May 8, 2023 Group Watch: Senate Takes Steps Toward a New State House
With the decades-old State House in need of multiple repairs, the construction of a new facility for the Alabama Legislature has been being explored since last fall. Last week, the Senate unanimously approved a bill to give the legislature control over the property directly behind the State House, which is currently a parking lot and where a new State House would go. Benefits of a new building include the ability to design a space that is more inline with and would better accommodate the functions of the legislature. Read more here.