Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation putting new regulations on gummies, drinks and other products containing cannabinoids from hemp, a legal variety of the marijuana plant.
As this year’s session of the Alabama Legislature ends, we talked with Action 8 Political Analyst Steve Flowers about what was accomplished.
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a new law to allow visiting judges to be brought in to handle violent criminal cases to get them to trial more quickly.
Alabama will soon join the states that have banned or restricted the presence of cellphones in schools.
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.
