Tag: Laura Hall
Rosa Parks statue for Alabama State Capitol grounds gets final approval
Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector
The Alabama Women’s Tribute Statue Commission Friday approved the final design for a statue of Rosa Parks statue that...
Akiesha Anderson: Alabama’s grocery tax reduction: A penny saved, a better...
The first stop on the road to untaxing groceries in Alabama is straight ahead. Lawmakers achieved a significant victory for the people...
Public meetings on congressional redistricting announced
On Wednesday, State Sen. Steve Livingston (R-Scottsboro) and State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile), who serve as the joint chairs of the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment,...
Nathaniel Ledbetter announces appointments to the Reapportionment Committee
On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter announced that he had appointed a number of House members to serve on the Permanent Legislative...
Lawmakers approve expansion of private school scholarship program
Alabama lawmakers approved on Wednesday an expansion of a scholarship program aimed at helping low- and moderate-income students attend private schools.
Alabama legislators urge Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to support congressional...
On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of legislators in the Alabama House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Airforce Secretary Frank Kendall supporting the...
Alabama House votes to align Alabama gun law with federal law
On Wednesday, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to pass controversial legislation that would largely align Alabama’s criminal possession of a firearm...
House passes legislation making changes to the public charter schools statute
On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation making several changes to the Alabama Public School Charter Commission.
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Alabama House passes bill to make it a crime to chemically...
Fentanyl has been a deadly scourge in the state killing thousands of drug users. It has also become dangerous for first responders...
House passed legislation banning employers from requiring that employers be microchipped
On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation that would prohibit employers from requiring that their employees have microchips inserted in their bodies.
