The 2009 regular session of the Alabama Legislature adjourned May 15. According to the summary report on the Legislature’s Web site, lawmakers considered more than
The critical problems of Jefferson County’s government have received statewide attention for months. Its sewer system is deeply in debt, and the major tax that
Proration is the process of across-the-board cutbacks mandated by Alabama law to resolve shortfalls during the state’s budget year. The state’s two big budgets, providing
Alabama’s state prisons house more than 25,300 inmates but were designed to hold only 13,400. Severe overcrowding, therefore, represents a major challenge. Since maintaining an