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Thursday, State Senator Tim Melson (R-Florence) told the Alabama Political Reporter that he anticipates introducing his medical marijuana legislation on Tuesday. Melson said that...
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Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
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ACHE advances education, approves programs, addresses workforce gaps
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PEEHIP board talks 2024 finances, “treacherous waters” ahead
White Lightning: Inside Alabama’s raw milk “secret society”
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Legislature
Medical marijuana is one of the most controversial bills facing the Alabama legislature in the upcoming legislative session that begins next week. The Alabama...
Legislature
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) on Monday sent letters to state legislators urging them to oppose legislation that would allow approved medical providers...
Legislature
Friday, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Study Commission voted to recommend legislation that would legalize marijuana for persons with diagnosed medical conditions. The commission voted...
Legislature
The legislature assigned the Medical Cannabis Study Commission with the task of making a recommendation to the Alabama legislature on what a medical marijuana...
Legislature
Thursday, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, spoke to reporters about the prospects of reconsidering controversial lottery legislation. “There are not the votes,”...
Legislature
State Rep. Mike Ball, R-Madison, took three minutes for a point of personal privilege and then 10 minutes during the consideration of the House...
Featured Opinion
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter A Senate joint resolution creating The Code of Ethics Reform and Clarification Commission sponsored by Republican Senators Arthur...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, Toyota and Mazda announced that they were building a joint manufacturing plant at a site in Limestone...
News
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, the Judge Roy Moore for U.S. Senate Campaign announced that twenty more elected officials from both rural...