Tag: LARRY STUTTS

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) announced on the Senate floor Wednesday that Senate Bill 316 will move forward as a pilot program to increase prison oversight in Alabama. 

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) addressed the need for comprehensive reform in Alabama's prison system while speaking with Greg Davis of "Priority Talk" earlier this week.

For too long, oversight of our corrections system has been fragmented, informal, or housed too close to the very institutions it is meant to examine. That is not a criticism of individual employees; it is a recognition of a structural weakness.

Members of the Alabama Senate passed legislation by State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) exempting some K-12  construction projects from some Division of Construction Management (DCM) inspections and requirements.

On Wednesday, State Sen. Larry Stutts, a former medical professional, gave his opinion on the deal on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5.

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) will file legislation in the upcoming legislative session exempting rural Alabama hospitals and health care facilities from certificate of need (CON).

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) announced on Thursday he’s running for re-election to represent Alabama’s Senate District 6.

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia), an OB-GYN, is skeptical of recent claims by the Trump administration that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with an increased risk of autism in children. 

One of the lingering side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a healthy distrust of the government and medical experts.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation raising the age of consent for medical treatment from 14 to 16 years of age on Tuesday by a 30-2 margin.

The Alabama Midwives Alliance (ALMA) is crying foul after the Senate Healthcare Committee called a surprise meeting to vote on amending legislation related to midwifery that ALMA and other advocates fiercely opposed.

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) seeks to curb some perceived abuses by Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs), companies that act as intermediaries between health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and consumers.

TUSCUMBIA—The Colbert County Republican Club's December meeting featured State Reps. Kerry "Bubba" Underwood (R-Tuscumbia) and Ben Harrison (R-Elkmont), who discussed the proposed 2025 legislative agenda on their February return to Montgomery.

State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) filed legislation on Tuesday exempting rural Alabama hospitals and health care facilities from certificate of need.

During Thursday's broadcast of Alabama Public Television's "Capitol Journal," State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) discussed the State Senate's efforts to correct a potential vulnerability to Alabama's laws and constitution that threatens the practice of in-vitro fertilization after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last month.

State legislators filed multiple bills on Tuesday in response to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that an embryo created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a child protected by Alabama's wrongful death act and the Alabama Constitution.

Negotiations over the future of gambling legislation in the Alabama Senate continued on Tuesday.

The gambling debate will now move to the State Senate after the House of Representatives passed two comprehensive bills on Thursday.

Tuesday, on the syndicated radio program "Right Side Radio," State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia) signaled his support for Gov. Kay Ivey's school choice legislation, titled the CHOOSE Act.

House and Senate education budget chairs Danny Garrett (R-Trussville) and Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) filed education savings account legislation called the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act on Tuesday.

By any standard, the rollout of Alabama's medical cannabis effort over the last two years has not gone well. What started with confusion about the process has transitioned into a series of lawsuits with no end in sight.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked up endorsements from two Alabama legislators on Thursday.

A slight increase in COVID cases in the U.S. has caused rumblings among those concerned about the reaction the government may take if another resurgence in cases occurs.

There is a constitutional case against CON laws that could be tried as we wait on the legislature to reconsider the law.

When the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Alabama Legislature to redraw the state's congressional map to create a second majority or near-majority black congressional district, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) publicly praised the decision as a "historic victory."

The certificate of need process in Alabama is a “waste of health care resources,” according to State Sen. Larry Stutts (R-Tuscumbia).

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