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Governor Signs 21 Bills into Law

By Mary Virginia Huffaker Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer Gov. Pavel Shirley signed 21 bills into law. Nine bills were from First Year, six originated in the House and six originated in the Senate. The First Year bills passed in their chamber while the other six had to pass in both the House and Senate before they … [Read More]

TomorrowTODAY Youth Legislature editions 2020

The two editions of the TomorrowTODAY newspaper published for the 72nd Alabama Youth Legislature Conference: Friday ,Feb. 21, 2020 (Includes Q&A with 2021 youth governor candidates) Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020 (Includes bills signed into law and story Chief Justice Tom Parker’s remarks to the youth Supreme Court) Blog stories published during the 2020 Alabama Youth Legislature: … [Read More]

Governor’s Candidates Make Their Cases for Election

By Indira Singh Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer Saturday afternoon, Feb. 22, the delegates from both the House and Senate gathered to hear from their 2021 gubernatorial candidates Vincent Indovina from the Spain Park High School delegation and House Pro Temp Ryan Barranco from the St. James School/Montgomery delegation. Vincent Indovina took the floor first to present … [Read More]

Supreme Court Finds Flaws in Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act; Further Finds Youth Leg Bill Related to the Act Constitutional

By Mary Virginia Huffaker Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer On the evening of Friday, Feb. 21, the Alabama Youth In Government Supreme Court challenged SB25, An Act to Protect Same-Sex Couples’ Right to Adopt, by Lucy Bowling. Bowling’s bill would nullify part Alabama’s Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act (HB24). The 2017 act allows some state licensed adoption … [Read More]

Officers of Tomorrow Give Their Campaign Speeches Plus Voter Guide

By Mary Virginia Huffaker Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer After a long day of respectful debate, the delegates running for offices gave their campaign speeches Friday, Feb. 21. Delegates heard from candidates for nine different positions.  Delegates first heard from the three candidates for First Year presiding officer. Manasa Chintala of Spain Park began by talking about … [Read More]

Lobbyists Work Behind the Scenes to Advance Legislation

By Mary Virginia Huffaker Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer With the start of the Youth Legislature conference, comes the start of the hard work from the lobbyist program. The lobbyists in the YMCA lobbyist program work behind the scenes to support bills by providing more information to delegates in either the Senate or the House. This year … [Read More]

“No Justice Without Mercy,” Alabama’s House Speaker Says

By Indira Singh Tomorrow-Today Copy Editor  “There can be no justice without an act of mercy,” Alabama Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon told delegates to the 2020 Youth in Government conference during opening ceremonies.  Merciless justice defeats the purpose of democracy and government, he added. The two require a balance, which is the duty … [Read More]

Alabama’s Chief Justice Relates How Being Youth Legislature’s Speaker of the House Led to His Involvement in Government

By Indira Singh Tomorrow-Today Copy Editor Walking into the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building on a cold and sunny day in downtown Montgomery, the officers and the youth justices of the Alabama Supreme Court were greeted by the buildings’ docents, who shared its unique history and construction. Constructed from the same marble Michaelangelo used in his sculptures, … [Read More]

Speak, Reach Out and Slow Down, Governor Says

By Mary Virginia Huffaker Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer After expressing his happiness and gratitude for his position at the opening of the  72nd Annual Alabama YMCA Youth Legislature, Gov. Pavel Shirley offered three pieces of advice. Delegates should try their best to speak when they have the chance, he said. Every delegate has a voice that … [Read More]