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Alabama lawmakers approve tax rebates of $150 per person
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a one-time tax rebate that will give $150 to single people and $300 to married couples. Legislators agreed to a late-night compromise between different rebate amounts that had been approved in the House...
Lawmakers advance bill to cut Alabama's grocery sales tax in half
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation to remove half of the state’s 4% sale tax on groceries, a proposal that garnered broad bipartisan support in the face of soaring food prices. The House of Representatives voted 103-0 for the legislation...
Alabama House committee advances bill to cut half of state's 4% sales tax on groceries
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation to remove half of the state's 4% sale tax on food, a proposal that has garnered wide bipartisan support among lawmakers this year. The House Ways and Means Education Committee approved the tax cut as part...
Lawmakers advance expansion of private school scholarship program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama senators on Tuesday advanced an expansion of a state program that provides scholarships fueled by state tax credits for students to attend private K-12 schools. Senators voted 26-7 for the legislation that would raise the household income cap and...
2 former Alabama governors from opposite sides of the political aisle express doubts over executions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two former Alabama governors, from opposite sides of the political aisle, wrote in an opinion piece that they are now troubled by the state's death penalty system and would commute the sentences of inmates sentenced by judicial override or divided juries. ...
Alabama bill would make it a crime to help people vote absentee
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to help a non-family member request, fill out or return an absentee ballot. The Senate Governmental Affairs committee voted 5-2 — in a vote that fell along party lines — to advance...
Nevada Democrats scrap fentanyl bill, amend companion bill to adjust drug penalty proposal
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill that would enhance fentanyl penalties in Nevada did not pass after a hearing in an Assembly committee, while a companion bill was significantly amended in a last-minute shift for Nevada Democratic leadership's plans to send fentanyl legislation to the governor's...
Bill would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to file civil lawsuits
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislation that would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to sue their abusers has stalled in a committee amid opposition from insurance companies, the bill's sponsor said. The Senate Judiciary Committee has not scheduled a vote on the...
AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania as a special election decides statehouse control
Voters in suburban Philadelphia are set to decide party control of Pennsylvania's state House of Representatives on Tuesday with their pick to replace a Democrat who resigned. Also on the ballot in Pennsylvania are primary elections for state Supreme Court and Philadelphia mayor,...
US Supreme Court sides with Alabama inmate who seeks to die by nitrogen hypoxia
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with an Alabama death row inmate, who had his lethal injection called off at the last minute in November, and argues he should be put to death by nitrogen hypoxia when he is ultimately executed. Justices without...
