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Most say theyre still weighing options between House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter and House Ways and Means General Fund chair Steve Clouse.

Curbside voting ban stalls in Alabama Senate as other voting bills pass The Montgomery Advertiser 1 hr ago Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a number of election-related bills that, among other items, narrow the timeframe for absentee ballot applications and ban voting out of state.  But a measure to ban curbside voting stalled after Democrats in the chamber pushed back, saying it would make it more difficult for pregnant women and those...

It could be a few weeks before the Alabama House of Representatives takes up two of the most ambitious and controversial pieces of legislation in the 2021 regular session.  House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, said recently bills authorizing medical marijuana and establishing a lottery and gambling won’t come up for a vote in the chamber for a few weeks. The medical marijuana bill may not go to the floor until the last week of the session, expected in mid-May.  “I think members are s...