Alabama Governor Kay Ivey

In a press release on Friday, Governor Kay Ivey announced the Yellowhammer State had the lowest unemployment rate in the region in April with more Alabamians in the workforce and heightened wages.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey defended her decision announced last week to remove the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.

A proposed educational voucher plan in Alabama would give parents thousands of dollars annually in public funds to pay for private school or homeschooling expenses for their child.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a package of economic development bills into law, acting shortly after lawmakers gave the legislation final approval. The new laws reauthorize and expand the tax breaks used by Alabama to lure new industries.

Alabama lawmakers have approved harsher penalties for trafficking fentanyl, with punishments of up to life imprisonment, as lawmakers try to respond to the deadly overdose crisis. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the legislation into law Thursday afternoon.

Governor Kay Ivey has announced that millions of dollars in state funding is being awarded to cities and counties for various road and bridge projects. The funding is made available through the Annual Grant Program.

Governor Kay Ivey has launched The Game Plan. It's her plan for Alabama’s continued economic success. She says the proposed package of four economic development bills will strengthen the state’s competitiveness for job-creating projects.

Governor Kay Ivey announced Thursday that economic development activity in Alabama generated $10.1 billion in new capital investment during 2022, a new annual record and another indicator of strength in the state’s economy.

Governor Kay Ivey as ordered flags be flown at half-staff in Alabama in remembrance of the three children and three adults who were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School this week in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lawmakers will debate the legislation over the next several months, likely accepting some of Ivey's proposals and rejecting others. She proposed one-time tax rebates of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples, as well as 2% pay raises for teachers and state employees.