MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) â Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said Monday he will not seek reelection next year.
McCutcheon, 68, said in a statement that he is stepping away from politics to spend time with his family and to do some traveling with his wife.
âItâs been an honor and a privilege to represent the people of District 25 in the House and the citizens of the State of Alabama as speaker, but after four terms itâs time to go home,â McCutcheon said.
McCutcheon, a Republican from Monrovia, is a former police officer and crisis negotiator. He was first elected to the House in 2006. He served as the chairman of the influential House Rules Committee, which decides what bills come up for debate, from 2012 to 2016.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said Monday he will not seek reelection next year.
McCutcheon, 68, said in a statement that he is stepping away from politics to spend time with his family and to do some traveling with his wife during retirement.
“It’s been an honor and a privilege to represent the people of District 25 in the House and the citizens of the State of Alabama as speaker, but after four terms it’s time to go home,” McCutcheon said.
McCutcheon, a Republican from Monrovia, is a former police officer and crisis negotiator. He was first elected to the House in 2006. He served as the chairman of the influential House Rules Committee, which decides what bills come up for debate, from 2012 to 2016.
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They’re not the types of bills aimed at significantly improving the lives of Alabamians. Instead, they’re introduced to rile up the base. Welcome to the culture wars, where the battles were heavily waged in Alabama’s 2021 legislative session, which ended last week. Dozens of these bills, ranging from banning transgender youth from participating in public school sports on teams under the gender .
HudsonAlpha breaks ground on new commercial, research centers
Posted May 11, 2021
With this expansion announced May 10, the HudsonAlpha Center for Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture in Huntsville will add 13,000 square feet of lab and greenhouse space and will be able to propagate and grow research plants here to improve existing crops and develop new uses for plants.
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A life sciences corporation and a plant research laboratory broke ground “virtually” Monday on $15 million in new buildings for research and commercial biotechnology on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
At the “virtual groundbreaking” were Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon of Madison County and other local and state leaders who helped secure the expansion funding.