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12 Aug 2015, 7:01 am by George Ticoras, Esq.
With still no budget agreement for the state, the Alabama Legislature adjourned its special session sine die on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. [read post]
7 Aug 2015, 6:36 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities: Alabama – Tom Albritton, Alabama’s New Ethics Executive Director, Wants to Be Fair, ConsistentAL.com – Mike Cason | Published: 7/31/2015 Tom Albritton, the new executive director of the Alabama Ethics Commission, said consistency is the key to applying a broadly written ethics law in a way that both guards the public’s trust and encourages good people to run for office. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 10:30 am by Kent Scheidegger
  The abuses before 1965 were horrifying, such as a "literacy test" given to black would-be voters that asked them to identify all 67 county judges in Alabama. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 9:47 am by Harold O'Grady
But the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, along with the reaction to the violence inflicted on voting-rights protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1965, prompted federal legislators to respond. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 6:57 am by Alfred Brophy
In fact, 1957 may have been the White Citizens’ Council’s peak year in Alabama. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Ilya Shapiro
The federal analogy When the Supreme Court was asked more than fifty years ago to uphold grossly disproportionate state legislative districts, Alabama argued that states should be allowed to implement a “little federal system” that would be “framed after the Federal System of government—namely one senator in each county of the state. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Hans von Spakovsky
Prior to Reynolds, states like Alabama and Tennessee had refused to redistrict for more than half a century, despite a dramatic, nationwide population shift from rural to urban areas. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 2:34 pm by Michael Markarian
If you live in one of the other states—Alabama, Nevada, North Carolina, or South Carolina—please urge your state legislators to take action and make it a top priority to end the private possession of dangerous wild animals. [read post]
Topics will include: Recent changes in Hawaii, Alabama, New Mexico, and Oregon; The next wave of non-compete reform? [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 10:23 am by Jeff Redding
Virginia—that the State of Alabama overturned its state constitutional ban on anti-miscegenation. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 8:39 am by Elizabeth Cummins, Esq.
The Alabama Legislature convened a special session Monday, July 13, 2015, only to recess until August 3, 2015. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 8:01 am by Eric Barton
On June 11, 2015, Alabama’s Governor signed into law legislation that revises the state’s non-compete statute, which is found in Section 8-1-1 of the Code of Alabama. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 7:40 am by Elizabeth Cummins, Esq.
Many legislators are frustrated with the abrupt timing of the special session. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 7:39 am by Jim Sedor
Alabama’s was weakest, though all states are far from perfect. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 11:22 am by Zachary C. Jackson
  A few weeks ago, Alabama Governor Bentley signed new legislation which will repeal the 1975 version of Alabama Code Section 8-1-1 titled “Contracts restraining business void; exceptions” and replace it with a new version effective January 1, 2016. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 11:22 am by Zachary C. Jackson
  A few weeks ago, Alabama Governor Bentley signed new legislation which will repeal the 1975 version of Alabama Code Section 8-1-1 titled “Contracts restraining business void; exceptions” and replace it with a new version effective January 1, 2016. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 11:17 am by Lisa A. Mazzie
The majority opinion contains appendices that comprehensively list the cases and legislative acts that either address or legalize same-sex marriage. [read post]