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Ivey ready to sign record $3.4B General Fund budget

Bud McLaughlin - May 8, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- With an emphasis on public safety and mental health care, Alabama lawmakers sent a record $3.4 billion General Fund budget to Gov....

Legislation allows Biden-Harris on Alabama ballots

Bud McLaughlin - May 2, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama House approved legislation today to alter the deadline for the certification of candidates for public office. The bill would allow for...

State Senate fails to approve gambling compromise legislation

Bud McLaughlin - May 1, 2024

MONTGOMERY - House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter hopes for Alabamians to actually vote on legalizing gambling may have been dashed by one vote in the...

Opioid settlement commission announces statewide investment plan

Bud McLaughlin - April 24, 2024

MONTGOMERY – Emphasizing treatment, recovery and prevention, a state panel announced an investment plan for Alabama's share of funds from a national opioid settlement. The...

House passes workforce package, including Daniels’ childcare tax credit bill

Bud McLaughlin - April 18, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill today which would provide employer, provider, and non-profit provider tax credits to expand...

House committee advances Daniels’ Right to Contraception Act

Bud McLaughlin - April 11, 2024

MONTGOMERY – Citing "questions of reproductive healthcare," Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels heralded the passage of his Right to Contraception Act. The legislation, HB279,...

Livingston pushes workforce plan to Business Council of Alabama

Mike Easterling - April 5, 2024

MONTGOMERY – Nobody can accuse Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston of not being focused on business at hand. With 13 days left in the 2024...

House motion of nonconcurrence sends gaming legislation to conference committee

Bud McLaughlin - April 4, 2024

MONTGOMERY - The Alabama House of Representatives passed a motion of nonconcurrence Thursday on the Senate’s gaming substitute and will send the legislation to...

Rep. Rigsby: A serious conversation about the future of pharmacies in Alabama is needed

Rep. Phillip Rigsby - March 26, 2024

If your pharmacy closed tomorrow, where would you go for your prescription and pharmacy needs? That question is one that Alabamians may have to...

North Alabama lawmakers respond with legislation concerning IVF

Bud McLaughlin - February 23, 2024

MONTGOMERY -- A pair of North Alabama lawmakers have stepped up with legislation in response to last week's Alabama Supreme Court decision that basically...

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