Expansion of Alabama’s income tax deduction for health insurance premiums paid gained House approval in late April, but the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee never considered it. The legislation’s goal was to encourage more small businesses to provide health insurance…
Retail-related legislation saw movement this week as the Alabama Legislature nears the mid-point of the regular session. Legislation that will reduce the cost for liquor liability insurance has been signed into law, bills to prosecute and punish retail thieves are expected to receive…
Legislation that will increase availability and reduce the cost for liquor liability insurance is on the governor’s desk. As soon as she signs it, it will become law. Thank you for all you did to urge lawmakers to vote for this…
Legislation that will increase the availability and reduce the cost for liquor liability insurance could receive final approval Tuesday, April 11. The House Insurance Committee approved HB158 and SB104 on April 5th, sending the bills to the full House. HB158…
Taxed sales in Alabama exceeded $18 billion in November and December 2022, slightly outpacing what the Alabama Retail Association predicted. Sales in the traditional holiday shopping months grew 5.6% compared to the same two months in 2021. Alabama Retail had…
Legislation that will increase availability and reduce the cost for liquor liability insurance could receive final approval as early as the first week of April. The Alabama Senate approved SB104 Thursday, March 23, and that bill plus its companion, HB158,…
The Alabama Legislature began the first regular session of its new term Tuesday, March 7, then the governor called a special session to spend $1.06 billion in pandemic relief funds. By the end of the first legislative day, 174 bills…
In an executive order issued Wednesday, March 8, Gov. Kay Ivey began a one-year moratorium on any new rules from state agencies that fall under the executive branch (more than 150 entities). In her State of the State address, the…
As tornadoes and severe storms swept through the state Thursday, Jan. 12, Gov. Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency in six Alabama counties hit by the powerful system. As of Feb. 4, 10 Alabama counties are eligible for federal…
A Runyan has been operating Planters Hardware & Building Inc. on the square in downtown Ashland since 1916, give or take a year. “The Runyans have owned it since the early teens” of the 1900s, said Walt Runyan, the third-generation…