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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 27, 2018

Lottery bill dies in the House, but could be revived before the sine die

Day three of the 2018 special session showed major progress in the House and Senate on the bills at hand. Things began quickly with the House passing HB 1 so now it will go to the governor, but as we rolled into the evening it came as somewhat of a surprise when they voted against…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 27, 2018

Kay Ivey on Mississippi and a lottery: ‘Just because another state does something, does that mean we just need to jump in there and do it, too?’

On this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” host Don Daily asked Gov. Kay Ivey about the prospects for a lottery in Alabama given the governor in Mississippi was convening a special session to consider a lottery. In the Yellow Hammer article, Ivey explained she would support the people’s right to vote on…