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Lottery, virus liability, prisons before lawmakers in 2021 Follow Us Question of the Day By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press - Sunday, January 31, 2021 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery on Tuesday for the 2021 regular session that will be conducted differently because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to certain areas of the statehouse is limited and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will give a t...

Cannabis Legalization Bills Have Been Introduced in More Than a Dozen States One month into 2021, from Hawaii to New York, a flurry of cannabis bills have been introduced for medical use, adult use, and everything in between. Published on Feb 1, 2021 6:55AM ESTUnited States Share this: Just one month into 2021, Cannabis Wire used our Cannabis Bill Watch to sort through medical and adult use cannabis legalization bills in more than a dozen states, with others expected to join the list any day n...

New Mexicos Ultra Health Wins Favorable Ruling, Judge Invalidates New Cannabis Regulations A judge has invalidated the Department of Healths rules on license revocation, hemp and testing due to lack of evidence. SANTA FE, N.M., Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PRESS RELEASE -- Ultra Health, a New Mexico-based cannabis company, won a favorable ruling on regulations promulgated by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) in June 2020. The regulations – including the strictest testing requir...

Mississippi Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Arguments in Medical Cannabis Case The lawsuit, filed by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, challenges the initiative process that legalized medical cannabis in the state. The Mississippi Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit filed by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler that challenges the initiative process that legalized medical cannabis in the state, according to an AP News report. The court issued an order Jan. 28 that schedules th...

Lottery, medical marijuana, Confederate monuments: Alabama lawmakers face decisions Updated Feb 02, 2021; Alabama lawmakers begin their annual session Tuesday with a plan to finish what they say is urgent business the first two weeks, leaving contentious bills like a lottery, medical marijuana, and changes to the Memorial Preservation Act for later in the session. The COVID-19 pandemic will limit access to the State House and chances for the public to participate in hearings on controversial i...

Rogersville community members band together for better internet service in town Rogersville Community looking for answers for better internet By DeAndria Turner | January 27, 2021 at 8:04 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 11:50 PM ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Hundreds of people in Rogersville are calling on lawmakers to help keep their community connected. Our DeAndria Turner is on your side tonight with what’s being done to improve internet connections. ”If the internet doesn’t improve w...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: When Alabama’s Legislature convenes for its annual session on February 2, lawmakers will once again be asked to consider a bill that would provide certain Alabamians with access to medical cannabis. And this time, supporters of the legislation will look west towards neighboring Mississippi, where last November voters overwhelmingly approved a medical cannabis initiative that will provide for a state regime to regulate the cultivatio...

Medical marijuana proposals eyed in Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina Updated Jan 10, 2021; Posted Jan 10, 2021 FILE - This April 6, 2018 file photo shows the leaves of a marijuana plant inside Ultra Healths cultivation greenhouse in Bernalillo, N.M. A panel of doctors and other health care professionals is recommending increasing the amount of marijuana that can be purchased by participants in New Mexicos medical cannabis program. The advisory board voted Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in favor of n...

Pixabay Today marks six years since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado. Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, a Republican from Florence, says he plans to re-introduce a bill that would allow Alabamians to possess and use cannabis for medical reasons under strict regulation. The idea passed in the Alabama Senate, but failed to pass in the State House during the 2020 legislative session. Voters in Colorado, by contrast, approved a constitutional amendment legalizing pot by a 54% marg...