Wednesday, May 23 2012 8:31 PM EDT2012-05-24 00:31:39 GMT
The Alabama Legislature is working through the night to wrap up a special session called to redraw lines for the state's 105 House and 35 Senate districts. Lawmakers hope to gavel the special sessionMore >>
The Alabama Legislature is working through the night to wrap up a special session called to redraw lines for the state's 105 House and 35 Senate districts. More >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 8:28 PM EDT2012-05-23 00:28:52 GMT
Republicans in the Alabama Senate say they have the votes to approve new Senate districts that could increase GOP membership in the Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said the proposed districtsMore >>
Republicans in the Alabama Senate say they have the votes to approve new Senate districts that could increase GOP membership in the Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said the proposed districtsMore >>
Tuesday, May 22 2012 7:17 PM EDT2012-05-22 23:17:22 GMT
Governor Robert Bentley signed House Bill 658 Friday afternoon, a bill designed to fix several issues that arose from the immigration law passed in 2011, commonly known as House Bill 56. More >>
Governor Robert Bentley signed House Bill 658 Friday afternoon, a bill designed to fix several issues that arose from the immigration law passed in 2011, commonly known as House Bill 56. More >>
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 >>
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -
More than 300 people have rallied outside of the Alabama Statehouse asking lawmakers not to cut funding to mental health services.
Many of those participating in the rally Wednesday were wearing distinctive red shirts and receive services for alcoholism, mental illnesses or intellectual disabilities from the Department of Mental Health.
The rally took place shortly before House and Senate budget committees heard Mental Health Commissioner Zelia Baugh say that a proposed 25 percent budget cut could cause thousands to lose community mental health services.
Baugh said she has proposed closing four existing mental health facilities as a way to keep from eliminating those community services.
At the rally, speakers told stories of holding down jobs and living normal lives despite mental disabilities thanks to community-based mental health programs.
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