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Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
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Legislature
The Alabama Republican Assembly is urging its supporters to call their legislators and ask them to vote no on the bill.
Legislature
The bill would require that a traffic offense be dismissed if the officer who wrote the citation is not present for the defendant's court...
Legislature
The bill would make the charge of speeding alone a charge where the offender could not be sentenced to jail or prison.
Legislature
The once-dead gaming bill was brought back to life Tuesday, and it passed the same Senate where it had previously failed.
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Numerous trade associations and the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs oppose the bill, saying it would reduce safety in schools.
Legislature
The House Health Committee will hold a public hearing on the legislation that would legalize medical marijuana.
Legislature
Smitherman's legislation would delay the implementation of the plan to hold back third-graders who are not at grade level.
Legislature
House Bill 293, sponsored by state Rep. David Faulkner, R-Mountain Brook, deals with qualified wills and trusts.
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Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon also addressed other pressing issues including priorities for this week.
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The legislation would bar state and local government from helping enforce federal gun laws.