Political cartoonist Scott Stantis of 1819News takes aim at one of several gambling and lottery bills that have popped in Montgomery in the last week. One bill is lottery only, but another... Read more
By Steve Flowers MONTGOMERY — The 2021 legislative session ended last month with an impressive slate of legislative accomplishments. A goodly amount of the credit for the success of the sess... Read more
By Steve Flowers, Inside the Statehouse commentary The 2021 Legislative Session is in the books. I would rate it a success. When you pass budgets that are balanced, any session is a success... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Monday prepared to end the 2021 legislative session without a vote on a gambling bill, and Gov. Kay Ivey indicat... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama senators could vote on a lottery bill this week as lawmakers try to get the issue of gambling — with or without casinos — bef... Read more
By Steve Flowers The Legislature is at the midway point of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session. They have used 15 days of their allotted 30-day legislative session. The Senate has been con... Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lottery proposals will get their first hearing in a legislative committee this week, the bill sponsor said Monday. Sen. Del Marsh, who chairs the Senate Tourism and M... Read more
By Steve Flowers, Commentary In 1998 Governor Don Siegelman ran for Governor of Alabama on a platform of proposing that his administration would enact legislation creating a state lottery. I... Read more
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A proposal to start a lottery and allow casinos in the state was filed Tuesday in the Alabama Legislature, kicking off a push to get... Read more
DeMarco: No special session in the works yet for controversial issues
By Paul DeMarco, commentary MONTGOMERY — When the Alabama Legislative Session adjourned in May there was a lot of talk of the unfinished business from the legislative session, and that it wo... Read more