit reports a 42% increase in participating programs, a 33% rise in program sites, and a 55% expansion in county coverage compared to last summer.
Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits garnished, a U.S. Education Department spokesperson said June 3.
The new law, the result of House Bill 8 from Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, prohibits the sale of vape products outside of vape stores and specialty shops, save for a few products authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
More than half of Alabama’s K-12 public school districts will see a drop in state-funded teacher units next year, according to documents Alabama Daily News received from the Alabama Department of Education.
Members of the Joint Prison Oversight Committee raised concerns Wednesday (May 28) over a set of proposed scoring guidelines from the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.
