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Beginning Oct. 1, Alabama law will allow licensed businesses within 75 miles of your home to deliver sealed beer, wine and liquor directly to you, if you are 21 or older. On Monday, April 12, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into…
In a Thursday vote of 63-24, the Alabama House rewrote a Senate bill that will allow year-round sales of novelty fireworks, such as party poppers, snappers, toy smoke devices and snake/glow worms. SB55 by Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, now goes back…
The Mountain Brook City Council can establish entertainment districts in the city’s Mountain Brook, English and Crestline villages, under Act No. 2021-214 by Rep. David Faulkner, R-Birmingham, which became effective April 15. Meanwhile, a bill allowing the city of Orange…
“The good people of Alabama will not be dinged with interest fees for filing their taxes by May 17,” Gov. Kay Ivey said Thursday as she signed Act No. 2021-203 by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur. The Alabama House had given…
The Alabama Legislature has already enacted one bill that would change how the state responds to future pandemics and other states of emergency. This week, legislation that would give the Legislature more input in future emergencies was carried over. Here’s…
With “substantial evidence” that a collectible item is not authentic, consumers could recover the purchase price plus damages within three years of purchase, under legislation approved Wednesday, April 14, by the House Judiciary Committee. HB506 by Rep. Ginny Shaver, R-Leesburg,…
The House Economic Development and Tourism Committee on Wednesday agreed to a substitute version of legislation that would allow Alabama’s small farm wineries to self-distribute their wines to retailers and sell directly to consumers. SB294 by Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, now…
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package the president signed into law March 11 includes almost $29 billion in grants for restaurants, $7.5 billion for vaccine distribution, $48 billion for testing and contact-tracing efforts and $1,400 in direct payments to most…
As of 5 p.m. today, Friday, April 9, Alabama is under a new health order that encourages, rather than mandates, employers to protect their employees and customers from the coronavirus by encouraging the use of face coverings, maintaining six feet of separation…
A new law streamlining pharmacy exams and licensing takes effect July 1. Act No. 2021-185 by Sen. Billy Beasley, D-Clayton, and Rep. Paul Lee, R-Dothan, clarifies that the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy is the entity that administers pharmacy…