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Ledbetter previews 2027 legislative priorities: SNAP fixes, gambling regulation, prisons
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (547+ words) As Alabama lawmakers begin preparing for the 2027 legislative session, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter said discussions are already underway on several major issues, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), prisons, public safety and the possibility of renewed gambling legislation. “I…...
Gadsden County approves property tax rate, warns of potential $5M loss from state exemption
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (279+ words) GADSDEN COUNTY, FL (WTXL) — Gadsden County commissioners approved a 9.0000 millage rate for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and cautioned that a proposed statewide homestead tax exemption could cost the county millions in revenue. Commissioners set the millage rate at 9.0000, meaning property owners will…...
Building Alabama: The data centers Trump and Tuberville are calling for run on Alabama-built solar
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (894+ words) Recently President Donald Trump has been advertising Alabama to the data center industry. Two days earlier in Opelika, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) made the same case at home. Data center tax revenue, he told the Alabama Sheriffs Association, is one…...
Tuberville continues push for data centers: 'We've got to do it, but we have to be transparent"
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (173+ words) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) believes that once Alabamians are properly informed about data centers, they will support more of them being built across the Yellowhammer State. Tuberville, who is the Republican nominee for Alabama Governor, has been defending new data…...
State Rep. Rex Reynolds: A statewide ban on new data centers 'would probably not be the right direction to go"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (231+ words) State Rep. Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) believes that local communities should be the ones making the decisions on whether to allow new data centers to be built nearby. Several cities across Alabama have been pumping the breaks on new data center…...
Tuberville defends building new data centers in Alabama: 'You can forget about doing away with it because it's coming"
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (229+ words) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is defending the construction of new data centers in the Yellowhammer State against critics who want them banned. Several cities across Alabama have been pumping the breaks on new data center projects this year, including Fort…...
Scofield talks Alabama's energy leadership, success at Southern Legislative Conference
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (518+ words) Energy Institute of Alabama President and CEO Clay Scofield joined state policymakers and energy leaders from across the South this weekend to discuss one of the region’s most pressing challenges: ensuring reliable, affordable electricity as demand continues to grow. Speaking…...
Birmingham adopts strict new data center regulations after hours of public debate
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (682+ words) As communities across Alabama grapple with the growth of artificial intelligence infrastructure and large-scale data centers, Birmingham has approved a zoning ordinance city officials say creates some of the state’s strongest regulations for future hyperscale facilities. The Birmingham City Council…...
Britt urges USDA action against virus that could devastate Alabama catfish producers
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (349+ words) U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is pressing the USDA to act against a deadly foreign virus that threatens to gut Alabama’s catfish industry, the second largest in the nation. Britt led several Senate colleagues in a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke…...
Two dozen GOP lawmakers sign open letter warning against Wahl's tax cut ads: 'Impossible to keep"
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (416+ words) 24 Republican members of the Alabama Legislature signed an open letter to voters Thursday declaring that John Wahl’s campaign ads promise tax relief the Lt. Governor’s office has no power to deliver. The letter lands five days before former ALGOP Chairman…...