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Republican U.S. Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama and Ted Cruz of Texas introduced a bill Monday that would federally protect in vitro fertilization treatments.

The Alabama Senate Thursday approved a $9.3 billion education budget for 2025 that includes pay raises for school employees and increases funding for most education programs. The budget is $549.9 million (6.8%) higher than the 2024 Education Trust Fund. The Senate also approved a supplemental bill allocating $651 million to education programs and schools in […] The post Alabama Senate approves $9.3 billion education budget with employee pay raises appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

Here is a list of the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. House HB 474, sponsored by Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, authorizes any local governing body to enforce the prohibition against exhibition driving through the use of automated photographic or video traffic enforcement systems. The bill passed 102-0. It goes to the Senate. […] The post What passed in the Alabama Legislature: April 30-May 2, 2024 appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the legislation would “prohibit a financial institution from requiring merchants to use a merchant category code (MCC) to distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or a sporting goods retailer during a firearms transaction amounting to financial surveillance and from disclosing financial information regarding the transaction.”

The passage of SB297 would take another step by effectively repealing the state capital gains tax on the exchange of gold and silver. Under the proposed law, individuals selling gold or silver bullion, or utilizing gold and silver in a transaction, could deduct any net capital gain derived from the exchange from their income for state income tax purposes.