May 6, 2024 Group Watch: Day-by-Day, Play-by-Play
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May 6, 2024 Group Watch: Healthcare-Focused High School Coming Soon
The Alabama Legislature gave final approval to a plan to create a residential, public high school in Demopolis that’s focused on educating future healthcare professionals. The tuition-free school will be open to students from around the state. The school could open as early as the fall of 2026. In January,
May 6, 2024 Group Watch: Gambling Bills Don’t Clear Senate Hurdle
A plan to authorize an Alabama lottery and 10 casinos fell one vote short of approval in the Alabama Senate last week. The gambling legislation included two bills, HB151 and HB152. Both were compromise versions of bills that had passed the House and Senate with differences earlier in the session.
May 6, 2024 Group Watch: Senate Approves Bill to Teach Students Dangers of Fentanyl
The Alabama Senate unanimously approved legislation to require Alabama public K-12 schools to instruct students about the dangers of fentanyl. It now goes to Governor Ivey for her signature. The bill adds fentanyl language to the current K-12 school drug education policy in response to a situation in Auburn a
May 6, 2024 Group Watch: Bills Restricting Discussion of LGBTQ Topics in Public Schools Advance
Two bills that would limit LGBTQ topics and sex education in Alabama classrooms are advancing for a final vote in the legislature. A Senate committee voted along party lines to approve a bill that would update the state’s sex education curriculum and another that would prevent K-8 grade teachers from
May 6, 2024 Group Watch: Bills Requiring Safe Firearm Storage Move Forward
A divided House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that could subject parents who do not safely secure firearms to criminal penalties. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the state’s firearm mortality was 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2021, trailing only Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico. Under
April 29, 2024 Group Watch: News & Views from the State House
The 2024 regular session of the Alabama Legislature is starting to wind down, but there’s still a lot happening. The House passed a bill expanding a 2022 bill that restricts teachers in public schools from teaching about sexuality and gender identity. The House also passed a bill aimed at curtailing
April 29, 2024 Group Watch: Tweet of the Week
@thebloomgroupApril 22Ivey signs anti-child trafficking bill
April 29, 2024 Group Watch: Day-by-Day, Play-by-Play
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April 29, 2024 Group Watch: House Passes Bill Protecting Workers’ Secret-Ballot Rights
Last week, on a 70-30 vote, the Alabama House passed legislation to prohibit businesses from receiving economic development incentives if union elections are not held through a secret ballot. The bill was amended on the floor to make it effective immediately upon being signed into law, rather than it going
