This week, the Alabama House approved a $1.8 billion general operating budget for Alabama, while the Alabama Senate delayed action on a $6.4 billion education budget. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump this week released his budget plans, which would boost military spending by…
On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, the governor signed into law legislation that makes Medicaid fraud a Class C felony and otherwise conforms the provider portion of Alabama’s Medicaid fraud statute with federal law. The new law takes effect June 1. Under…
The Alabama Senate on Thursday approved legislation that could cut thousands of dollars in business license expenses for Alabama pharmacies. The passage may bode well for the possibility of broader business license reforms. LEARN MORE ABOUT SB31/HB58 Meanwhile, the Alabama Legislature acted…
This week in marathon markup sessions, the U.S. House Ways and Means and House Energy and Commerce committees debated budget reconciliation legislation intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. << Summary and markup of Ways…
The Alabama Senate approved legislation that would have allowed pharmacies to remove prescription drug sales from their gross receipts when calculating the cost of their business license. Thursday, March 9, the Senate, without any debate, voted 23-1 for SB31 by Sen. Billy Beasley,…
Legislation that would have phased out retail alcohol sales at the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s 186 state stores by Oct. 1 2022, was ready for debate by the full Senate, but the Senate never considered it. The Senate Fiscal…
On an unanimous vote, the Alabama Senate agreed Tuesday, March 7, to extend tax credits to qualifying small businesses for hiring any certified unemployed veteran, not just recently discharged veterans. SB66 by Sen. Gerald Dial, R-Lineville, removes the requirement from the…
When Andrew Warnke stood on the sidelines of Jordan Hare Stadium, working for Auburn University as an equipment manager for the Athletics Department, he never knew his job would one day lead him to owning his own embroidery business. Thanks…
The Alabama Legislature concentrated mostly on issues unrelated to retailers this week. Moving the August school sales tax holiday to July did take one step closer to final passage. Read This Week in Retail News below for that and other…
Legislation introduced this week could push sales tax for all goods except food to as high as 11 percent in many areas of the state. SB227 was introduced in the same week the governor created a task force with a…