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Alabama lawmakers advance plan to protect IVF clinics, say measures could be approved in coming daysAlabama lawmakers have moved closer to approving protections for fertility clinics. Lawmakers in both chambers on Thursday advanced legislation that should shield IVF providers from civil lawsuits and prosecution for the “damage to or death of an embryo” during IVF services. The measures could be approved by early next week.
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Republicans have not released their ideas for redrawing Alabama’s congressional districts to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, leading Democrats on Thursday to accuse the GOP legislative majority of shutting them, and the public, out of the process ahead of next week’s special session.
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The legislation will reduce the tax on groceries in Alabama to 3% on Sept. 1, 2023, and aims to reduce to 2% on Sept. 1, 2024.
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A bill that would limit Alabama’s LGBTQ+ community did not pass this year’s legislative session, but civil rights activists are still concerned House Bill 405 could come back in 2024.
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House Bill 77 will lower the state's prepaid sales tax burden. It will also give some businesses the option to no longer prepay taxes.
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The Alabama Senate advances a bill that would prohibit the state from contracting with companies that refuse to work with fossil fuel businesses and gunmakers.
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Alabama lawmakers have approved harsher penalties for trafficking fentanyl, with punishments of up to life imprisonment, as lawmakers try to respond to the deadly overdose crisis. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the legislation into law Thursday afternoon.
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Lawmakers will debate the legislation over the next several months, likely accepting some of Ivey's proposals and rejecting others. She proposed one-time tax rebates of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples, as well as 2% pay raises for teachers and state employees.
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Alabama legislative leaders will proceed with plans to build two super-size prisons. This comes after the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority increased the spending cap for the 4,000-bed prison now under construction in Elmore County, from $623 million to $975 million.
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A sitting Alabama lawmaker died Wednesday morning. Dmitri Polizos was the state representative for District 74 in Montgomery. On Tuesday afternoon he…