Group wants state to drop sales tax on groceries
Members of Alabama Arise Action are calling on the Legislature to eliminate the sales tax on groceries.
Alabama lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that will make Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the end of slavery after the Civil War, an official state holiday.
Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation that would allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration law.
The Alabama House has approved a bill to allow the Alabama Farmers Federation to sell healthcare plans to its members that would not be considered or regulated as health insurance.
An Alabama teen who narrowly survived a shark attack wants the Alabama Legislature to set up an alert system to keep others safe in the water.
Alabama legislators have unanimously passed a bill to speed up access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South try to lower high maternal and infant mortality rates.
Alabama lawmakers have voted to put new regulations on pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to curb the closure of small pharmacies across the state.
The Governor’s Office says families have submitted applications that represent more than 36,000 students who are seeking school vouchers.
The Alabama Senate has voted unanimously in support of a bill to require minimum reimbursement rates to community pharmacists, which supporters say is critical to protecting independent pharmacies in the state.
Members of Alabama Arise Action are calling on the Legislature to eliminate the sales tax on groceries.
Advocates gathered at the Alabama State House urging lawmakers to reconsider their long-held reluctance to expand Medicaid, saying the decision is hurting both working families and health care providers.