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Gov. Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 186, sponsored by State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), to protect the integrity of Alabama elections by banning the use of ranked-choice voting on Friday.

A bill removing school and public library obscenity exceptions died in the Senate without receiving a vote on the final day of the session Thursday.

The 2024 legislative session ended on Thursday without the Senate taking another vote on a gambling constitutional amendment developed by a conference committee last week.

Alabama became the second state in the nation to ban lab-grown meat after Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill yesterday prohibiting and providing criminal penalties for anyone who sells, manufactures, or distributes lab-grown meat. 

Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed a bill to set specific timelines that public entities in Alabama must follow when responding to public records requests into law on Wednesday.

The Alabama Senate passed House Bill 82, a bill enhancing the penalties for falsely reporting a crime to law enforcement, on Wednesday.

The Alabama Senate voted to carry over legislation requiring post-election audits on Wednesday.

House and Senate members in a conference committee voted to advance legislation creating a corporation to govern an Alabama Farm Center property in Jefferson County on Wednesday.

Members of the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee didn’t vote on legislation that would change some of the state's ethics laws on Tuesday.

Two Alabama in -itro fertilization patients asked a Mobile County Circuit Court Judge to declare a law giving immunity protections to IVF providers unconstitutional on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, members of the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on legislation that would change some of the state's ethics laws.

The House and Senate sent a $3.4 billion General Fund budget on Tuesday to Gov. Kay Ivey for fiscal year 2025.

The Alabama Senate was brought to a virtual standstill on Tuesday after two House members declined to advance an Alabama Farm Center bill out of conference committee.

Legislation creating a corporation governing the Alabama Farm Center project in Jefferson County stalled on Tuesday after it didn’t receive enough support from House members on a conference committee. 

Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation reducing government red tape for Alabama small businesses on Tuesday.

A coalition of left-wing groups last week filed a motion requesting a federal court block a new anti-ballot harvesting law recently passed by the Alabama Legislature and signed by Gov. Kay Ivey. 

With only three days left, the 2024 legislative session will likely conclude this week.

Embattled head football coach Rush Propst announced his resignation from Pell City High School on Friday.

Legislation creating the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences in Demopolis passed the Senate by a 28-3 margin on Thursday.

Attorney General Steve Marshall said on Friday he was pleased that a new lottery and gambling package didn’t pass this week.

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday denied a rehearing request by the Mobile Infirmary Clinic in a wrongful death in-vitro fertilization lawsuit that received national attention in February.

Legislation passed by the House that changes some of the state's ethics laws will be considered by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee next week.

A lottery and gambling constitutional amendment one vote away from passing the Senate will have “disastrous long-term impacts on Alabamians,” according to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI).

The Senate passed a $11 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget and supplemental bills on Thursday.

Meta Platforms plans to open an $800 million data center in Montgomery that will bring 100 jobs.

The Alabama Senate likely won’t vote on a gambling and lottery constitutional amendment on Thursday.

The Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee passed legislation on Wednesday allowing illegal immigrants to attend college.