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February 17, 2024

Alabama Politics

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Whitmire: Here we go again. Ethics ‘reform’ bill legalizes Alabama corruption.

Reduces crimes to civil infractions, strips Ethics Commission of enforcement power.

By Kyle Whitmire | [email protected]

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From the Lede

Alabama Rep. Rolanda Hollis gathers Roebuck residents to protest Truist bank closure

Roebuck community members are fighting to keep their neighborhood’s Truist bank open amidst multiple closures in the area.

By Heather Gann | [email protected]

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From the Lede

New legislation overhauls state health officer appointment, emergency orders

Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sen. Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, allows the governor to appoint the state health officer, who oversees the Alabama Department of Public Health.It also gives the governor “authority to approve or deny any action of statewide application which is proposed by the state health officer and which would restrict, limit, or otherwise burden the conduct of private citizens or businesses.”

By Katie Essig

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From the Lede

Alabama Senate passes ban of lab-grown meat; Moving it in the state would be felony

Senate Bill 23, sponsored by Sen. Jack Williams, R-Mobile, makes it a Class C felony to manufacture, sell or distribute cultivated meat.

By Kate Essig

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Mobile Real Time News

Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits

The state's highest court reversed a judge's dismissal of the case involving embryos destroyed by a wandering Mobile hospital patient.

By Howard Koplowitz | [email protected]

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Birmingham Real Time News

Randall Woodfin’s cousin among 6 killed in ‘heartbreaking,’ violent day in Birmingham

"My family is no stranger to the devastating consequences of violence," the mayor, whose nephew was shot dead in 2017, said Friday.

By Howard Koplowitz | [email protected]

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