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House Bill to outlaw assisted suicide gets favorable report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, April 12, 2017, the Senate Health Committee voted to give a favorable report to House Bill 96, which bans assisted suicide in Alabama. The Assisted Suicide Ban Act prohibits individuals or healthcare providers from assisting someone to commit suicide. HB96 is being sponsored by state Representative Mack Butler … Continued
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April 19, 2017

Public hearing held on fantasy sports bill

By Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Fantasy contests and gambling and how they relate to one another were the two main topics at a Senate Committee meeting on Wednesday. The Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee meet on Wednesday to hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 270 concerning fantasy contests. SB270 would make fantasy contests … Continued
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March 9, 2017
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Bill allowing adoption agencies to discriminate is all that’s wrong with Alabama government

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter In order to prevent discrimination, we need to discriminate. That seemed to be the message Wednesday morning in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee meeting, as Sen. Bill Hightower pushed a bill that would purportedly protect religiously-affiliated adoption agencies from discrimination by the State. Or to put that … Continued
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February 23, 2017

UNA Complains That RSA Hurts Their Faculty Recruiting Efforts

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 2, a public hearing was held by the Senate Finance and Taxation Education committee on allowing the University of North Alabama to give new hires the option of opting out of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) pension plan, and instead putting their pension contributions and … Continued
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March 7, 2016