The Alabama Legislature sent a record education budget to the governor this week and the state’s general operating budget to a conference committee amid two legislative days and a committee day packed with action. Hundreds of bills also died this…
The House Judiciary Committee this week listened to the sponsor present legislation that would make it unlawful for an employer, employment agency or labor organization to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the applicant or employee’s race, religion,…
Companion bills that would have created a separate crime of shoplifting in Alabama and regulate recordkeeping for dealers of third-party stored value cards were introduced the final week of April, despite the lack of time needed for the bills to…
Starting July 1, legal age attendees at a licensed wine festival in Alabama can purchase up to one case of wine from the participating wineries for off-premise personal consumption. A case of wine is defined as the equivalent of 12,…
With five legislative days remaining in the Alabama Legislature’s 30-day session, the Alabama House is set to take up the state’s largest ever education budget next week. The state’s General Fund, also the largest in state history, should be up in the…
Starting Oct. 1, health benefit plans that cover prescription insulin drugs will be required to cap the amount of any cost-sharing or co-pay for insulin to $100 for a 30-day supply. Under Act No. 2021-236, the cap is to increase…
Local home delivery of alcohol along with a fix so Alabama taxpayers won’t get charged interest under the revised income tax filing deadline became law this week. Legislation related to a state lottery, medical marijuana and increases in how much…
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 April 12, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law,…
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…
In a busy legislative week after its spring break, the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to several bills, including one that would allow all businesses to remain open in declared emergencies under the same guidelines. That like many bills considered this week relate…