Senate Republicans will meet to nominate a new Pro-Tem on December 3.
Signs point to a possible election for Alabama Senate President Pro-Tempore when the State Senate's Republican caucus meets in Birmingham on Tuesday.
The election for Alabama State Senate President Pro-Tempore could come as early as next week sources tell 1819 News.
If you spend any length of time getting to know State Sen. Garlan Gudger, Jr. (R-Cullman), you’ll quickly realize that he spends a lot of time thinking about how he can serve others.
On July 4, State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) was injured in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake, which resulted in five fractured ribs, eight fractured vertebrae, a collapsed lung, a punctured artery to his spleen causing internal bleeding, and a concussion causing double vision.
On July 4, State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) was injured in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake, which resulted in three fractured vertebrae, six fractured ribs, a punctured lung and internal bleeding.
New details were announced by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) on Friday after State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) was injured in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake late in the afternoon on Thursday.
Gudger has received an outpouring of support from his colleagues and other officials around the state.
State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) was injured in a jet ski accident on Smith Lake late in the afternoon on Thursday.
Following the Alabama Senate's failed vote on a conference committee deal on a comprehensive gambling bill, some House members have publicly expressed frustration with their colleagues in the upper chamber.
The Alabama Legislature will likely reconsider gambling legislation in 2025 similar to the bill that failed to pass by one vote in the Senate last month, according to State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).
Members of a House and Senate conference committee negotiating on gambling legislation will meet publicly Wednesday afternoon for the first time.
The administration of thirty-eight licensing boards in Alabama would be consolidated into a new office inside the Department of Labor under a bill filed last week by State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine).
Tuesday was a banner day for conservative priorities at the Alabama State House.
As the contentious 2024 presidential election looms, Alabama Senate Republicans are hoping to outlaw ballot harvesting in one of the first bills put forward this session.
Republicans in the Alabama Legislature are expected to take up a bill to increase the penalties for ballot harvesting in Alabama early in the 2024 session.
Controversial ballot harvesting legislation that caused significant stir in the 2023 regular legislative session has already been pre-filed for the 2024 legislation.
It is likely years away from the possibility of Interstate 65 adding an additional lane in both directions to alleviate traffic flow problems.
Legislation that would establish new fines, fees and regulations related to the vaping industry in Alabama wasn’t passed into law this session.
Legislation that would establish new fines, fees, and regulations related to the vaping industry in Alabama wasn’t voted on by the Senate after lengthy discussion on the bill Thursday.
The Alabama Senate voted in favor of two bills on Thursday that, if passed, will expand special privileges and tax abatements for specific corporations in the state but also impose transparency requirements on certain economic incentives.
An amended health care visitation rights bill introduced by State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) and State Rep. Debbie Wood (R-Valley) passed the Senate unanimously on Tuesday.
Legislation by State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) and State Rep. Debbie Wood (R-Valley) to establish certain visitation policies of friends and family for hospitals and nursing homes passed a House committee unanimously on Tuesday.
Legislation by State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to establish certain visitation policies for hospitals and nursing homes passed the Senate unanimously on Thursday.
It is all done now, but in the span of a week and a half, or five legislative days, the Alabama Legislature spent more than $1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Legislation by State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to establish certain visitation policies for hospitals and nursing homes will be re-filed after the regular session re-starts as early as next week.
Legislation by State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) that would establish certain visitation policies for hospitals and nursing homes passed a Senate healthcare committee on Thursday.