In a joint session of the Alabama Legislature last Thursday, now-retired Senator Richard Shelby was honored. Governor Kay Ivey, State Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and State Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) spoke and praised Shelby for his tireless
Last week, Governor Ivey issued an executive order designed to make government more efficient, more accountable and less burdensome to both businesses and individuals. The order directs every state agency to review current regulations and administrative rules and find ways to “cut red tape.” Read more here.
Alabama-based Cummings Aerospace announced its plans to team with an Australian company to develop defense technology solutions that would be produced and distributed in Australia. Cummings Aerospace, headquartered in Huntsville, was among six firms from Alabama that participated in a trade trip organized by the Alabama Department of Commerce. Cummings
There is currently talk of the federal government doing away with the annual time shifts that most Americans are now used to. A bill to keep the nation on daylight savings time permanently passed the Senate in 2022. Ahead of the bill passing the House and making it to President Biden,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made a stop in Alabama last week as a guest of the Alabama Republican Party’s annual winter dinner. While he has yet to formally declare his intentions to run for president in 2024, his speech sounded a lot like a campaign stop. Read more here.
The next issue of Group Watch will provide you with details from the first week of the Alabama Legislatures 2023 regular session, which begins March 7, but bills are already being pre-filed and one hot-button issue some hope would be legislated — Medicaid expansion — has already been declared pretty much dead, at least
@thbloomgroupFeb 20State health officer, mayors, school officials laud departing Jefferson County health officer Dr. Mark Wilson. https://twitter.com/thebloomgroup/status/1627814340551225345/photo/1
Hospital margins in Alabama have dropped 79 percent since the start of the pandemic, according to a study by Kaufman Hall, a national healthcare and higher education consulting firm. As a result, some hospital leaders are calling on the legislature to pass some kind of Medicaid expansion this session. State
Twinkle Cavanaugh is hoping to remain Alabama’s Public Service Commission president even after her current term ends; on Monday, she said she’ll be seeking re-election in 2024. She called standing up to President Biden and his administration’s “unrealistic and unworkable ideas on energy and the environment” prime motivators for her to run for the office
While a variety of bills seeking to make a lottery and other forms of gambling legal in Alabama have popped up on the legislative agenda in recent years, those in the know claim that this year, it’s doubtful any such legislation will come up. There seems to be some disagreement as to the reasons behind this. Read
