MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 11 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * Governor Kay Ivey, upon the Legislature's passage of the Education Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2025, issued the following statement: "Ensuring every Alabama student receives a quality education is my number one priority, and I am proud we are once again, for a sixth straight year, investing a record amount in education. "From fully funding critical programs like the Literacy and Nume  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 11 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * Governor Kay Ivey on Friday signed Senate Bill 186, sponsored by Senator Arthur Orr, to protect the integrity of Alabama elections by banning the use of ranked-choice voting. Instead of being able to vote for a single candidate, ranked-choice voting offers voters a choice of candidates to rank in order of preference. Candidates who receive 50 percent or more votes win automatically.   more