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Alabama News Now another senator is offering up a proposal he hopes will pay off. A new lottery bill is being introduced in the senate. Despite Senator Del Marsh’s Bill not being passed on Tuesday, the Alabama legislature is not giving up on possibly bringing a lottery to Alabama this year. Senator Jim McClendon Proposed a bill that exclusively aims to establish an Alabama lottery. “They want to buy a lottery ticket. It’s pretty dang simple so that’s what I’m offering for them. So I feel like this matches the polling data that we have 78% of the people in Alabama have said we want t...

Alabama News Updated: Officials in Macon county react to the gambling bill failing to pass in the senate Tuesday. Victoryland is one of the few electronic bingo facilities that are open in Alabama. In recent years Victoryland has not been fully operational even before the pandemic. This has drastically affected the revenue in Macon County. Macon county Commission Chairman Louis Maxwell says it is a huge source of income for Macon county and that they have seen major deficits in revenue and are having to find ways to make up for the loss. ” Victoryland has an economic impact on our county, ...

Alabama News Updated: Many people are experiencing extreme cabin fever from being stuck at home and are longing to see the world again. Travel agents suggest that now is the best time to begin those vacation plans including ones for next year. The Alabama World Travel agency is encouraging people to begin booking those trips for the remainder of this year. With more Vaccinations being given out and the Alabama mask mandate projected to be lifted by April, more people are developing the urge to begin traveling once again. Officials say that people have already begun making travel plans for th...

Alabama News Updated: One Place Family Justice Center held a press conference today to discuss the increase in domestic violence during the pandemic. Domestic violence has always been a serious problem nationwide, with over 300,00 calls to the national hotline per year. The Justice center spoke about how COVID-19 has contributed to the increase of calls and cases. It was announced that the national hotline surveyed victims from march to may of 2020 to determine how COVID was affecting them. They received over 6,000 calls in which 91% of the victims feared for their lives. 60% reported physic...

Alabama News Updated: Today at the Alabama Cattleman Association’s annual SLE Rodeo luncheon, officials spoke about what will make this year’s events like none other before. The 63rd Annual SLE Rodeo is here once again, but this year is going to be a little different. The rodeo was canceled last year due to the pandemic but this year the fun of the rodeo is back in Montgomery. Unlike previous years the rodeo will be a televised competition on Cowboy TV. Since the element of competition has been added, the excitement about these events have grown tremendously. Officials ask that you purch...