MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House approved legislation today to alter the deadline for the certification of candidates for public office. The bill would allow for President Joe Biden to appear […]

MONTGOMERY – House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter hopes for Alabamians to actually vote on legalizing gambling may have been dashed by one vote in the Senate. “I’m proud that the House […]

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 Oversight Commission on Alabama Opioid […]

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill today which would provide employer, provider, and non-profit provider tax credits to expand childcare capacity, access, and affordability. The […]

MONTGOMERY – Citing “questions of reproductive healthcare,” Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels heralded the passage of his Right to Contraception Act. The legislation, HB279, received a unanimous voice vote […]

MONTGOMERY – Nobody can accuse Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston of not being focused on business at hand. With 13 days left in the 2024 legislative session, Livingston (R-Scottsboro) is […]

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama House of Representatives passed a motion of nonconcurrence Thursday on the Senate’s gaming substitute and will send the legislation to conference committee. “From the very beginning, […]

If your pharmacy closed tomorrow, where would you go for your prescription and pharmacy needs? That question is one that Alabamians may have to answer soon if they are not […]

MONTGOMERY — A pair of North Alabama lawmakers have stepped up with legislation in response to last week’s Alabama Supreme Court decision that basically declared embryos as children. House Minority […]

HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist has advice for families that are going through or planning to go through in vetro fertilization: “Please don’t panic.” The Alabama […]

MONTGOMERY — Time is running out for residents who haven’t registered to vote in next month’s primary elections. Secretary of State Wes Allen said there is one week left to […]

Last week I received an email that included the gaming legislation we have all been hearing so much about. For many of my colleagues, whether they vote yes or no, […]

MONTGOMERY – Saying Alabamians are “tired of the Legislature’s lack of action,” members of the House Gaming Study Group presented details Wednesday on gaming legislation, which will be introduced in […]

MONTGOMERY — Putting legal forms of gaming to a vote of the people of Alabama, while rooting out illegal operations across the state, is a priority of the administration, Gov. […]

MONTGOMERY – As a former educator, Gov. Kay Ivey has focused on education during her time as governor. In her State of the State Address, Ivey emphasized that when she […]

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey has set the special election dates for the vacant House District 27 seat. The seat was held by then-Rep. Wes Kitchens, who won the Alabama […]

HUNTSVILLE – No member of the Alabama Legislature has crafted a gaming bill to be introduced at the upcoming session that starts in two weeks, but it’s going to happen […]

HUNTSVILLE – Will the third time be the charm for the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Update? Due to persistent hazardous road conditions expected Friday, the annual event was […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security unanimously passed Rep. Dale W. Strong’s DHS Biodetection Improvement Act on Wednesday.   The legislation directs the Department of Homeland Security […]

The legislative branch of government was designed by the founders of our political system as the main arena to hash out political contests disputes. They embraced the concept of representative […]

HUNTSVILLE – Using smart people logic, if the government wants to put a patent office in this part of the country, shouldn’t they put it where there is a large […]

MONTGOMERY — Seven members of the Alabama House of Representatives were appointed to committees following the vacancy left by Rep. Kyle South (R-Fayette) at the end of the 2023 legislative […]

MONTGOMERY — State lawmakers reached a final agreement Thursday on how to cut the grocery tax.  As prices have risen across the board, Alabama’s 4% sales tax on food has […]

HUNTSVILLE — With Redstone Arsenal in his House district, State Rep. James Lomax has a special interest in keeping Chinese-made drones out of the state. Lomax (R-Huntsville) has introduced House […]