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alabamareflector.com | Alander Rocha
by Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector May 9, 2025 Gov. Kay Ivey Friday signed a bill reducing the state sales tax on groceries. HB 386, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, will cut the state share of the tax from 3% to 2% effective Sept. 1. “When we can reduce taxes in Alabama and provide some relief to the hardworking people of this state, I am all for it. I was pleased to sign House Bill 386 to take another notch off our state grocery tax,” Ivey said in a statement.
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alabamareflector.com | Anna Barrett |Alander Rocha
Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. Tuesday, May 6 HouseSB 211, sponsored by Sen. Kirk Hatcher, D-Montgomery, requires local school superintendents or their designees to serve as the primary liaison with law enforcement for school bus safety incidents. The bill passed 94-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. SB 280, sponsored by Sen.
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yahoo.com | Anna Barrett |Alander Rocha
Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, receives a standing ovation from senators on May 6, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama, after the chamber passed a bill she sponsored to regulate electronic vapor products. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector)Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. Tuesday, May 6HouseSB 211, sponsored by Sen.
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yahoo.com | Alander Rocha
A federal court Thursday ruled that the Alabama Legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters in approving a congressional district map in 2023 that would only have had one majority-Black district. In a nearly 600-page order, the three-judge panel — U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, and U.S. District Judges Anna M. Manasco and Terry F.
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gadsdentimes.com | Alander Rocha
Alander RochaAlabama ReflectorA federal court Thursday ruled that the Alabama Legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters in approving a congressional district map in 2023 that would only have had one majority-Black district. In a nearly 600-page order, the three-judge panel — U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, and U.S. District Judges Anna M. Manasco and Terry F.
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