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Gov. Kay Ivey extends public health emergency, issues COVID-19 lawsuit protections

Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday extended the formal “public health emergency” for 60 days, beginning May 13.  Ivey also issued another proclamation that provides liability protection for businesses and health care providers from being sued over COVID-19 matters if those businesses and health care providers “comply with or reasonably attempt to comply with applicable public … Continued
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May 8, 2020
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Let’s build America’s health care equipment in Alabama

This is a difficult day for all of us. New unemployment numbers released this morning, some of the worst in our nation’s history, paint a grim picture of the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of Americans, and many of our fellow Alabamians, are out of work through no fault of their own. … Continued
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May 8, 2020
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Analysis | Sheriffs’ revolt part of political stagecraft

Several Alabama sheriffs with the support of some state legislators are refusing to enforce the state health order that restricts certain activities to stem the spread of COVID-19, which has infected more than 9,000 Alabamians and claimed the lives of at least 369 individuals. However, the sheriffs’ refusal to enforce has now become a subplot … Continued
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May 8, 2020
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A fictional story about a fictional government

I’m going to tell you a story. We’ll pretend that it’s not true.  Let’s start this story back in 1901, when a bunch of white men gathered to rewrite the constitution of a fictional state where slavery was once the economic engine that brought prosperity. Those men, mostly petty and small and fearful of anything … Continued
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May 7, 2020

Alabama House to address both budgets Thursday

The Alabama House of Representatives met in Montgomery to consider legislation as the 2020 legislative session winds down. The House has yet to act on either budget, but that is scheduled to change Thursday, when they pass both the state general fund (SGF) and education trust fund (ETF) budgets. House Ways and Means General Fund … Continued
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May 7, 2020

Jones reintroduces bill to stop unsolicited “live check” loans

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and a Republican colleague on the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday called for a prohibition on “unsolicited predatory loans” during the COVID-19 crisis.  Jones and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas,  reintroduced their Unsolicited Loan Act, which would stop the practice of mailing high-interest loans to the public in the form of … Continued
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May 6, 2020