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Mississippi, Alabama are only southern states with no anti-FGM laws

33 states across the country have taken steps to criminalize female genital mutilation. However, Alabama and Mississippi remain the only southern states to have no legislation criminalizing the practice.  Female genital mutilation, which is defined as a procedure to “remove, cut, circumcise, excise, mutilate, infibulate or reinfibulate” any part of the genitals for non-medical purposes … Continued
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July 2, 2019

Alabama Legislative Report — Special Session

The Legislature adjourned the 1st Special Session sine die on Tuesday, March 12 after passing the three bills by Representative Bill Poole that were Governor Ivey’s Rebuild Alabama Infrastructure plan. Governor Ivey signed all 3 bills in a ceremony after the Legislature adjourned. HB1 (Act No. 2019-1) amends the statute that created the Permanent Joint … Continued
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March 18, 2019

Week Twelve Legislative Report: Sine Die

The Alabama Legislature adjourned the annual Regular Session Sine Die on Thursday, March 29 on the 26th Day of the Session. Unless there is a Special Session called by the Governor, the Legislature will convene for its annual 2019 Regular Session on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. As the next quadrennium begins after the General Elections … Continued
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April 4, 2018

Cohen, Ziegler Comment on Moore Trial

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Following the Court of the Judiciary Trial of Chief Justice Roy Moore, an eager press waited for commentary outside the Heflin-Tolbert Judicial Building on Wednesday. Neither Chief Justice Moore, his attorneys nor the Judicial Inquiry Commission’s (JIC) attorneys spoke to the media. Justice Moore is not anticipated to comment … Continued
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September 29, 2016

Sine Die

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The 2016 Regular Session has been adjourned sine die, Latin for, “without day” meaning, “without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing.” This may also signal the last day Michael G. Hubbard sits as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. The brief reign of Speaker Hubbard … Continued
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May 5, 2016