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Cannabis photo Alabama News
Another cannabis company seeks to join lawsuit against commission

Another cannabis company is seeking to join a lawsuit against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC).

Medical Marijuana Alabama News
Judge postpones hearing on medical cannabis licensing leading to potential for further delays in licensing process

The business license selection process for medical cannabis licenses could see further delays.

Electric power plant Alabama News
Electricity costs up 10% for Alabamians in 2023

Electricity costs for residential customers in Alabama are up about 10% this year, according to data released last week by the federal government. 

Interlock Alabama News
Breathalyzer requirement for DUI pre-trial programs ends July 1

A 2018 law establishing an ignition interlock installation requirement for those guilty of drunk driving and participating in a pretrial diversion program expired on Saturday after legislators declined to extend the law in the past session.

Fentanyl, drugs Alabama News
Fentanyl manslaughter law mistake won’t be addressed until 2024

A bill passed last session to allow prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with felony manslaughter in connection to overdose deaths won’t be brought up in an upcoming special session, according to the bill’s sponsor.

School Choice Alabama News
State Sen. Stutts: 'I expect to pass a school choice bill next year'

Universal school choice legislation will be tried again in the 2024 legislative session with some possible tweaks. 

Alabama Power Alabama News
Report: Alabama Power executives hire private investigator to spy on parent company CEO

A private investigator was hired to spy on Tom Fanning, Southern Company CEO, in 2017 allegedly at the request of Alabama Power executives, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal.

Upshaw Alabama News
Former Barbour County Sheriff pleads guilty to ethics charge

Former Barbour County Sheriff Leroy Upshaw pleaded guilty to a felony ethics charge on Tuesday. 

Barry Moore, Jerry Carl Alabama News
New congressional maps could pit incumbents against each other in 2024

Two congressional Republican incumbents in Alabama might be campaigning against each other soon.

Steve Marshall Alabama News
AG Marshall signs on to 'click to cancel' subscriptions effort

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and 25 state attorneys general support a new federal proposal putting new requirements on subscription service businesses.

AL State House Lon Worley Alabama News
Legislative redistricting hearings begin today

State legislators will begin a series of meetings on Tuesday to decide how to comply with a court order requiring redrawn congressional districts in Alabama.

AL Dept of Archives and History Lon Worley Alabama News
FLASHBACK: Alabama Department of Archives and History says ‘systemic racism remains a reality in American society’

Thursday’s event wasn’t the first time the department waded head-first into woke social issues.

Steve Marshall Alabama News
Alabama considering July special session for congressional redistricting

Legislators could convene in mid-July in a special session to consider new Congressional maps.

Medical cannabis subscription Alabama News
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission pauses business license rollout

Members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) voted to pause all proceedings related to the current offering of medical cannabis business licenses.

Kay Ivey Alabama News
Ivey signs grocery tax cut into law

Gov. Kay Ivey signed grocery tax cut legislation passed during the final days of the legislative session into law on Thursday.

Auburn University campus Alabama News
Auburn instructor teaches English through 'rhetoric of black feminism' — 'Our children’s lives depend upon it'

Reading, writing and the rhetoric of black feminism.

Aderholt622 Alabama News
Aderholt co-sponsors bill requiring AM radio in new cars

AM radio won’t die out anytime soon if legislation recently filed in Congress becomes law.

Stadthagen Alabama News
House Majority Leader Stadthagen: Dept. of Archives and History’s LGBTQ+ event ‘alarming and disappointing’

"Invisible No More: Alabama’s LGBTQ+ History" is the topic of the department’s June Food for Thought luncheon.

Brenda palmer Alabama News
Former CFO of Montgomery Public Schools trial reset again for September 11

The trial of Brenda Palmer, a former interim chief financial officer at Montgomery Public School System allegedly involved in a scheme to steal over $300,000 in taxpayer funds, has been reset again to begin on Sept. 11.

Donald Trump Alabama News
Trump to speak in Montgomery at ALGOP dinner on August 4

Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Alabama Republican Party’s summer dinner in Montgomery in August.

VictoryLand Alabama News
Macon County Circuit Judge prohibits ‘electronic bingo’ at VictoryLand

A Macon County Circuit Court Judge prohibited “electronic bingo” permanently in the county on Monday.

Ross bridge golf course Alabama News
Hoover’s Ross Bridge golf course to re-open in October

The Ross Bridge golf course in Hoover will reopen to players in October after a groundskeeping error by a crew member destroyed most of the course’s greens last year.

Medical cannabis subscription Alabama News
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awards 21 licenses

Members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission gave out 21 business licenses on Monday.

Chris Judah Alabama News
Houston County EMA director Chris Judah resigns

Dothan-Houston County Emergency Management Agency director Chris Judah resigned on Monday.

fentanyl, drugs, opioids Alabama News
Alabama to receive $250 million in opioid settlement

Alabama will receive about $250 million in an opioid settlement with drugmakers and pharmacies announced last week.

Photo from University of Alabama website. Alabama News
UA System approves in-state tuition freeze

The University of Alabama System will freeze tuition for in-state students for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Crypto Alabama News
Alabama, 9 states issue show cause order to crypto exchange Coinbase

Alabama and nine other states issued a show cause order to the crypto asset company Coinbase, Inc. and its parent corporation Coinbase Global, Inc. this week.

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