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The bill passed out of Senate committee Wednesday afternoon on a 6-2 vote.

A bill nearly 4 years in the making to decriminalize marijuana in Alabama is set to head to the full Senate. This comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee pas

On Wednesday, the senate judiciary committee approved a bill that would change penalties for possessing a small amount of marijuana to only a fine.

In Greene County, officials are debating whether Alabama's casino legislation would be a boon or a bust for a county that has come to rely upon revenue from five bingo halls to support services. In Lowndes County, officials are wondering why their small county -- which has two bingo facilities in White Hall -- have been completely left out.

Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the legacy of the Confederacy to preserve and promote Black history in the state.  Alabama imposed the tax to fund pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows, and still collects it today, the only tax directly tied to the Confederacy.  Most of the revenue is used for other purposes, but one per cent goes to preserve and operate the states Confederate Memorial Park in rural Mountain Creek.  Sen...