Wants to stay in line with state's schedule
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission passed its 2024-2025 holiday schedule that adds Good Friday as a holiday since the county voted several years ago to align its holiday schedule with the state schedule which follows the federal holiday schedule.
The problem over the past few years is that Good Friday was not on the state holiday schedule, but Gov. Kay Ivey has declared that day a holiday a week or so before Good Friday and it wasn't on the county schedule.
Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins the county and state used to have different holiday schedules but several years ago voted to adopt...