The Alabama House of Representatives is set to consider a General Fund budget that changes little from the previous year but includes extra money for state employees.
The $2.4 billion budget proposal for 2022, which should be on the floor of the chamber Tuesday afternoon, raises spending by $78.9 million (3.3%). It s a small step toward optimism after a year when COVID-19 forced Alabama legislators to scrap ambitious plans for both budgets.
“This time last year, we were totally in the dark about where things were going,” said House Ways and Means General Fund chair Steve Clouse, R-Ozark. “We cut state agencies back from where we proposed and what the governor proposed, even though no one was cut. I don’t think we’re as cautious this year as we were in back in May.”
Struggling Alabama colleges hope for more state funding for COVID recovery
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Lawmakers are trying to give Alabama’s four-year institutions and community colleges a slight bump in state funding after a difficult year.
Higher education has been particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Rep. Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa, who leads the Ways and Means Committee in the House. State appropriations are just a fraction of the revenue that fund operations for the universities. As students stayed home, events got postponed and hospitals canceled procedures, state funding became more important to fund colleges’ bottom line and keep people employed.
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Fundraisers Benefit Family, Celebrates Life of Kenny Horn
Chances are if you called WaxWorks to order movies, or the customer service line at Independence Bank throughout the years, you ve come in contact with Kenny Horn. He loved his family, his friends, the outdoors, and great 70s music. Kenny passed away at the age of 57 on Friday, leaving a community devastated. As tributes pour in, lets remember Kenny, and support those that he left behind.
Kenny Horn Family
How to best describe Kenny? Well, this really isn t all that hard. I worked with Kenny for close to 20 years at WaxWorks, and the one thing that I remember most is that he s really funny. He s a carefree guy, and I truly don t remember ever hearing him say a cross word about anyone. His life lit up the most after he met Maureen, his wife. Of course, the best was still yet to come. The best was when his son Kaleb was born, and he became a first time Dad. He was always hands on with his son. If it was the Scouts, a sportin
New Hampshire school-funding bill gets a closer look before House panel
Ways and Means Committee to consider boosting property tax relief
March 2, 2021
The House Ways and Means Committee will be holding a work session on Wednesday to look at a bill that’s an ougtrowth of the Commission to Study School Funding’s recommendations, which sought to craft a plan to provide more equitable opportunity for schoolchildren while more equitable treatment of property taxpayers.
House Bill 504, sponsored by Rep. Dick Ames, a Democrat from Jaffrey who served on the commission, would significantly increase the property tax relief offered to low- and moderate-income homeowners. At the same time, the bill adds to the controversy around so-called “donor towns,” those municipalities where the statewide education property tax, or SWEPT, raises more revenue than needed to fund their schools. Since 2011 they have been allowed to retain the excess.