Rep. Ed Oliver, R-Dadeville has pre-filed a bill that will require citizens receiving unemployment to spend more time each week looking for work. Under current law,...
During the 2024 legislative session, the Alabama Legislature once again failed to pass a comprehensive gambling bill that would have clearly defined legal and illegal gaming...
One of the most contentious issues in Alabama’s state legislature for several sessions has been the legalization of gambling: whether to do it at all, where...
The outrage among voters over the Alabama Senate’s refusal to pass legislation allowing a vote on a lottery and other forms of gambling continues to cause...
In the latest turn of Alabama’s enduring saga over the legalization of gambling, the state Senate has once again hit a roadblock, effectively sidelining a comprehensive...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — Alabama legislators are in the final hours of the 2024 legislative session and the Senate continues to be the holdout on passing...
You can’t always get what you want, and in the rudderless Alabama Senate, you sometimes can’t even get what you need. The business of the Alabama...
Stop me if you’ve heard this: Gambling legislation almost passed in the Alabama Legislature. A compromise gaming bill that emerged from a legislative conference committee breezed...
Gambling legislation will be voted on by the Alabama Legislature this week. Or maybe it won’t. That’s where we are with just five days left in...
Exchanges on social media over political issues are rarely productive. For the overwhelming majority of them, it is simply two people trying to out hot-take each...
It’s now or never for Alabama’s gambling legislation. The state has been caught in a legislative standstill since the 1990s, a stalemate fueled by powerful interests...
A landmark gambling bill that breezed through the House of Representatives earlier this session, with strong backing from Gov. Kay Ivey, faced a major setback after...