The 2023 regular session of the Alabama Legislature doesn’t begin until March, but the organizational session has taken place, with leadership elected for the next four years in the House and Senate. And after Governor Ivey’s inauguration earlier this week, she made a new appointment, naming the director for the state’s Office of
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Stacia Robison, described as a small business “champion” by Gov. Kay Ivey, has been named director of the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs. Robinson comes to the post from BeneChoice Companies benefits and financial choices company. She also serves as district manager of Colonial Life Insurance. She recently sold her
Alabama lawmakers elected leaders for the new four-year term during a recent organizational session. There were no surprises as the House of Representatives picked Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter, a Republican from Rainsville, as the new speaker.The Senate re-elected Sen. Greg Reed, Republican from Jasper, as president pro tem, the top position in the chamber. Ledbetter
Legislative leaders on the Republican side say that legislation to give Alabamians a tax rebate will be debated during regular session. State government is enjoying a budget surplus, and Republicans believe the best way to use the money is to give some of it back to the tax payers who dutifully paid it to the state; the
Last week, leadership in the Alabama House and Senate announced which members would be serving on which committees. The full list for the Senate can be found here; the House list is here. Note that a rule was changed to allow some Senate committees to contain more members than in the past.
The newly elected Speaker of the House Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter and other leaders laid out some of the issues they’ll tackle in the upcoming regular session. Stopping the stream of fentanyl, and the deaths it leaves in its wake, is a priority, as is making adoption easier. Read more here.
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission announced it had received more than 90 applications for medical cannabis business licenses. The commission received 38 applications for integrated facility licenses, 18 applications returned for dispensary licenses and 12 applications for a processor license. In addition, 12 applications were received for cultivator license, 11
In her inauguration speech, Governor Kay Ivey said that improving the quality of education available to Alabama’s students was the “No. 1 focus” of her second term. She pointed to parental rights and increase parental involvement as major points in her plan. Read more here.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers will lead the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. He will be the first congressperson from Alabama to chair the committee. In a press release, Rogers said our nation faces unprecedented threats from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. In order to deter theses threats, Rogers feels that
