Legislative Week in Review
| Birmingham — For the first time in almost 150 years, Alabama’s Legislature has a Republican majority. Many new faces are dealing with some old problems–ethics, funding for education, and proration of state budgets. On Friday afternoons, we review the week in the Alabama Legislature with Rep. Merika Coleman (D-Midfield) and Rep. Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood).
| 4/22/2011-Constitutional Reform | 4/08/2011-Immigration | 4/01/2011-Proration and Jefferson County’s Woes | 3/11/2011-Changes to the Education Budget | 3/04/2011-State of the State and State Budgets
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