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The first special session of 2016 adjourned sine die on September 7, 2016. Gov. Robert Bentley’s lottery proposal failed in the Senate. Instead, the Legislature approved House Bill 36 to use part of the BP oil settlement to provide funds […]

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On September 1, 2016, the Alabama Ethics Commission unanimously approved an opinion clarifying when a state employee may seek private employment. The opinion stated no public employee may ask a lobbyist for a job or a job interview, but may […]

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The Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit advocate for reforming marijuana laws, and the Institute for Justice filed a First Amendment challenge in federal court to Alabama’s training requirement for lobbyists. The training class is mandatory and held […]

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The primary focus of the current special session is to pass a constitutional amendment allowing a statewide lottery (Senate Bill 11). If the constitutional amendment passes, members of the Alabama Lottery Commission would be subject to the Ethics Law. Legislators […]

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Ethics Commission Executive Director Tom Albritton called a special meeting to be held on September 1, 2016. The meeting will address the backlog of requests for advisory opinions in the wake of former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction. Hubbard […]

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Gov. Robert Bentley has announced a special legislative session will convene August 15, 2016. The primary focus of the session will be a constitutional amendment allowing a statewide lottery. Bentley believes the lottery will solve the state’s financial problems.

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A special primary election will be held to fill Mike Hill’s vacant seat in the House of Representatives for District 41. The vacancy is a result of Hill’s resignation in order to accept an appointment by Gov. Robert Bentley as […]

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Gov. Bentley will call a special session. The session will focus on a constitutional amendment allowing a statewide lottery. Alabama is one of six states without a lottery, and Bentley believes it will solve the state’s funding problem. The dates […]

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On July 8, 2016, former House Speaker Mike Hubbard was sentenced to four years in prison following his conviction on 12 felony ethics charges. Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker denied prosecutors’ request for Hubbard to pay $1.6 million in […]

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Gov. Robert Bentley called a special election to fill the vacant seat in the House of Representatives for District 79. The vacancy is a result of former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s conviction on 12 felony ethics charges, which stripped Hubbard […]

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On June 10, House Speaker Mike Hubbard was found guilty on 12 counts of public corruption. The charges were premised on Hubbard’s solicitation of several consulting contracts while he was in office. Hubbard’s conviction will automatically remove him from both […]

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On May 19, Secretary of State John Merrill launched a Vote for Alabama app, available to all iPhones and Androids. The app enables all Alabamians to register to vote and locate relevant election information. Voters now have the ability to […]

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The Legislature adjourned sine die late Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Lawmakers started the impeachment process of Gov. Robert Bentley and passed an education budget. The general fund added $15 million to Medicaid, but left an $85 million deficit. Bentley is […]

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Rep. Ed Henry has collected enough signatures to formally begin an impeachment investigation against Gov. Robert Bentley. Bentley has declined to step down amid a political scandal involving allegations of misuse of state funds and an affair with a former […]

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