Tuesday, May 22 2012 10:45 AM EDT2012-05-22 14:45:23 GMT
By PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate is spending a second day listening to a computerized voice read aloud a 333-page bill outlining new Senate districts advocatedMore >>
The Alabama Senate is spending a second day listening to a computerized voice read aloud a 333-page bill outlining new Senate districts advocated by the Republican majority. A Democratic senator used the Senate's rules to have the bill read aloud before the Senate could vote. More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 4:54 PM EDT2012-05-21 20:54:23 GMT
The Republican majority in the Alabama House and Senate blocked efforts by Democrats to get new legislative districts that could favor them in the 2014 elections. The House voted along party lines againstMore >>
The House and Senate voted Monday along party lines, blocking Democratic efforts to get new legislative districts that would favor them in upcoming elections.More >>
Thursday, May 17 2012 1:45 PM EDT2012-05-17 17:45:10 GMT
Jefferson County Commissioners on Thursday expressed their disappointment with the Jefferson County delegation at a committee meeting. After the distressed counties bill was pulled from the legislativeMore >>
Jefferson County Commissioners on Thursday expressed their disappointment with the Jefferson County delegation at a committee meeting...More >>
Thursday, May 17 2012 12:26 PM EDT2012-05-17 16:26:46 GMT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature won't have but a few hours between its regular session and a special session. The Legislature wrapped up its regular session at midnight Wednesday by passingMore >>
The Alabama Legislature won't have but a few hours between its regular session and a special session.More >>
Wednesday, May 16 2012 8:44 PM EDT2012-05-17 00:44:35 GMT
The Alabama House has reluctantly accepted a stripped-down version of changes to the state's immigration law, sending them to the governor.More >>
The Alabama House has reluctantly accepted a stripped-down version of changes to the state's immigration law, sending them to the governor.More >>
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama teacher's union has lost another skirmish with the new Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature.
The House Ways and Means-Education Committee on Wednesday approved a bill for the state to provide liability insurance for school workers. The insurance is provided by the Alabama Education Association and gives an incentive for education workers to join the AEA.
"No teacher should be forced to join an organization and pay dues out of fear of being financially ruined by a lawsuit," bill sponsor Rep. Jay Love (R-Montgomery) said. "This is a basic service of state government, and it's something our teachers absolutely deserve."
AEA executive secretary Paul Hubbert said providing the insurance would be an unnecessary cost at a time when money is tight. Love said the AEA insurance is not available to employees who don't belong to AEA.
Love estimated it would cost less than $2 million a year for the state to offer the insurance. But deputy state finance director Bill Newton said startup costs might be as much as $10 million.
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