Paul Miller, who served as president of Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries for nearly 40 years before retiring in 2012, died July 2. ABCH was the only place he ever worked.
“No matter how the media or special interest groups spin it, these are remarkable results, especially for the program’s first year,” says Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey.
The state sales tax on most groceries will be 2% starting Sept. 1, halved since 2023 when lawmakers first took the tax rate from 4% to 3%.
Alabama’s college graduates earn significantly more income as their level of education rises, but the state struggles to retain many of its highest-paid graduates to other states, according to a recent report.
The Board of Trustees for the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, a first-of-its-kind, specialized public school in Demopolis designed to train future health care workers, voted June 18 to hire what they called a “dream team.”
Despite the missed deadline, leadership says increased salaries and new recruiting efforts are bolstering staffing numbers after years of struggles.
Alabama lawmakers have pushed public schools for more accountability and a sharper focus on student outcomes. But under the state’s new CHOOSE Act school choice program, that responsibility won’t apply to private schools.
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, a big advocate for expanding tax breaks for families with children, applauded the expansion of the child and dependent care tax credit included in the Senate Finance Committee’s portion of the megabill.
