Politics Archive

MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 12, 2021 — The biggest story of the sixth week of the 2021 Regular Session happened during the first few hours of State House activity on Tuesday, as Senate Bill 214, the comprehensive casino/lottery/sports betting legislation sponsored by Sen. Del Marsh ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals by Charles W. Prueter Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) one year ago this month, creating — among other stimulus programs — the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). And like ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., February 26, 2021 — The association’s top legislative priority, the Elderly and Vulnerable Adult Financial Protection Act, has passed the Legislature and is headed to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk! Senate Bill 181 gives financial institutions the discretion to refuse or delay a ...Read More

As planned, the Legislature did not meet in session this week.  After two busy weeks, this week’s hiatus provided an opportunity to reassess COVID protocols and sanitize the State House.  Over the next four weeks, the Legislature will meet for 10 legislative days, followed ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 5, 2021 — The Alabama Legislature began its 2021 Regular Session at noon on Tuesday. Opening day normally starts with camaraderie between colleagues and ends with the pomp of the State of the State Address. Yet thanks to COVID-19, the State ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 1, 2021 — The Alabama Legislature begins its 2021 Regular Session on Feb. 2. Thanks to the Alabama Constitution, everyone has known when this session would begin. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, no one really knows what will happen next. State ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 22, 2020 — The oddest session of the Alabama Legislature in recent memory, if ever, adjourned on Monday. Disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of the actual working days of the session were conducted in a State House closed ...Read More