After delaying a vote before spring break, the Alabama Senate has awarded final passage to a bill renaming, for state purposes, the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
With just three days left in the legislative session, Alabama lawmakers last week gave final passage to a wave of education bills and the budget package, while leaving more than three dozen others still in play.
The Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee on Wednesday (April 1) approved the FY27 $12.4 billion Education Trust Fund budget package, adding a one-time bonus for education retirees equal to $1 per month for each year of service.
The Alabama House on Tuesday (March 31) passed a bill that clarifies how public school students can participate in off-campus religious instruction during the school day.
The Alabama Senate approved a bill Tuesday (March 31) requiring overnight camps in Alabama to meet more safety standards and have state-issued emergency preparedness licenses.
The Alabama Senate on Tuesday (March 31) approved a requirement for public schools to display a poster of the Ten Commandments, presented in a historical context.
For 18 years beginning in 1988, Baggott wrote her Heart to Heart column about people, events in her life and current issues in ways that touched the hearts of readers. Countless letters testified to how people identified with her words.
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