Alabama lawmakers enter the final 4 working days of the legislative session.
Among the bills pending are a bailout of the state’s PACT plan and a ban on texting while driving.
Road and Bridge Bond
Today House members face that billion dollar road and bridge proposal in the full House.
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, two [...]
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House Majority Leader Ken Guin (D-Carbon Hill) expects smooth sailing for the Special Education Trust Fund.
Debate begins on the House floor today. The nearly $5.5 billion dollar budget, buoyed by extra millions from a lawsuit and a bond, should cover all teacher slots the state provides. Earlier this session that was not expected to [...]
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House Majority Leader Ken Guin (D-Carbon Hill) expects a few lawmakers to voice their feelings about Washington’s just-signed-into-law health care overhaul.
He would be surprised if they didn’t take to the House floor for a dose of rhetoric on the law. Still, the veteran lawmaker “hopes” it doesn’t eat up time as the legislature returns from [...]
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Alabama’s Republican campaign staffers stayed up late Sunday night firing out condemnations of the newly-passed health care overhaul.
State Rep. Robert Bentley, a Tuscaloosa doctor and Republican hopeful for governor, started today with his pitch of HB42.
It is a proposal to amend the state constitution to prohibit any mandated participation by individuals, companies or health care [...]
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Jefferson county commissioner Sheila Smoot says Alabama’s 2 Democratic congressmen should reconsider their opposition to health care reform.
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL7) explains why he’s voting against the current plan in this interview with FOX6 News reporter Jonathon Hardison.
Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL2) tells the Andalusia Star-News he’s a “firm no.”
During a news conference at Cooper Green [...]
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