The Good 1. Coronavirus-related relief passes.API called for bills that would protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits and ensure that coronavirus-relief funds aren't taxed in the spring of 2020. Unfortunately, Governor Ivey did not call a special s ...
The last day of the 2021 Regular Session is over. And unlike some final days, this was not a quiet one.In this week's Top 6, we've got all the big updates.1. Balance of power/emergency order bill fails in dramatic fashion.Going into the final day of sess ...
Just last week, the Montana legislature voted to expand their tax-credit scholarship program, a school choice program.Also last week, the Florida legislature sent Governor DeSantis a bill that expands their school choice program that targets low-income st ...
The penultimate full week of session is in the books! Let us know what you think of what's going on in Montgomery.In this week's Top 5, we've got updates on a bill to rebalance the balance of power, the budgets, and more!1. Bill to rebalance the balance ...
Week Ten has come and gone! Let us know what you think of what's going on in Montgomery.In this week's Top 7, we've got updates on school choice, civil asset forfeiture, and more.1. While other states pass monumental school choice programs, Alabama House ...
We are playing favorites with the students in our public schools.Students who are by all accounts very similar–they are in the same grade, have similar backgrounds, and are enrolled in the same school district–are funded differently based not on their per ...
Week Nine is in the books! Let us know what you think of what's going on in Montgomery.This week we've got big updates on gambling, marijuana, and more!1. Gambling is resurrected in the lottery bill and passes the Senate.On Tuesday, the Alabama State Sena ...
Week Eight is done and we're getting closer to the end of the legislative session! Let us know what you think of what's going on in Montgomery.A lot happened this week. Brace yourselves.1. Lifetime concealed carry bill heads to the governor's desk.On Thur ...
In February of 2020, Janiyah Davis, a fourth-grader from Philadelphia, walked through the doors of the US Capitol Building and into the House Gallery. Along with her mother, they sat down on the second row. "No parent should be forced to send their chi ...
“He is not here; He has risen!”These are perhaps the most consequential words ever spoken. A man who three days earlier had been violently beaten, hung upon a cross, and buried lifeless in a tomb, is alive again!The reality behind these words—a risen Savi ...
