LAUREL BASSETT STARTED WORKING AT THE MOUNTAIN BROOK STORE IN HIGH SCHOOL; BECAME A PARTNER IN 10 YEARS; OWNER IN 12 YEARS “For a business that was started by a woman in a house during World War II to still…
Alabama parents plan to take advantage of the savings associated with Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday. According to the National Retail Federation, parents of kindergarten through high school students plan to spend almost $900, while families with children in college…
The Insurance Services Office, or ISO, has cut in half the hazard risk for liquor liability insurance in Alabama thanks to reform legislation adopted during the Alabama Legislature’s 2023 regular session. The intent of Alabama’s new standard for liquor liability…
Alabama’s new retail theft and organized retail theft law takes effect Sept. 1. Retailers will be able to sign out warrants for arrests without leaving their stores. The law also gives convicted thieves and their organizers real jail time plus monetary consequences. In…
As of Sept. 1, Alabama law allows food and beverage trucks to sell alcohol in open containers within entertainment districts in all classes of cities. Cities retain the power to prohibit food trucks from selling alcohol. Act No. 2023-523 by…
Legislation creating a retail theft and organized retail theft law in Alabama awaits the governor’s signature to become law. The Alabama Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to the Retail Crime Prevention Act, which allows retailers to sign out warrants for arrests…
Two vape-related bills died on the final day of the Alabama Legislature’s 2023 regular session. VAPE OVERSIGHT The Alabama Senate debated but did not vote June 1 on HB319 by Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, and 53 other co-sponsors. Sen. Garlan…
Alabama taxpayers will get a one-time income tax rebate of $150 for individuals and $300 for those filing jointly, under Act No. 2023-377 / Act No. 2023-511. The rebate is not taxable income. The rebate by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur,…
Thanks to legislation enacted in the final days of the 2023 regular session, a reduction in the state’s grocery tax eventually will save Alabama shoppers $318 million, more than 3,000 retailers will no longer have to prepay sales taxes and…
Food truck alcohol sales gained final approval on the last day of the 2023 regular session. Several alcohol-related bills, including liquor liability reform, become law in 2023. Liquor liability reform 18- to 20-year-old servers in hotels Amounts of alcohol that…