Bill to incorporate a city of Brookhaven passes the Senate, will need agreement by the House . . .
The legislative leadership rams through a very complicated bill in a very short period of time before anyone really has a chance to look at it; in other words, business as usual under the Gold Dome . . .
Senate passes a very watered-down version of a bill originally intended to stop the diversion of fees into unrelated budget areas . . .
The tax revision plan passes the Senate unanimously and heads to the governor for his signature . . .
Tax revision bill passes out of committee and heads to the House floor for consideration later today . . .
Legislators still haven’t solved the problem of how to restore the fiscal stability of the unemployment insurance trust fund and pay back $730 million to the federal government . . .
Democratic senators say the HOPE scholarship program is running low, propose to reinstitute means-testing for scholarship applicants . . .
Sen. Ross Tolleson is considering a challenge to Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams, which would change the balance of power in the upper chamber . . .
Legislative leaders are poised to make another attempt to raise the state sales tax to pay for a reduction in the state income tax . . .
